Welcome To My Literacy Center Ideas Blog!
The purpose of this blog is for an exercise for a graduate course at the University of South Alabama.
The blog will be used to share literacy center ideas. Please share rotation chart ideas and literacy activities that you find effective in your elementary school classroom. Please provide a brief description of how the literacy center works.
Thank you for your input!
I have 4-6 literacy centers (workshops) in my classroom. 3-4 children will be in each workshop at a time doing activities that have been previously learned and taught in the classroom. These workshops are put into place to reinforce skills previously taught in the classroom, NOT to teach new content. Some of these workshops include reading on level books, letter recognition, writing practice with white boards, etc.
ReplyDeleteI implement the Daily 5 in my ELA block. They consists of read to self, word work (phonics), writing ,read to someone and listen to reading (listening center). I use the phonics activities to reinforce skills as you do in your classroom. I have five students working on each of the centers. The students are spread out in different areas ,while I meet with strategy groups at my back table.I feel it works very well and my students progress is proof!
DeleteI was a fifth grade Reading/Language Arts teacher last year. I am currently a Reading Intervention Specialist at my school. Last year, I used Daily 5 and Reading Craft in my classroom. My students had a "CRAFT" menu to choose from each day. CRAFT stood for (C-Comprehension, R-Response to Text, A-Accuracy, F-Fluency, T-Text Elements). The students could chose one menu item each day and reflect on the current book they were reading. Each student had a reading response journal to record what they did each day. You can read more about the CRAFT menu on this site. http://www.ladybugsteacherfiles.com/2012/03/cafe-actually-craft-board.html
ReplyDeleteI use the Daily 5 and we use the CAFE strategies with a menu of strategies to improve their Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expand vocabulary. I listen to my students read and they choose strategies from the menu to work on an area they need improvement in. I create strategy groups based on their needs. I want to learn more about the CRAFT menu. Thanks for the link!
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ReplyDeleteI have 8 centers that my students rotate through. The centers are based on previously taught skills. I have a pocket chart center, computer center, SMARTBoard center, iPad center, listening center, rainbow spelling, buddy reading, and a writing/craft center. I change out the objectives every 8 days after all my students have rotated through each center.
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