Ela rotations

Welcome back for the second part of my ELA blog post series! Today I am sharing all about my reading center routines and activities. If you missed the first post about my reading whole group lessons, you can click HERE to get caught up. Let me start by reminding you of my entire ELA block schedule. Center

Learn quick and easy ideas to help you with setting up reading centers and literacy centers in your classroom. Get them organized for the year.

Well, we have had a very quiet day here at Canine Recovery (again, I will spare you the pictures). With school starting tomorrow and my duties as Maddie's nurse, I thought it would be a good thing to do a quick post while I had a moment. Last year was a struggle, so this year I wanted to make sure that every possible structure was in place before they walked in the class room. Organization is a key element in any successful classroom, but especially in a Read 180 classroom. One of the things…

Learn how to plan and manage literacy centers through differentiated instruction activities, rotations, & behavior management strategies.

A while back, I share with you how I planned to run reading rotations in my room (actually, a year ago this October!) I have something to share with you now.... It didn't work for me. I know....a collective gasp just went up among the Teaching in Room 6 followers. Something didn't work?? How could that be?? ;) Seriously though, the plan I had mapped out so carefully just wasn't in the cards. I think a lot of it had to do with my "all or nothing" approach. I felt like if I didn't do rotations…

Hi friends! I wanted to share with you some of the changes I made to my ELA centers. After Jen Jones came to our school in June, I realized I needed to do a little revamping to my schedule and activit

I love the fact that it's 9:05 am and I'm still rockin' my pjs, hanging out with my baby watching Gabba Gabba while writing this post for Tried it Tuesday with Holly. Happy Spring Break to me! I'd like to say I'm going on some special getaway, but really we're just hanging out around home, getting a little work done and otherwise being lazy. Prime example below. I do live really close to Destin, Florida, so I guess you could say I can just drive to a vacation whenever I want.. except for the…

Check out this article on seven literacy center rotations and use the charts to maximize your literacy centers.

Math centers make me leap with joy, and so this blog series is a blast to write! Today we are talking about math center schedules. If you missed any of the other posts in the series, you can click below to get caught up. Part 1: Why You Need to Have Math Centers Part 2: