Workstations 2010

Workstations 2010

Focusing on SpacialOrganization and

Planning

Spacial Organization Tubs Shelves Cabinets Pocket Charts Overheads

Walls Bulletin Boards Student Desks Carts Folders

Bin for completed work

Group Management Ideas

Overriding expectations for all stations posted throughout the classroom

Group ‘captains’ Folders with check sheets to help insure that

all students visit all stations Library bins with student clothespins for

easier maintenance

Each student with a star by his/her name is the captain and responsible for making sure the group has picked up and completed the task. Additionally, that person is the ONLY one who can go to the teacher with questions.

Pictures on the chart match the pictures on the student group bins.

Each clothespin is numbered for a particular student. When a student takes a book from one of the bins, he/she must clip their clothespin to the bin. When they return the book, they remove their pin, place it back up with remaining unused pins, and put their book in the correct bin.

New Station Ideas

Fluency Guided readers Spelling tic-tac-toe (as we talked about last

six weeks) Game station Plus, new extras to common stations…

Students practice reading on their level with Reading A-Z readers and then answer comprehension questions.

Your kids do enough pencil/paper work! Why not add some more foldables like this one to make the stations more enjoyable for the kids and yet still provide you with enough information to see if the kids are really learning?

Tired of the same ideas at the writing station? Why not incorporate the use of magazines, newspapers, or even comics to inspire some new ideas for your kids?

Have you thought about adding a dictionary or a thesaurus to your library and writing stations to help kids figure out words on their own?

This teacher added bookmaking to her writing station.

Use beads to practice spelling words or create sentences…

First Grade Classroom

Fun with Play dough!

Phonics stamps with picture and missing letters in the word. Kids stamp, fill in the missing letters, and write a sentence to go along with the word.

Fluency practice made fun by this bright red phone!

Most inviting management chart: Michelle Hudgeons!

Kids photographed in Dr. Seuss hats!

Keep learning and growing…

The best is yet to come!!!