Literacy+Work+Stations

Reaction

 * Focus Question: //How can we make the time a student spends away from a teacher as powerful as the time spent with the teacher?//
 * Read pgs. 710-714 of the article entitled "Using Centers to Engage Children During Guided Reading Time: Intensifying Learning Experiences Away from the Teacher".
 * Read the article entitled "Rethinking Centers" by Katie DiCesare.
 * Click here to read a blog post about Literacy Stations in a First Grade classroom.
 * Click on the discussion tab, post at least one question or response that you have after reading these articles/blogs, and respond to at least two other teachers' posts before our next session.
 * If you agree with the ideas on the blog, click [[file:Literacy Stations Using Connected Text.doc]] for a document that lists and describes appropriate literacy centers. Source: http://firstgradecce.wikispaces.com/Rdg+-+Work+period

Videos

 * Focus Questions: //What structures, routines, and activities are being put in place to support children as they engage in authentic literacy activities?// //What challenges do you foresee in implementing these structures, routines, and activities?//
 * **//Launching Literacy Stations: Mini-Lessons for Managing and Sustaining Independent Work, K-3//** by Debbie Diller
 * Quick Tips for Launching Literacy Stations
 * "I Can ..." Lists
 * Common Management Mistakes
 * Instead Box
 * //**The Daily 5 Alive! Strategies for Literacy Independence**// by Gail Boushey & Joan Moser ("The Sisters")
 * [[file:10 Steps to Teaching Independence.pdf]]
 * Read to Self - Watch video excerpt and discuss.
 * Download a list of lessons to launch "Read to Self" in your classroom: [[file:Focus Lessons for Read to Self.pdf]]
 * Download a chart to make when launching "Read to Self": [[file:Read to Self Launching Chart.pdf]]
 * Read to Someone - Watch video excerpts and discuss.
 * Download a list of lessons to launch "Read to Someone" in your classroom: [[file:Focus Lessons for Read to Someone.pdf]]
 * Download a chart to make when launching "Read to Someone": [[file:Read to Someone Launching Chart.pdf]]

Picture Ideas for Literacy Stations

 * Focus Question: //Which literacy stations will help your students grow as readers and writers through engagement in authentic literacy activities//**//?//**
 * Click here to link to a web site with pictures/visual ideas for literacy stations.
 * Click here to link to a blog post that has a slide show with ideas for literacy stations in a kindergarten classroom.
 * Click on the discussion tab, and post at least two stations that you want to try using this year.