I always enjoy working with teachers in Lafayette, IN, where I taught classes on literacy work stations. During the training we brainstormed ideas for having an observation station in K-2. You might cover a table with a large piece of bulletin board paper, set up in a similar fashion to the chart pictured below. Place an object or two in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘literacy work stations’
Loving it in Lafayette!
Posted in My travels, Work stations, tagged literacy work stations on October 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Successes and more cake in Bethel, WA
Posted in My travels, Work stations, tagged literacy work stations on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just like when we teach students, we built upon our successes with literacy work stations. From there, we learned how to teach with math work stations, too! As I talked about how to get started, I used the analogy of a cake with layers. One of the teachers is starting a new business, baking cakes, [...]
Voila! Literacy Work Stations in French!
Posted in Books and videos, Great stuff, tagged literacy work stations on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My book, Literacy Work Stations, has just been translated to French. And when I say translated, I mean the text AND the words in every picture AND all the appendix pages have been written in French. This new book, Les Centres de litteratie, is available from Cheneliere Education at www.cheneliere.ca Here are a few pictures [...]
Stepping Up with Literacy Stations
Posted in Books and videos, tagged literacy work stations on April 8, 2010 | 11 Comments »
These videos were just posted on YouTube, so I thought I’d share these with all of you so that you can get a taste of this great video! Enjoy!
Dedicated in Denver
Posted in Classroom tips, Great classroom spaces, My travels, Work stations, tagged I Can list, literacy work stations, My travels, small groups on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My recent travels have taken me to Denver Public Schools where I’m working with CORE Matters teams. Educators there are so dedicated to improving instruction for their students. It is a delight to be a part of this project! Teachers have used my book, Spaces & Places, to set up their classrooms and are using [...]
Awesome Arkansas Classrooms
Posted in Great classroom spaces, tagged literacy work stations, whole-group area on January 15, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I started out the new year in Greenwood, Arkansas on a return visit to Westwood Primary. On my last trip there in June, we set up a first grade classroom together and made over the space in a day. We also learned about literacy work stations. Boy, did these teachers put it into action! A [...]
ABC book station in Dyersburg, TN
Posted in Classroom tips, Work stations, tagged ABC book, literacy work stations on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While working in Tennessee with upper grade teachers this week, we looked at how to have students make a class ABC book related to a content-area topic. After viewing the ABC Book clip in 5th grade from my video, Stepping Up with Stations, teachers each made an ABC book page. First we brainstormed words from [...]
Fun in Flagstaff
Posted in Classroom tips, tagged Arizona Reading Association, getting students' attention, literacy work stations, small groups on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend I gave the keynote address at the Arizona Reading Association conference and enjoyed meeting so many wonderful educators from this beautiful state. I was fortunate to have in-depth conversations with many attendees about their classrooms and concerns. Everywhere I go, I’m touched by the caring of teachers no matter what their circumstances. I met [...]
Learning together in Dyersburg, TN
Posted in My travels, Work stations, tagged I Can list, literacy work stations, poetry station on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week I worked with kind, caring K-2 teachers from Tennessee. Dyersburg is in farm country about 3 hours driving time from Nashville. We drove past cotton fields and saw lots of soybeans too, on the way there. In the evening, we enjoyed cool temperatures as we strolled past a historic monument and restored buildings. [...]
Reading in Reading, PA
Posted in Classroom makeovers, Classroom tips, My travels, tagged bulletin boards, Classroom tips, literacy work stations on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I spent last week in Pennsylvania and worked in the city of Reading. How appropriate! (It’s pronounced red-ding, though). My drive there included driving through farmland in Lancaster County (where I grew up) and passing through city streets with woods in the background. Pennsylvania means “Penn’s Woods.” School starts here this week, and the 3rd-6th grade teachers [...]
