On Saturday morning our instructor at the gym said, “Would you like to do stations today?” Everyone enthusiastically said they’d like to try something different! So she set up areas all around the room with equipment and exercises with which we were very familiar. She reviewed how to do each exercise (that we knew from [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Work stations’
Stations at the gym
Posted in Great stuff, tagged gym, Work stations on April 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Noise alert!
Posted in Classroom tips, Work stations, tagged classroom noise, Work stations on September 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As I work in K-2 math classrooms this week, it is the fourth week of school. We are still busy introducing stations and are starting to teach students to use the management board so they can work independent of the teacher. We have not yet started small groups. During the time children are going to these [...]
Drama work stations
Posted in Introducing stations, Work stations, tagged drama work stations, Work stations on September 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This week I’m working in Lafayette, IN, home of Purdue University and thoughtful, caring teachers. As part of our training, we looked carefully at the drama work station, a station that often strikes fear in the hearts of many educators! I showed a video clilp on how to introduce the drama station in a 1st [...]
Music work stations
Posted in Work stations, tagged music, Work stations on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During back-to-school workshops, teachers from art, music, and P.E. often attend our training on work stations. Often, I’m pleasantly surprised by the creativity of these folks and how they adapt work stations to match their special subjects! Jennifer Bartos, the music teacher at Ford Elementary School in Denver, CO., came to my after-school session and [...]
