Thursday, December 29, 2016

Author's Chair and Post office idea

Here is the author's chair I made to read to my future children in. Beekle is one of the books I want to read to my students.
The post office idea is a way to get children to love writing again. This came from my children's literature professor.








Thursday, December 1, 2016

Guided Reading and Lit centers

Guided Reading article Found here:

In education emails in my gmail.

Literature centers is in my gmail as well.

Centers (Literature Methods I)

Centers must be... self-sustaining, fits core, guided instruction.

Center Ideas;

Charts: If you charted something you laminate it and kids read charts while wearing the mustache and glasses.
Big Book: Kids read aloud Ex: "Maps are the best big books to use"
Book Nook: Create a comfy and cozy place to read.
Overhead projector: use for shadow puppets, pull out file folders of poems and songs.
Word work games: all the decoding games you have in file folders.
Readers theater: make their own and perform it.
Poetry Box: Lots of poems in here that kids can read.
Journals: Each student has a journal and the teacher writes back to the teacher.
Computer: "The Epic!" is a great site and you would just have the students sign in
Pocket Charts: Telling stories or reviewing vocab.
Writing Centers: is where you leave paper, glitter, scissors and kids start writing.
White-board cards: students would write down what they wanted or list what was on the cards example: what is your favorite food and kids would write responses on the whiteboard. Ex: what would you see at a carnival?
Letters/Post Office: Write letters to kids whose bday it is. Or you can make a school-wide post office. Sixth graders applied for each position in the post office and switch groups every term. Kids would write a letter every day to write to anyone in the school and each class had directions like larry lane.
Stamp stories: Kids would stamp the picture and write a few words.
Magazine Stories: Stories about a picture in the magazine.
Writing Directions: Put a pot of gold in the classroom and they would write directions for another student to follow.
Poetry Writing: A compilation of poems for kids to read or practice writing.

**Maintenance: If kids leave open four markers open and then the teacher acts dramatic about losing the markers for being dry and the students learn to respect the materials.
-Last 10 MINUTES: ONE OF THE GROUPS GET TO SHARE WHAT THEY DID IN THE CENTER.
-Look at article 10 and download it.