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Hurley Elementary 

Literacy Workstations Making them Work for all Students

    A literacy workstation is an area within the classroom where students work alone or interact with one another, using instructional  materials  to explore and expand their literacy (Diller, 2003)

Why Do We Use Literacy Centers?

Literacy Centers:
  • allow teachers to engage in explicit, focused, guided reading or skills groups without interruption;
  • provide opportunities for independent practice of literacy skills;
  • facilitate one-on-one instruction, observation, and evaluation of student progress;
  • elicit students’ exploration, application, understanding, and extension of skills and strategies;
  • develop student responsibility for constructing, practicing, and recording new  knowledge;
  • cover a wide range of skill levels, learning styles, and interests; and
  • facilitate the development of self-monitoring, problem-solving and collaboration.

Should I Have Goals and Objectives for
Literacy Centers?

Developing literacy centers should be a well thought-out process, one that addresses state literacy standards and the overall goals of the classroom teacher.

  • Students in literacy centers should be actively involved and focused
  • understand what is expected;
  • learn to manage materials and be held accountable for tasks
  • be able to work cooperatively and independently
  • practice skills and strategies that are developmentally appropriate and based on ongoing assessment and teacher observation
  • have the opportunity to work on differentiated instructional tasks
  • focused on meaningful extensions of learning that are focused on literacy
  • Keep it simple and manageable!
  • Avoid busy work and worksheets!

Florida Center for Reading Research -these links provide instructions on creating literacy workstations for vocabulary,fluency, phonics, phonemic awareness, and comprehension. There are complete activities and blackline masters for each center with very little preparation. A guide is also available on the site.

    * Grades K-1

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/studentCenterActivities.htm

    * Grades 2-3

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/studentCenterActivities23.htm

    * Grades 4-5

 http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/studentCenterActivities45.htm



Debbie Diller Resources:


http://www.mrsmcdowell.com/centers.htm


Literacy Workstations for K-5
http://www.k-3learningpages.net/web%20literacy%20centers.htm



Guided Reading by Fountas and Pinnell

Fountas and Pinnell (Professional Development Room 110)

Houghton Mifflin Leveled Readers - http://www.eduplace.com/marketing/leveledreaders/


Kathy Bumgardner


      K-2 Literacy Centers-

 http://www.kbumreading.com/aboutus.html

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            Literacy Extension Cards - printable

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            Book Club printables

    

      Reading/Writing Management  - printables-

 http://www.kbumreading.com/booklist.html

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            Thinking Skills Rings

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            Reader's Notebook Rubric

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            Marzano's Wheels & Bucks

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            RUNNERS

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            QAR

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            Writing Checklist

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            Writing Conferencing Forms


Building Comprehension: 


http://www.kbumreading.com/compstrategies.html


Think Clouds for Reading- build comprehension: 


http://www.kbumreading.com/thinkclouds.html


Santa Maria-Bonita Schools - this web site has ideas and resources for Houghton Mifflin Reading by grade level. The resources include printable posters, vocabulary cards, and focus wall information.


http://www.smbsd.org/page.cfm?p=35


      Kindergarten:

http://www.smbsd.org/page.cfm?p=897


      1st Grade:

http://www.smbsd.org/page.cfm?p=898


      2nd Grade:

http://www.smbsd.org/page.cfm?p=899

    

      3rd Grade:

http://www.smbsd.org/page.cfm?p=900

    

      4th Grade:

http://www.smbsd.org/page.cfm?p=901

    

      5th Grade:

http://www.smbsd.org/page.cfm?p=902
















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