Ela rotations

My ELA Block: Take a look at the activities that my students complete during their reading centers!

Readers Use Think Marks. We Think While We Read

Small group instruction is an essential part of my literacy block. As a 3rd grade teacher, I typically have students who come to me with all levels of literacy needs and abilities. And while I value my whole-group 3rd grade reading curriculum, it is in differentiated, small group instruction that th

A balance between types of reading in the classroom literacy block will remove the overwhelm of feeling like there are so many skills to teach. You don't need a new resource, you need a new strategy.

Centers are the hallmark of my classroom. Call them whatever you want: purposeful practice, rotations, stations…whatever they are to you. They are IMPORTANT. Without a solid center routine, your small group instruction is disrupted and disjointed. Without a solid center routine, your literacy bloc

Learn how to get your reading centers ready for the year! These ideas will help teachers plan and manage literacy centers. Ideas for ELA centers including the listen to reading center (listening center), read with a partner (buddy reading), word work center, and the work on writing center. These activities will help teachers at the beginning of the year establish expectations for literacy centers and rotations to maximize learning.

Thinking about implementing a Daily Three reading structure for reading rotations? Check out this post for details and example activities for each roation.

Building reading stamina is important and it begins in the early grades with our youngest readers. Check out my favorite ideas for helping children increase their time spent reading and download a free reading stamina graph to track their progress. #ReadingStamina #ReadingAnchorChart #FirstGradeReadingLessons #SecondGradeReadingLessons #ReadingStaminaGraph #ReadingStaminaChart #HowToIncreaseReadingStamina #Homeschool

Hi friends! I wanted to share with you some of the changes I made to my ELA centers. After Jen Jones came to our school in June, I realized I needed to do a little revamping to my schedule and activit

Welcome back for the second part of my ELA blog post series! Today I am sharing all about my reading center routines and activities. If you missed the first post about my reading whole group lessons, you can click HERE to get caught up. Let me start by reminding you of my entire ELA block schedule. Center

Comprehension activities for guided reading. Students choose a task card and complete it in their books. Second grade, third grade and fourth grade.

Daily 5 choice board rotations student recording sheet

An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

Welcome back for the second part of my ELA blog post series! Today I am sharing all about my reading center routines and activities. If you missed the first post about my reading whole group lessons, you can click HERE to get caught up. Let me start by reminding you of my entire ELA block schedule. Center

Daily 5 anchor chart.

Reading groups

Are your literacy centers running efficiently? Here are some tips to help them to be organized and cut down on your planning!

Reading fluency centers that will help students grow as fluent readers independently! Perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students. Great reading center activity for a read to someone station, or just a weekly reading center in an elementary reading classroom.

Write and Wipe Blends and Digraphs to practice writing blend and digraph spelling patterns. Great for literacy centers, small group rotations, workshop, and early finishers. Read more on my blog theprimarybrain.com