Station teaching

Ready to create learning stations? They require a purposeful and strategic design in order for the experience to be meaningful. Start here!

Using these editable station checklists was the BEST thing I ever did for our station time. Having the checklists taught my students time management, responsibility, and gave them choice over how to spend their time. I found that before checklists, if students weren't interested in an activity, I had trouble getting completed work turned in. #editablestationchecklist #stationchecklist #centers #stations #classroommanagement

reading comprehension stations

Your new favorite teaching strategy: This pared-down version of learning stations keeps the movement, interactivity and variety while minimizing the prep work.

An overview of strategies to use when planning a stations lesson in your secondary classroom. Includes 5 important questions to ask and help in how to planning a great lesson.

Explore 8 station ideas for secondary ELA that boost engagement, reduce lecture time, and support creative, student-led learning.

Of of the most engaging and interactive ways to start the new school year is by facilitating a back-to-school station activity in your classroom. Using back-to-school stations as a classroom activity during the first week of school a great way to get your students up and interacting with each other. Furthermore, back-to-school stations are also great for getting to know your students and handing out important class information.

Get your students excited about writing with these tips on how to create a great writing space!

I’m back to talk more about independent work stations. I don’t know if you’ve realized, but I’m basically obsessed with them. I think I’ve written about independent work stations at least a half dozen times on this blog if not more! I love them because not only do they provide an opportunity to teach students ... Read More about 5 Mistakes you are Making in your Independent Work Stations

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Jake Daggett on Instagram: "Lots of questions lately about small group at this point in the year. I spend about 12 minutes with each group. Each group does something a little different depending on if I need to address recent skill gaps or increase rigor for others. Note: These groups are in addition to our 30 minute tier 1 phonics block in the morning. 💜• • • • #iteach #iteach123 #teacher #teaching #elementaryteacher #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #iteach #teaching…

Let's be real, planning weekly lessons in the ESL classroom can be an overwhelming task. Factors include caseloads and the sheer number of students/small

The key for successful small group instruction and stations is classroom management. Here are a few tips that will make stations in your middle school classroom run smoothly without all the chaos!

Want to make meet the teacher night stress-free and organized? Discover why meet the teacher stations are a must for a smooth back-to-school event! These easy meet the teacher station ideas help you set up engaging and informative stations that welcome families, build a strong classroom community, and set the tone for a successful year. Get tips for meet the teacher stations and the best back-to-school ideas to ensure your event runs seamlessly during the first week of school!

Teacher resource station

This is a full year writing station for your students! Packed with everything you need, create an all-in-one writing center your students will love! The topics, writing paper, prompts, and teaching posters meet the needs of emerging to advanced writers in grades K-2.

Provide students with opportunities to build a foundation of ELA concepts and skills with Stations by Standard! Each topic has 15 workstations to expose students to many different formats and skills within the skill focus.

Have you used station-based learning in your classroom? Are you curious about how to get started? Join us this week to learn about station-based learning! There are many different ways to set up stations in your classroom. In this episode, we chatted about types of stations (feedback, collaborative, teacher-led, small group, individual, makerspace, design and create, etc), as well as behind the scenes, and logistics in the classroom.

I’ll admit, when I first began using stations the main reason was so I didn’t have to make copies for 200 students. The copy machines at my school were frequently broken, out of toner, and often inaccessible due to high need from other teachers and the lack of regular and predictable planning periods. If I wanted to make copies, I either had to get to school around seven or stay well after the final bell rang. Even then I might not be able to print what I needed for my students because the…