Ideas for setting up learning stations that allow students to work at their own pace and engage with content in various ways.
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A few days ago we did some learning station work in my regular math classes. We made three different learning stations and rotated them be...
This week, we continued to practice identifying the main idea and supporting details of nonfiction texts using learning stations. As I mentioned last week, I was going to blog about what we did, so here it is. I had five learning stations for identifying main idea and supporting details that the students completed. The students completed the learning stations in whatever order they wanted to allow for students to have a little choice. These learning stations took several days to complete, so they worked at their own pace with a partner. One station that the students completed was a Main Idea- Jungle Safari Game that I purchased from Edupress. I have several of these games and the kids love them! Another learning station that the kids really liked was the Main Idea in a Bag station from The Brown Bag Teacher. The kids loved these because they incorporated interesting Science and Social Studies topics. There are ten different bags for the students to choose from, but I only required the students to complete graphic organizers for four of the bags. This gave the students opportunities to choose the topics that interested them. Of course, these stations would never be complete without task cards. There were actually two learning stations that consisted of task cards. I used Rachel Lynette's Main Idea and Supporting Details task cards. I love these because Rachel offers the QR codes with answers for these. The kids used a QR code app for the i-Pad to get immediate feedback without me having to grade anything. This makes them easy-peasy! The other set of practice cards that the kids used were from Edupress. I actually did this station with each student individually. The students chose four task cards and read each one orally for me. This gave me the opportunity to assess the students' abilities to determine the main idea and monitor fluency as well. The fifth station that the kids completed required the kids to use nonfiction books. I have always struggled to find nonfiction books that were grade appropriate for finding main idea and supporting details. After searching the local library high and low, I stumbled upon some FAB-U-LOUS books by Gail Gibbons. These books were perfect because I was able to find a variety of books with different reading levels to differentiate for my students' needs. Also, a few of the more difficult books, had multiple main ideas and supporting details. This allowed me to challenge my higher students and address the standard for fifth grade (determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details). The Gail Gibbons books that I used for the stations are: Apples (AR Reading Level- 4.0) Beavers (AR Reading Level- 4.7) Galaxies, Galaxies! (AR Reading Level- 5.7) It's Raining! (AR Reading Level- 4.1) Ice Cream: The Full Scoop (AR Reading Level- 4.4) My Soccer Book (AR Reading Level- 3.0) My Baseball Book (AR Reading Level- 2.9) My Basketball Book (AR Reading Level- 3.2) My Football Book (AR Reading Level- 3.2) The students completed a graphic organizer to go along with their book. I am sharing this file of graphic organizers for you to use with your students. You may click here to download. I required my students to read one book and complete the graphic organizer, but the kids loved this station so much, a lot of them read multiple books. Yes, I am DEAD serious! After surveying the kids after the learning stations at the end of the week, the students told me that this station was their favorite (which really shocked me). They said they liked reading the nonfiction books because they enjoyed the topics. Click here to download graphic organizers Here are some examples of completed graphic organizers. I was SO proud of how well the kids did with this station. I hope that while you are searching for ideas and activities for teaching main idea and supporting details, you will find something here to ease your planning. Have a great week!
Middle and high school English teachers: learning stations or centers do work with older students. Find out how to use them in your classroom.
Tips, ideas, and directions to successfully use stations in your classroom: • https://ellythorsenteaching.blogspot.com/2016/05/successfully-using-stations-in-middle.html
Snap circuits are a great way for kids to learn about electricity in a safe and engaging way. Use them for hands-on learning stations.
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This resource contains six ancient Rome learning stations that students can rotate through in small groups. Each ancient Rome learning station (or center) is designed to give students engaging and exciting learning experiences to practice, enrich, review, and enhance their learning. Students will vi...
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SHOW students why they should read through these engaging, collaborative learning stations that feature informational text + multimedia. Each station focuses on a different benefit of reading.These stations work well for any ELA class. They're great for the beginning of the year/semester, before lit...
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Looking for differentiated activities to introduce, or review, Ionic Bonding, and Ionic Compounds? Check out the Student Learning Stations covering this topic! Stations are a great way to get your students up and moving around the room; while differentiating to meet the needs of the various learne...
