
TRT Podcast #160: All About Literacy Centers – with Christina Winter
Unless all your students are at the same skill level (highly unlikely!), you will need to meet with small groups during the school day – even in a structured literacy classroom. But what are the rest of the students doing? Christina Winter walks us through how to choose literacy centers, how to teach students to do them independently, and answers pretty much every question you might have about how to manage this time in your school day.
Full episode transcript
Christina’s resources & blog posts
- 4 strategies to limit disruptions during literacy centers
- How to keep kids on task during literacy centers
- 5 literacy centers every classroom needs
- Christina’s membership: Leaders of Literacy
Ideas for organizing center materials
- 5 simple ways to organize math and literacy centers (Farrah Henley Education)
- 4 tips for organizing literacy centers (Mrs. Winter’s Bliss)
- Organizing literacy centers (Sarah’s Teaching Snippets)
- Organizing phonics materials (Sarah’s Teaching Snippets)
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