CENTERgize Your Middle School Classroom Presentation By John
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom Presentation By: John Quincy Adams Middle School Chuck Dilauro Christina Johnson Jennifer Williams Jessica Radovich
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom Bring Common Core withfull cooperative circle learning groups that focus on: • RTI (Response to Intervention) • Close Reading • Meaningful Discussions • Technology • Formative Assessment
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom Session Objectives ØUnderstand how to use learning centers ØExperience how they work ØGain resources on: • RTI (Response to Intervention) • Assessment/technology • Close reading • Meaningful discussions and questioning
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom What is a learning center? Learning centers are designated activities that provide an engaging way for students to work independently of the teacher in small groups, pairs, or individually to reinforce and extend classroom learning. Learning centers for middle school students are designed with the middle-level student in mind.
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom BENEFITS OF LEARNING CENTERS Ømotivates students allows students to take charge of their learning Øappeals to social nature of middle school students group activities Ømeets academic needs of individual students differentiated activities individual/small group meetings with the teacher Øincorporates reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom TYPES OF LEARNING CENTERS ØTeacher lead (most important) ØIndependent reading ØComputer ØIndependent seat work ØWriters workshop ØVocabulary/word study
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom The primary objective of a learning center model is to meet with students one-on-one and in small groups in order to provide remediation of skills and concepts covered in class.
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom CREATING GROUPS • group by need/skill • group by interest • group by learning styles • group randomly (# drawn, colored cards, puzzle pieces, etc. ) • self-selected grouping (students select their own groups) • flexible grouping (change groups as needed for any/all of the above)
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom Other things to consider when using centers: ØFrequency ØNumber of students per group ØNumber of centers in a rotation ØAmount of time for each rotation All depend on the specific needs of each class
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom Always post a rotation chart so that students know where to go and what to do in each station GROUP 1 2 3 4 ROTATIO N Centers: T R C I T R C Teacher Reading Computer Independent 1 2 3 4
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom Today we will model a four group rotation Center #1 RTI (Response to Intervention) Center #2 Close Reading Center #3 Meaningful Discussions Depth of Knowledge questioning Center #4 Assessment/Technology
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“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom Reflection • What do you feel you will be able to do differently with the content in your classroom as a result of learning centers? • How does the learning center approach connect to the instructional shifts in CCSS? • What will you do differently in your classroom as you implement learning centers?
“CENTERgize” Your Middle School Classroom Contact Information John Quincy Adams Middle School 5525 Henican Place Metairie, LA 70001 504 -887 -5240 chuck. dilauro@jppss. k 12. la. us jennifer. williams@jppss. k 12. la. us christina. johnson@jppss. k 12. la. us jessica. radovich@jppss. k 12. la. us
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