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When you begin spring in the classroom, students tend to get a little bit bored and want to switch it up a little bit. In order to keep them engaged in the things that you do every day you want to find some engaging content. Today, I am going to share with you a few ideas to switch it up this spring with your reading centers! Spring Slide Decks Slide decks are the most popular reading center in my classroom. Each slide deck gives the students 7 slides to go through on a given topic. In ... Read More about Spring Reading Centers

Working in reading centers gives you time to do small group with your students which is ESSENTIAL! I do reading centers in my classroom every single day for 20-30 minutes. There are tons of resources in this blog post to make setting up your reading centers simple and easy! Centers/What to Prep I have four centers in my classroom and teacher time. I have done a mix of Daily 5 and other center ideas that are found online. Working with Words Writing Time Listening to Reading ... Read More about SIMPLE and IMPACTFUL Reading Centers

Everyday in upper elementary my students visit one reading center. Each week they visit teacher time, word work, work on writing, listening to reading, and read to self. Psst.. at the bottom of this post you can grab a video that talks about all of the centers. Why use word work? During word work students get to play with different word patterns, word meanings, and high frequency words. They also gain a stronger knowledge and interest in learning unique and interesting words. By playing ... Read More about How to Run Word Work in Upper Elementary Reading Centers

It is important to implement reading centers in your classroom every single day. Literacy centers can vary based on grade level, classroom needs, etc., but the one thing that is important is that students are working diligently to gain reading skills while staying engaged the entire time. Today, I wanted to talk about my close reading station. My Simple Literacy Centers Before we get into close reading, I wanted to show you my other centers, so you can get an idea of how they run. In my ... Read More about Close Reading during Literacy Centers