1. Your Middle School Classroom John Quincy Adams Middle School
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Your Middle School Classroom
Presentation By:
John Quincy Adams Middle School
Chuck Dilauro
Christina Johnson
Jennifer Williams
Jessica Radovich

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Bring Common Core with cooperative learning groups that focus on:
full circle
RTI (Response to Intervention)
Close Reading
Meaningful Discussions
Technology
Formative Assessment

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Session Objectives
Understand how to use learning centers
Experience how they work
Gain resources on:
RTI (Response to Intervention)
Assessment/technology
Close reading
Meaningful discussions and questioning

4. Your Middle School Classroom What is a learning center?
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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.

5. Your Middle School Classroom BENEFITS OF LEARNING CENTERS
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BENEFITS OF LEARNING CENTERS
motivates students
allows students to take charge of their learning
appeals to social nature of middle school students
group activities
meets academic needs of individual students
differentiated activities
individual/small group meetings with the teacher
incorporates reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing

6. Your Middle School Classroom TYPES OF LEARNING CENTERS
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TYPES OF LEARNING CENTERS
Teacher lead (most important)
Independent reading
Computer
Independent seat work
Writers workshop
Vocabulary/word study

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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.

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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)

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Other things to consider when using centers:
Frequency
Number of students per group
Number of centers in a rotation
Amount of time for each rotation
All depend on the specific needs of each class

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Always post a rotation chart so that students know where to go and what to do in each station
GROUP
ROTATION 1 2 3 4 T R C I
Centers:
Teacher
Reading
Computer
Independent

11. Your Middle School Classroom Today we will model a four group rotation
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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

12. Rotation #1

13. 10
MINUTES LEFT

14. 9
MINUTES LEFT

15. 8
MINUTES LEFT

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23. MINUTES LEFT!
TIME TO
ROTATE!!!

24. Rotation #2

25. 10
MINUTES LEFT

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35. MINUTES LEFT!
TIME TO
ROTATE!!!

36. Rotation #3

37. 10
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TIME TO
ROTATE!!!

48. Rotation #4

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58. 1
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59. MINUTES LEFT!
TIME TO
GO BACK
TO YOUR
SEATS!!

60. Back
to your
seats!

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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?

62. Your Middle School Classroom John Quincy Adams Middle School
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Contact Information
John Quincy Adams Middle School
5525 Henican Place
Metairie, LA 70001