1. Spice Up Your Literacy Work Stations! Mary Aper 1 st Grade Parkside Elementary

2. Literacy Work Stations By Debbie Diller n Making Centers Work

3. Engaging The Brain! n “To increase student’s intrinsic motivation and keep their attention, teachers should provide choices, make learning relevant and personal, and make it engaging (emotional, energetic, physical).” From Teaching With The Brain In Mind From Teaching With The Brain In Mind By Eric Jensen By Eric Jensen

4. Mini Lessons n Use the first SIX weeks of school to introduce Work Stations before you even start Guided Reading. n Model n Role play n Practice n Supervise n Take a day every month to observe, re-teach

5. “I Can” n

6. Job Board

7. Library Work Station n Use stuffed animals n Make it a cozy place n Write a book review n Write a “Making Connections” on a post-it and put it in a book n Our Favorite Book graph n Author study

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10. Big Book Work Station n Use “Job” cards n Post-It notes to look for words you know n Wicki-Sticks to underline Wall Words n Look for letters with a bubble wand n Look for words with flyswatter with section cut out n Highlighter tape n Cool pointers

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12. Writing Work Station n Read the room- have seasonal words n Have a poster of writing ideas n Write a list, card, survey, book n Cool Writing tools n Theme words on rings or cards n Dry erase boards n Magazines write about a picture n Sticker Story

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14. Reading The Room n

15. Drama Work Station n Use puppets to re-tell familiar book n Use props n Use puppets from basil n Lots of Reader’s Theater scripts on line

16. ABC/Word Study Work Station n Salt bottle work hunt n Magnet letters n Rubber stamps n ABC puzzles n Singing ABC songs n Making words n Cookie sheet with magnetic words/letters n Phonics board games

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18. Magnet Letters & Rubber Stamps n

19. Pocket Chart/Poetry Work Station n Use cool pointers n Put poem in correct order n Illustrate poem n Poetry Notebooks n Fill in the blanks of a poem n Highlight rhyming word with highlighter tape n Tape record a poem

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22. Overhead Work Station n Put it low to the ground, on wheels n Use dry erase markers (no water) n Photo frame with cornmeal to write letters/words n Use magnet letters for kids to spell words n Read poems n Re-read a Morning Message- fill in blanks n transparencies

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24. Other Work Stations n Computer n Listening n Puzzles and Games n Handwriting

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26. Puzzles and Games n