English Language Arts (ELA) Rotations has quickly become one of the students favorite times of the day! (It is their teachers favorite time too!) There are _ main goals for ELA Rotations: 1. Provide a time for guided reading in small, appropriately leveled reading groups, 2. Create independence in learning while students work independently in their other rotations, 3. Have fun!
Each week we will have ELA Rotations Monday through Thursday. Students move through 8 independent rotations, guided reading, and desk work with a partner. Each day, students will go to four rotations: guided reading, a rotation, desk work, and another rotation. At the end of the four days, all students will have completed four lessons with a leveled book in guided reading, completed four journal writing activities independently in desk work, and visited all 8 independent rotations.
Our 8 independent rotations are Writing Table, Book Nook, Word Works, Poetry Station (Crayon), Listening to Reading (Schoolhouse), Independent Computer, Shared Computer (Star), and iPods or iPad (Apple). Students have a name tag that shows them where to go using a poster guide at the front of the room.
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| Guided Reading |
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| Listen to Reading |
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Listen to Reading
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| Book Nook |
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| Word Works |
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Writing Table
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Poetry Station
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| Apple Rotation- iPods |
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| Desk work (You can see a name tag under her journal!) |
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| Desk work |
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| Desk work |
