CENTERS FOR KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS DOWNLOAD

I know some of you are looking at this schedule and saying…’where’s read to self.’ We work on read to self as a whole group until they are able to do it for 15 minutes.

CENTERS FOR KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS DOWNLOAD

If you want to download these so you can take a better look at them, go ahead. Trust me.So take a quick look and see how I have them set up: Will they be perfect? No, but you re-address issues during your post station whole group meeting. In this schedule, you will see there are stations I labeled as ‘exploring’ meaning there really isn’t any instruction other than ‘explore,’ and there are stations that are labeled as ‘independent.’ Independent stations are the ones that have already been introduced by a teacher and that should be familiar to students. Those teacher led stations are for introducing materials and activities and stepping back as quickly as possible to see where they need assistance and guidance. Those first couple of weeks of school, I’m not doing guided reading. This year I have a student teacher at the beginning of the year so I will have two ‘Teacher Led’ or ‘Meet the Teacher’ stations within those 6.

That being said, I have 6 stations going at one time. But before I do remember, the goal is to learn routines and procedures and to let them explore and become independent. Ok so what do those first two weeks ‘LOOK’ like? I’m going to show you.

Centers for kindergarten classrooms