Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work,   ISBN:9781571103536

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If you want to set up literacy stations in your classrooms (k-2), or you just want to re-vamp the ones you already have, then Debbie Diller's book is very helpful. The key to successful stations is to teach the stations from the beginning of the year. Use all station materials in your teaching, students will then model this teaching when they go to the station for independent practice. Great ideas and useful resource for teachers of literacy stations. Great summer reading for teachers!

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I am a second year second-grade teacher, looking to improve my reading centers. This book is very practical, but also provides rationales for why to provide each center, and gives concrete examples of adaptations for different grade levels, K-2. The book addresses many kind of centers, too, more than I would even try to implement in one year. Unlike other books that are mainly about reproducibles and activities (although there are some) this book shows you how you can use classroom materials you already have, and adapt lessons previously taught, in your centers. I think this is going to help me get off to a strong start this year.

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I love this book. Very helpful and realistic
way to set up a classroom that works for the
teacher and enhances the learning of the students.

I think changing the name centers to Literacy Work Stations,
is brilliant. The kids like it too. They like having a sense
of purpose, and it really cuts down on discipline problems.
Everyone in the class can get down to business and feel successful.

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This is just the book I was hoping to find! It has many great ideas for setting up literacy centers for kindergarteners. I shared the book with my kindergarten team, and they all want their own copy of the book.

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This is an amazing book! I took it with me on the plane and lost it...so I re-ordered it on-line. I am a kindergarten teacher and use a lot of these ideas for literacy centers. Her ideas are great!