A Centers Approach to Language Arts

$20.00

Presenter: Erin Muck
Core Area: Learner Development and Individual Learning Differences 1.2; Learning Environments 2.1, 2.2; ODE Teacher Competency a; OAGC Differentiation
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

If you’ve ever pulled your hair out in frustration as you watched one of your students take 30 minutes to complete a classroom activity that took another student 10 seconds, this is the course for you. Erin Muck shows you how to offer students autonomy, choice, and differentiation through a centers approach to language arts she calls “The READ System.”  

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Description

A centers approach to teaching offers gifted students autonomy, choice, and differentiation in ways that challenge and stretch them individually. In this course, Erin Muck shares how she uses a centers approach in her language arts classroom with the goal of helping you make it work in your classroom.

The centers approach Ms. Muck uses and developed herself is called “The READ System.” She will walk you through the following:

  • The power and advantages of using centers in your classroom
  • Examples of what centers might look like in your classroom
  • The specific benefits of using centers with your gifted students
She covers classroom setup, classroom organization, and demonstrates stations in action.

This course meets National Association for Gifted Children Teacher Preparation Standards 1.2, 2.1, and 2.1, as well as Ohio Department of Education competencies a, b, and c.

Click here for a leader’s guide created by the Ohio Association for the Gifted and Talented.

Presenter Bio

Erin Muck is in her 21st year of teaching sixth grade English Language Arts. Pickerington Local Schools has been her home for her entire teaching career. Currently she is a teacher in Pickerington’s Gateway Academy, a comprehensive fourth through sixth grade gifted program. Erin has spent the majority of her years teaching in some form of gifted education. Erin received a Masters of Education degree from Ohio University and earned her Gifted Intervention Specialist endorsement from the University of Cincinnati. Erin is married to her high school sweetheart and resides in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. She is the mother of two children, Dillon, and Addison.
 

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471 reviews for A Centers Approach to Language Arts

  1. Nilda – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    Well organized, great information on managing centers.

  2. Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Provides differentiated instruction and innovative ideas.

  3. Jan – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    It gave me reasonable ideas to run stations.

  4. Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I would like to know if the teacher has to teach whole group. It would be very helpful if there was an example of what is completed in each station

  5. Rosa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Great Ideas

  6. Kelly – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    A good course for those who have not used centers in their classroom.

  7. David – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I think the idea of rotation stations is an excellent method of student learning. I just wished this course taught me how to implement READ in the classroom.

  8. Aileen – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    This course showed me ways I can improve my stations and how to use student feedback.

  9. Courtney – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –

    The course provides good explanation of each center.

  10. Colette – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –

    There are great ideas for creating language centers.

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