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. Ashley – BIG WALNUT LOCAL (verified owner) –

    I found this course to be engaging and insightful on how to implement READ stations in my class.

  2. yakup – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –

    very good.

  3. Eunice – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting idea of organizing a classroom to allow more freedom of choice to the students.

  4. Stephanie – Prince George County Public Schools (verified owner) –

    The course gave me ideas of how to run stations in my classroom. It was more geared to older students, but I think I will be able to take the material and adapt it to my lower elementary class.

  5. Khara – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –

    Great presentation. Makes rotations seem doable in the ELA classroom.

  6. THERESA – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –

    Great ideas for differentiation

  7. Alice – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –

    I thought the course was a good one. I learned some things I can implement.

  8. Brenda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    It was excellent and very informative.

  9. Michelle – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –

    Fresh ideas on how to target individualized instruction and student’s needs.

  10. Sylvia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    I really like the READ rotation strategy and will definitely use it in my classroom.

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