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. Lori – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    Good info, a lot to take in and then try to figure out how to use in your own classroom.

  2. Cynthia – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    She is enthusiastic.

  3. Alyson – Allen East Local Schools (verified owner) –

    This was informative in explaining the READ centers process.

  4. Teresa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    The READ system is great. It is going to take some planning and a buy-in from admin, students, and teachers, but it will be beneficial.

  5. Gabriela – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very helpful and the presenter is really good.

  6. Peggy – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    Great for upper elementary, middle school and above.

  7. Adriana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas on organization and having students engaged.

  8. tracey – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    Thinking how I can make this usable in my kinder class

  9. Ashley – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    I really liked the ideas presented- they were very applicable.

  10. rachel – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –

    I think this course is mainly teaching how to give students more independence with their education.

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