Learning Centers Made Simple - Guided reading, reading center ideas and learning stations! From concept to initiation, Learning Centers Made Simple! offers specific, "teacher- tested" ideas and "how-to" instructions to put together literacy stations and math centers you and your students will find stimulating and enjoyable. This comprehensive 95 page teacher's resource book is a step by step guide to creating fun, effective guided reading and math centers for your classroom. Look what is inside: Section A - Introduction to Learning Centers Includes Questions and Answers teachers have about centers. Section B - Development and Planning The how to's and printables you will need to organize literacy center activities, create a daily schedule and a daily center schedule and 4 great printable centers to get you started. Section C - How To Make Centers Successful This section offers you the routines and procedures you will need to have in place for a stress free literacy center classroom. Includes printable rotation and signal ideas and much more! Section D - Activities and Ideas for Centers This section has detailed instructions and printables for a multitude of literacy and math centers in both English and Spanish. It has all you need to get your centers into action. Learning Centers Made Simple - Literacy and Math Centers in English and Spanish focuses on using materials from thematic units that connect to reading, writing, and math centers. Find out how to establish, organize and effectively use literacy and math centers with the innovative suggestions, practical tips, and printables in this great book. A straight forward and simple "how to" book that guides the teacher through the planning and implementing of literacy and math centers with a thematic unit base in their primary classroom. Get started with centers in your classroom today!

2 Square Venn Diagram - Graphic Organizer Students use this 2 squared graphic organizer to respond to literature. Compare and contrast 2 characters in a story, 2 different settings, or 2 events. Use this great Venn Diagram before, during and after reading to solidify student comprehension Graphic organizers are great group or individual work activities as a response to literature during independent reading, interactive reading, or shared reading. Graphic Organizers help students develop higher level thinking skills and promote creativity. They are handy tools for classroom use that guide students through the process of organizing information. Graphic organizers make logic out of language and help students summarize and interpret text. Graphic Organizers are excellent tools that promote high-level active thinking in the classroom. Critical Thinking and Active Learning materials for: -Reading Comprehension -Math -Social Studies -Science -Art -Conflict Resolution SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS: Graphic organizers make content area information more accessible to second language learners. The Venn Diagram can change complex language into language that is comprehensible. This is a perfect visual tool that helps ELLs and all students understand and organize information. Lori Wolfe

ESL NEWCOMERS ACTIVITIES Unit #4 is a meticulously crafted ESL newcomer activities pack focusing on ESL Basic ACTION VERBS and vocabulary. Lesson plans are provided. This comprehensive ESL NEWCOMERS ACTIVITIES Unit #4 has everything ESL and classroom teachers need to develop strong early English language and literacy skills in students at the beginning or early intermediate stages of English language acquisition. Welcome your ESL Newcomer with English success by providing this comprehensive English acquisition packet. Lesson plans are provided to assure your English language student (ELL) is engaged and learning from the very first day! ESL Newcomer Pack includes the following lessons for ELLs: Basic verbs with can, can not, and more Possessive pronouns cognates Questions and answers with can Plus much more! Unit 4 is designed to provide an understanding of the English can verb, common verbs, possessive pronouns, and cognates for students who are newcomers to English. You get lesson plans, activities and black lines for: sentence Flip Books for the can verb -beginning sentence construction/respond to questions word wall cards for the can, can not and negative of the verb basic verbs with pictures in black and white cognates sentence starters for the can verb take home practice book for the can verb flip-fun books for the can verb possessive pronoun chant, pictures and activities Rest assured that your ESL Newcomers are learning English from the very first day, building a strong language base with engaging and explicit language instruction! Have fun!

Formative Assessment Graphic Organizer for Reading is a graphic organizer will help you analyze your formative assessments and identify your next learning targets! Adjust and differentiate ongoing instruction and improve student achievement with this easy to use graphic organizer. Formative assessments are used during instruction to support the learning process. This student feedback helps us adjust and differentiate ongoing instruction to improve student achievement. Most formative assessments are quick and easy and do not take an excessive amount of time. They are easy to use on a daily basis. Formative assessments include: exit tickets journal your learning lists reflections bell ringers graphic organizers summaries lists on sticky notes quick write anecdotal notes check lists: interview and observation Questions to ask: What did we do in class? Why did we do it? What did I learn today? How can I apply it? What questions do I have about it? Adjust and differentiate ongoing instruction and improve student achievement with this easy to use graphic organizer.