SMALL GROUPS AND STATIONS

PATRICIA DUETT

AET 545-E-LEARNING DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES

MONDAY DECEMBER 22, 2014

CHRISTINE NORTZ

AGENDA FOR TUTORIAL

• WHAT ARE SMALL GROUPS?

• WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?

• WHERE DO STATIONS COME IN?

• WHAT STATION WORKS WELL FOR MY CLASSROOM?

• HOW DO I GET THEM STARTED?

• LEARNING ACTIVITY

• CLOSING

OBJECTIVE

• FOR THE LEARNER TO:

• UNDERSTAND SMALL GROUPS AND STATIONS

• OBSERVE EXAMPLES OF STATIONS IN PROGRESS

• RESEARCH STATION PLANS FOR THE CLASSROO

• CREATE AND DESIGN A PLAN AND ROUTINE FOR THE CLASSROOM

SMALL GROUPS AND STATIONS

• SMALL GROUPS ARE:

• USUALLY A GROUP OF 4-6 STUDENTS

• THE STUDENTS ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED BASED ON THEIR

READING ABILITY

• THE TEACHER WORKS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS ON THE

AREAS THEY ARE STRUGGLING IN.

• THE TEACHER DOES ACTIVITIES WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE

GROUPS.

• STATIONS ARE:

• DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, WHICH STUDENTS DO

INDEPENDENTLY IN GROUPS

• GROUPS OF STUDENTS ARE USUALLY 4-6 STUDENTS RANGING

IN THEIR READING ABILITIES

• THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE GROUPS USUALLY WORK

TOGETHER

EXAMPLES OF A STATION ROTATION

Daily 5-Stations

EXAMPLE OF STATIONS IN ACTION

SMALL GROUPS IN ACTION

STATION ROTATION EXAMPLES

• DAILY FIVE STATION ROTATION

• HTTPS://WWW.THEDAILYCAFE.COM/DAILY-5

• LITERACY STATIONS

• HTTP://WWW.BUSYTEACHERSCAFE.COM/LITERACY_CENTERS/

HOW DO I IMPLEMENT STATIONS?

LEARNING ACTIVITY: CREATE A PLAN

BRAINSTORM: STATION IDEAS

• HTTP://WWW.LITTLEGIRAFFES.COM/LITERACYCENTERSEXAMPLES.HTML

• TAKE THE LIST OF STATIONS AND BEGIN TO BRAINSTORM ON THE BACK OF THE

SMALL GROUPS PLAN

REFERENCES

• READ WRITE THINK. (2014). RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.READWRITETHINK.ORG/CLASSROOM-

RESOURCES/LESSON- PLANS/LITERACY-CENTERS-GETTING-STARTED-1144.HTML?TAB=3#RESOURCES

• HOW TO DEVELOP PERFORMANCE BASED OBJECTIVES. (2014). RETRIEVED FROM

HTTP://WWW.FGP.COM/KNOWLEDGE- CENTER/CLIENT-RESOURCES/HOW-TO-DEVELOP-PERFORMANCE-

BASED-OBJECTIVES

• BUSY TEACHER CAFE. (2014). LITERACY CENTERS. RETRIEVED FROM

HTTP://WWW.BUSYTEACHERSCAFE.COM/LITERACY_CENTERS/

REFERENCES (CONT’D)

• THE DAILY CAFE . (2014). RETRIEVED FROM

HTTPS://WWW.THEDAILYCAFE.COM/DAILY-5

• A-Z TEACHER STUFF. (2001-2010). WELCOME LITERACY. RETRIEVED FROM

HTTP://WWW.LITTLEGIRAFFES.COM/LITERACYCENTERSEXAMPLES.HTML