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16. How to Best Manage Centers as a Classroom Teacher: Part 2 of A Conversation With a First Year Teacher
This is part 2 of a conversation I had back in November with a first year kindergarten teacher during one of my coaching sessions. During this part of the conversations we talk all about how to manage centers as a classroom teacher.
In this episode we cover:
The structure of centers
How I structure my reading, writing, and word work and make planning them easier
Giving students a choice of station to hold engagement
How often materials are switched out to keep students engaged
The ways in which to model writing and labeling for students
Managing the materials for kindergarten and when to…
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