Stations

This was my first day trying stations with my students. It was definitely a process and will take some practice. There's only one of me so it's hard to be at every station and monitor what each child is doing. I feel that once we get into a routine, it will hopefully flow much better. Practice makes perfect, right?

Each station was working on math. Many classrooms that I have seen using stations usually have a teacher station as well. Teachers sit at this station and are able to work with students in small groups rather than with the whole class. I decided not to do this for the first time because most of my students have not worked in stations before. After my experience today, I did some exploring online. I found a reat great ideathat   going to incorporate next time. One person in each group wears an 'Ask Me' tag around their neck. If anyone in the group has a question, they will ask the student wearing the Ask me tag and they will try and answer it. If they don't know the answer, the person wearing the tag can come and ask me the question and relay it to the group. I think this may be better than twenty-three students running up to me asking questions. Sounds like it may be worth a shot!