Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Classroom Rotation Stations
One thing I have really enjoyed in my field experience classroom is the use of stations/circuits. In addition to myself and my field experience partner, another student from St. Benz is placed in our classroom doing their field experience as well. This gives our cooperating teacher some flexibility on how she wants to use our presence. I think we are pretty fortunate that our teacher gives us quite a bit of responsibility in the classroom. In these rotation stations, each of us field experience students are given a concept and an activity that the classroom students need to work on. While students are working with us, the teacher has time to test and assess students that are struggling. The use of these stations makes time fly by, and it is fun working with students in small group settings. The students seem to enjoy it as well, because it keeps them active and moving. If I ever have the opportunity to have multiple helpers in my future classroom, I would certainly use this idea!
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ReplyDeleteCool to hear, Mikk. I've never really thought of having help when I become a teacher. It's probably safe to say, we'll be doing the same thing with other students. It's an endless cycle. My classroom had one St. Ben's student, just for a few days though. It's really a big insight when you think about how much more a teacher can do with some help
ReplyDeleteMy teacher also uses this time to assess where students are at during the rotations. I believe we help them out immensely. By them giving us the time to work with students during rotations it allows us to see growth in the students, which is quite a treat. One thing I learned about rotations during my experience, is having an actual rotation is very helpful. It keeps the students on task and makes them complete all the stations throughout the week. In my class students were given the responsibility to finish the stations without order. It was more difficult to keep them focused and I feel it wasted a couple minutes every day with some students. By the end of the year the time adds up.
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