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Internet Workshop: Exploring Literacy Center Ideas
Today, you will have an opportunity to explore one of the following online resources created by primary school teachers. Each resource links to a different teacher's descriptions of the literacy centers they use in their classroom. Many descriptions include a photograph of the center to help you visualize how each is set up.

After you break into groups of five, each of you should select one link to explore. Read/skim through the literacy center ideas and use the notetaking organizer given to you in class to complete the following:
 * 1) note any __management tips or work board ideas__ the teacher provides for setting up a literacy center
 * 2) summarize __four innovative center ideas__ that you find particularly useful
 * 3) for each center idea, circle __which of the Five Literacy Component(s)__ it best addresses (e.g., Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension) [Try to select center ideas that address a range of components]
 * **4)** __Be prepared to share__ the four center ideas you found with the rest of your group in about 20 minutes.


 * 1) [|Mrs. McDowell’s Literacy Centers] for Grades K-1
 * 2) [|Mrs. Gallagher’s Literacy Centers] for Grades K-2
 * 3) [|The K Crew’s Centers and Units Page] (Explore Unit Themes for more center ideas)
 * 4) [|Mrs. Spatafora's Kindergarten Blog]