Library stations elementary

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In an effort to clean up my freebies page and to make different types of freebies easier to find, I have made this page for CENTER FREEBIES. Click on the picture or the link below to access them. Many of the freebies are Google Docs, but you don't need to request that I "Share" the document with you in order to download a Google Doc from me. All you have to do is click on the download button at the top of the screen and save the file. The download button is circled in the picture below. Hope…

You can save planning time, reduce behavior challenges, increase student engagement, and teach to ALL learning abilities with library centers.

It has been such a busy year that I haven't had a chance to change my centers much, but a few weekends ago I got busy and finished up a couple of new centers that I have been trying to put together since the beginning of the year. I only put them out every other week because I need the tables for 2nd-5th grade lessons every other week, so maybe it wasn't noticed as much as it might have been if I had permanent weekly centers. I was able to put out the new centers this week and the kids seem…

This post discusses how I use library stations (or library centers) to teach my elementary library lesson plans, as well as the advantages and challenges.

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A blog about teaching 2nd grade

The start of the new school year means another round of library centers after check out time! To talk about our library centers, we read Dan Santat's book The Adventures of Beekle the Unimaginary Friend. After the read aloud, we talked about using our imaginations when we read and how we might use our imaginations in other ways in the library, including during our library centers time. Centers at Dallas Center Elementary include some old favorites--like the computer center and the cash…