January

**January/February Work Stations**
Grades 3, 4 & 5 Length of time = 5 weeks Students work cooperatively in accomplishing tasks for each table. Students who have completed activities in prior weeks become the instructors/helpers.

January 7-9 Since the first week in January is only there days, I decided to review writing a book review with my 3/4/5 grade students. The students assignment for the three days, was to complete a Review worksheet after listening to the book, __Martin's Big Words__. We used the "Review Sandwich" worksheet. See the pdf on this page.
 * Stations for the Month of January/February - Grades 3,4,5**

Some useful resources: After reading Martin's Big Words, the students and I made a list of words for our word wall. I put these words in a Word file and added some pictures to facilitate comprehension. Feel free to download if you find them useful.

__Library Assistants__ TLW: learn library organization. 2 students check out. Others organize books and begin shelving. || **Station 2** __Book Reviews__ TLW: put into paragraphs the notes taken last week on the book, __Martin's Big Words.__
 * Five week rotation beginning January 12**. Each consecutive week, the students rotate until the fifth week when all students complete all 5 stations.
 * **Station 1**

(This will be my focus group) Papers will be collected. Students will be assigned to type final copy on their own. They will draw a picture of the book and put together for the website? || **Station 3** __Introducing the Atlas__ TLW: trace maps including labels: Grade 3 - Continents Grades 4/5 - Countries || **Station 4** __Poetry Corner__ TLW: Read from a selection of poetry books. If time he/she may write a response or write a personal poem. || **Station 5** __LION__ TLW: Search the LION Catalog for books by keywords || I feel that the students are getting comfortable with our stations. They fall straight into the routine. They seem to like the independence. They especially like doing what they think is my job. They joke about getting paid for checking out books. So far we have had no mistakes with book check out, but some students have a difficult time alphabetizing. Once they get the know how, I'm surprised on how much they like shelving books. Book reviews continue to be difficult. Perhaps in time and with much repetition. The Atlas has become their favorite book. They do need to learn the difference between a country and a continent. (grade 3 especially). Since the classroom teachers have been working on poetry this month, it seemed inevitable to have a poetry station. The students were not required to write one, but many did and some were quite nice. ||  || Back to Agnese's pages Intro page  First week with learning stations October Stations November Stations December January/February February March April ||  ||   ||
 * **Reflections:**