reading centers w/ enrichment

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reading centers w/ enrichment
By jsimms

As a teacher of grades k-5 gifted students, I have to utilize a lot of center activities throughout my everyday routine. This is a list of successful activities that I have been able to implement with all of students. I
just adjust the subject matter to their grade level.
1. File Folder activities -- utilize self-checking file folder activities to create comprehension games. These activities can be centered around whatever literary writing you are using with your student. For example, my fifth graders read Saadaka and the Paper cranes. I assessed there ability to follow direction with a file folder

activity where they had to recreate origami paper cranes.

2. Board Games -- Prepare board games using poster board, index cards, dice, and counters to create a board game similar to monopoly, where students move around the board, answering comprehension questions as they move. 20 questions is another good model.

3. Artifact Boxes -- set up a center where students create artifact boxes (shoe boxes) to summarize the important points of the story. Students should also use index cards to write a description of each artifact and why it was chosen/dreated for the artifact box

These are just a few suggestions that I have successfully used in my classroom. As you can see it can be used for all grade levels, because you just adjust the requirements and content. It is a great idea to pull from a variety of resource books and websites. This has added a lot of innovative ideas to my teaching repertoire.