Stations

This year, 6th grade has been participating in weekly learning stations. The main focus of the stations has been ELA, or English language arts. There are 4 to 5 stations a week, where students spend 15 minutes on one activity and then rotate until the students have had an opportunity to participate in all the stations. Many times, one station is dedicated to meeting with me in a small group. This gives the students and me a wonderful chance to work together on a specific skill. For this set of 5 stations, students worked in small groups and I monitored and helped students while moving from one station to the next. This gave the students an opportunity to work more independently as we begin to get ready for 7th grade.

Vocabulary Station--Using Scrabble Twist as a learning tool and engaging game to play with other station members.

Technology Station--Students choosing to either use Google Computer Science or Khan Academy, where students learn and practice coding skills.

Novel Study Station--Students used mirrors to draw self-portraits to recreate the original The Giver book cover. Portraits had to be only in pencil, which is part of the novel study experience. Some students used Chromebooks to find examples of how to draw specific facial features.

Novel Study Station--The Giver, students completing an introductory activity for our upcoming novel study. In The Giver, characters are allowed to use and have certain items at specific ages. To give the students the feeling of being part of the novel, their one color world could only be completed with colored pencils and magazines. No scissors were allowed, thus students had to tear the magazines.

Science Station--A mini research project where students chose between a space system to depict and explain via a poster.