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How to Best Manage Centers as a Classroom Teacher: Part 2 of a Conversation with a First-Year Teacher – Ep. 16

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Episode Summary

This is part 2 of a conversation I had back in November with a first-year kindergarten teacher during one of my coaching sessions. During this part of the conversations, we talk all about how to manage centers as classroom teachers.

In this episode, we cover:

  • The structure of centers
  • How I structure my reading, writing, and word work and make planning them easier
  • Giving students a choice of station to hold engagement
  • How often materials are switched out to keep students engaged
  • The ways in which to model writing and labeling for students
  • Managing the materials for kindergarten and when to allow kids free access

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