I have been teaching first grade for nearly 10 years. When I first began my student teaching (also in first grade), my cooperating teacher had a listening center. I loved the way she had it organized and the kids seemed to like hearing the stories read aloud to them. When I got my own classroom, I carried on the listening center tradition! There is great value in a listening center. Did you know that listening to reading does the following:
Back in October, I posted about how I organize my literacy centers. It's nothing fancy-schmancy. No Daily 5 here! Just good 'ole fashioned centers. With buckets on tables. And students visiting JUST ONE center per day. If you like the card system for organizing your centers, I do have some available here. I just use the large posters, like the one shown in the photo below. I keep my listening center materials organized in gallon ziplock bags with the books and cd/tape inside. I keep them in a drawer in my cabinet, but used to keep them in a laundry basket, which worked really well! I get my materials from Scholastic with my bonus points. I have accumulated quite the collection over the years! Some books I have on cd and some on tape. I have a tape recorder and a small cd player so I switch them out as needed. I keep a stack of my listening center reports on hand for my kids to complete as they finish. There are two versions for differentiation. I have a love/hate relationship with headphones.
Things I hate about headphones:
They get tangled
They spread lice
Things I love about headphones:
They keep the room quiet
They prevent the kids from talking during the story
What are your thoughts on headphones? This year, I have not been using them and it's been fine.
Do you have a listening center?! Please tell!
xo
Megan
- allows readers to enjoy a story
- allows readers to experience reading as a pleasurable activity vs. an act of endurance
- allows readers to appreciate all the elements of a story
- builds a readers' vocabulary
- provides the opportunity for readers to listen to fluent reading
- provides the opportunity for repeated reading
Back in October, I posted about how I organize my literacy centers. It's nothing fancy-schmancy. No Daily 5 here! Just good 'ole fashioned centers. With buckets on tables. And students visiting JUST ONE center per day. If you like the card system for organizing your centers, I do have some available here. I just use the large posters, like the one shown in the photo below. I keep my listening center materials organized in gallon ziplock bags with the books and cd/tape inside. I keep them in a drawer in my cabinet, but used to keep them in a laundry basket, which worked really well! I get my materials from Scholastic with my bonus points. I have accumulated quite the collection over the years! Some books I have on cd and some on tape. I have a tape recorder and a small cd player so I switch them out as needed. I keep a stack of my listening center reports on hand for my kids to complete as they finish. There are two versions for differentiation. I have a love/hate relationship with headphones.
Things I hate about headphones:
They get tangled
They spread lice
Things I love about headphones:
They keep the room quiet
They prevent the kids from talking during the story
What are your thoughts on headphones? This year, I have not been using them and it's been fine.
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| Click the above picture for free listening center response sheets! |
xo
Megan
