Yes! It's that time again!
This monthly blog link up is one of my favorites! There are so many amazing ideas shared by so any talented and creative teachers and I can't wait to check out their ideas!
So this month, I have something that you are going to love! As we all know, station or center rotation charts can be a little expensive and hard to manage. I am the first to admit that it was a class job for my kiddos because I would get so into my small group lesson that would never get to the chart to rotate the stations. This was something that worked out perfectly for me and I hope that you can use it too!
Using Power Point, I created a slide for my rotations. Each kiddo was assigned their small group number and this was on a dot on their desk. The great thing about the sticker dots, is that if I wanted to change their group, all I had to do was drop another sticker on top! Yay for super easy!
Once I created the first slide, I changed the group numbers on the rest of the slides and then put it on a timer.
Every 20 minutes, the PowerPoint would switch and a new rotation would begin. My students had fun putting in sounds and music to transition the slides and loved getting to change the sounds as a reward!
This worked out so well for my kiddos and for me too! The benefits of having this was that it was easy to make and easy to manage. The slide show took me about 10 minutes to make and can be edited very easily. I can change the theme of the station chart (this one was a beach theme for our last few days of school) quickly, edit it from home and can make changes to the stations in a click of the mouse!
After trying several different ways of organizing my stations, this is by far the best system that I have used and I can't wait to make more templates to add to our themes throughout the year!
After trying several different ways of organizing my stations, this is by far the best system that I have used and I can't wait to make more templates to add to our themes throughout the year!
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I truly hope that you enjoyed this bright idea and I would love for you to joining me on Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest for more fun ideas!
4 comments:
Lynda,
I love this bright idea! Such a simple way to change centers and so smart to have it set to switch!
Tammy
The Resourceful Apple
I really wish I'd done this in first grade! I was always writing stations on the board! lol :)
Using centers and small groups is so vital in today's classroom, and this is a great way to keep it organized. Thanks!
PowerPoint is great for posting center rotations. I've also added a timer into my slides before to help everyone keep track of how long the activity has left.
✿April✿
✿Grade School Giggles✿
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