How to Setup and Manage ELA Centers

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Title	:	How to Setup and Manage ELA Centers
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Thank you so much for explaining how to run the ELA centers I have been struggling with how to do this effectively As a new multi-grade teacher, I feel like I have not found the correct way in my centers This is an answered prayer for me
Comment from : Carrie

Can I ask what program you used to make the Centers Chart? Thank you!
Comment from : Veronica Kim

I know this is an older video, but was just curious how this guided reading rotation setup worked for you?? I struggle with how to set up rotations and I really want to try this way this year
Comment from : Emily Plumley

Thank you so much for this!!!! I recently made a huge change, I'm switching from middle school to elementary this year! Your videos are helping me plan lessons, centers, etc
Comment from : Kay Ann

Love this I’ve used various versions of this model over the years but I want to try this next year so I don’t feel so pressured to perform like a hamster on a wheel I know I’m late but I would love it if you shared your rotation chart
Comment from : Beyond Brunch

During book shopping, do they just pick one book?
Comment from : Brooke M

Can you do a video on how this went and any changes you had to make
Comment from : Primary Procedures

Do you have a follow up on how these and your math centers worked for you since this video (and your math stations one) was filmed before you had run the stations? I think this is a brilliant plan, but I am curious if you found you needed to make any adjustments Did you encounter anything that you would want to share with us that might help us implement these stations more smoothly?
Comment from : Dawnita Hall

Hi Congrats on your new baby!!! Also, this is my first time teaching 2nd Grade It was handed to me which I didn't expected, but I will take it, however, that doesn't mean I am not afraid I want to view more of your videos and let a lot of the information sink in It also looks like your classroom costs lots of money to have a class similar to yours as things add up, but I am willing to sacrifice, because I see how you run things in the class Where do I get a cricket?
Comment from : Basmah Abdulhaleem

Thank you for the great information Moving to 2nd from 1st this upcoming year When do the kids read to you? We use decodable readers and I have always had a teacher station in the rotation where we practice the decodable readers
Comment from : Lori Holmes

We use the being a writer program I like it
Comment from : Nyeisha Robinson

How many kids are usually at a center?
Comment from : Nyeisha Robinson

Thank you, this was great!
Comment from : Caroline Lewis

THANK YOU!!!!
Comment from : Jessica Torres

Where do I go in Lexia to get the packets?
Comment from : Gricel Sanchez

I would love to know how you keep track of who needs to finish what work on Fridays based on what they missed while being pulled for small group Do they kinda just know and do it or do you have to police it? Also, wondering what you do if there is a PA day or something and you cant do the Friday lit block, or miss a whole day of centers? Also do you know of a good writing curriculum similar to the one you mentioned but for 3rd grade PS I just found u and love your channel!!!
Comment from : Melody Mitchell

loving this I'm hoping im able to use this in my classroom once i start
Comment from : Heather Wilson

How do you organize what the kids miss bc they were pulled? Do they put that activity in a “still working” folder?
Comment from : Emily Claire

I love the schedule! Thanks!
Comment from : Katy R

Thank you! As a “new” elementary teacher (formerly middle school), this has been so helpful New subscriber! 🙏🏾💯😀
Comment from : Sheila Brown

This is my first year teaching and I can't wait to use this in my second grade classroom! I think this will make our centers run SO smoothly!!
Comment from : Devinne Bone

Hi! I’m a new teacher and this is SO helpful A question I have is, do you put anything on your board to show what the rotations for Friday looks like? Or do they just know the routine? I like the chart you made for Monday-Thursday I’m thinking of doing a slide like that with a 20 min timer attached Thanks! (:
Comment from : Kuma-Chan

Do you have a video where you explain the sticker chart? I know you mentioned that you scan their writing and reward them with a sticker Could you elaborate on this reward system please?
Comment from : Samantha Garcia

Thank you so much for the explanation of your centers This has been such a great help in planning for next year You mention in your video about writing but I don't see the link for it Could you please let me know what it is?
Comment from : Tracey Hyer

What’s the grammar resource (not the benchmark one) the one that’s connected to writing
Comment from : homulilly

I am going to give this a try! Although, we do not have school on Fridays
Comment from : Jessica Plyler

I love your veidos
Comment from : Kendall Majeres

I would love to see how you introduce and practice all these procedures and centers to your kiddos at the beginning of the year🙂
Comment from : Michelle D

Hi there! For the 20-20-20 on Friday do you have groups of 8? I’m just wondering because that seems like a big group to me
Comment from : Maggie Dominguez

Oh my goodness thank you so much for sharing this I took over a grade 2 class this month and ELA has been so difficult to figure out I have done Daily 5 in th past but I think the way you approach this is going to work better for my kiddos I can't wait to start introducing my kids to this on Monday
Comment from : Ms Nelson Abroad

Question: what if the students don't finish their lexia packets during that time? I know they have that 20 minute block on Friday but what if they have other things to complete? I'm always worried about them not finishing their packets and them piling up/falling behind
Comment from : Sinai Robinson

Hey! I use Lexia with my students as well! Where can I find those work packets you were referring to?
Comment from : Emily Schwartz

Do you teach all of your Benchmark curriculum? I am a first year and I am so overwhelmed with it
Comment from : Rachel McDonald

I LOVE this! Do you change up the kids who are in each group? If so how frequently?
Comment from : Ashley Waite

How do you organize your centers for the week? Baskets, 10 drawer cart? Thanks!
Comment from : Jamie Combs

I noticed that you only have Monday and Wednesday reading groups what about Tuesday and Thursday?
Comment from : Soni Sadhra

This is awesome! I teach third grade and I started the word work station The children love it They also enjoy acting out and guessing the words Can you create a template in your tpt store to purchase ?
Comment from : Jennifer McGoey

How is your phonics lesson like? Do you have any structure? I would like you to share
Comment from : Styling Interior Decor Ideas

How do you display group rotations to your students? I want to make or purchase slides with a timer on them but I’m struggling to visualize how I make sure 5 different groups know where they are rotating to each day at least until we get in the routine
Comment from : Mrs Kuhn

This is almost identical to how I run my centers, but you explained it soooooo well! I think you'll really enjoy this It definitely allows you to be super flexible even with who you pull each day! So glad I remembered to come back and watch these videos I loveee watching you :)
Comment from : Mrs Calls Campers

Hi Shelley! I use Core5 also and wanted to know where do you find the packets you make for your kids? Thanks!
Comment from : Chantel Golding

For Friday do the kids rotate to the same centers or like they are for the M-Thursday rotations? Also, how are they grouped? I ask because Friday seemed so different
Comment from : Cathy Mlodzik

This is GENIUS! Thank you for breaking through my mental block with these great ideas!
Comment from : Katie

My school is following the cdc guidelines of students being 3ft apart I think I hv to have individual activities for my centers 😩 Are your kids learning/working cooperatively this year ?
Comment from : Chantal Refuse

Congratulations on your baby boy! Great video I will definitely use your center ideas I did not hear any mention about testing Do you do weekly testing of reading, vocabulary, grammar, or spelling skills? If so, how do you incorporate that into your day?
Comment from : A B

Thank You for everything! This will technically be my first year back in the classroom since the pandemic began and will be my second year teaching First grade I couldn't wrap my head around small group timing and you've been awesome at explaining SO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM TEACHER SOOOO MUCH!!! Btw, CONGRATS on the new addition to your fam bam! Blessings always! ❤
Comment from : Lovely Lids

For your word work journal, you mention you have them cut the words and glue them in their journal Are these words like flash card size? Did you created them on power point? Can you show a student journal and how it looks like with the words? Thank you so much!
Comment from : Mirsha Nevarez

This year during my phonics time I will be using the Fountas and Pinell Phonics program as well as using the LLI program from them to help my struggling readers
Comment from : Sarah Sayce

Question do you start centers the first week or when do you introduce them? All at once or one at a time Thank you for this video
Comment from : Elsa Valerio

congratulations on 100k!
Comment from : Alison Chin

Thank you so much for sharing this, super helpful!! I’m not sure if I misheard but how do you split up your five groups on Friday’s? Is it more so just sending individual kids where they need to be or do you clump some groups together in the 3 rotations?
Comment from : Kristen Rupprecht

I love this idea Thank you so much for sharing How do you do your math centers?
Comment from : Nicole Briones

I started doing my math groups this way a few years ago and it is LIFE CHANGING!!
Comment from : Britt Plans

I appreciate you sharing how you run your centers! Maybe you can do one for math as well? I know baby is due soon though!
Comment from : Nicole Hilson

How often do you change up your students in each group? Great video btw!!
Comment from : Dena Simmel

My writing center is always wrote the room! They turn it in and I check it We do prompted writing at other points in our week
Comment from : Lauren Skaggs

I do a similar style! I don’t have myself as a center either and it’s the best!!! It allows for so much more flexibility and giving the kids what they need!
Comment from : Lauren Skaggs

I absolutely love this! Ur partner teacher is a GENIUS! I can’t wait for the math one since I’m only teaching math & science this year!!
Comment from : Renee Alexander TheChampTeacher

This helps me so much! I am going to be a third year third grade teacher and centers are something I've struggled with I love this set up and am going to try this this year !!
Comment from : Alexis Danielle

Thanks I required this video 🥰🥰
Comment from : article writing

Are you going to have a video on math centers?
Comment from : Pauline Morales

Are your assignments for each center different for those two days of the week? Like for example, would you have two different writing prompts or two different word work assignments?
Comment from : Kathrine Plagens

Hey Shelley! Can you do an update on what you do for the first day of school? ❤️ I was a first year teacher last year, and was virtual for the first day of school I’m nervous about being Covid safe for the first day What ideas do you have ??
Comment from : BuggytheCatx

I love this idea of teacher flexibility I NEVER have thought of that before It’s brilliant!
Comment from : Toscha ferguson

Do u use a similar system for mathematics
Comment from : Hannah Farr

1st grade ten teacher here 🙋🏼‍♀️ we use benchmark and the writing is SO over their heads I do a lot of these components you mentioned in my centers, so hearing you’re doing some of the same things makes me feel good! I also use the same set up for my math centers but I include STEM bins!
Comment from : Anna Leek

We use Lexia Core 5 in our district Can you share where I would go to find the packets that you print for each student?
Comment from : MrsShelton226

Shelly I would love to hear more about how you actually role this out with students and teach them what to do at each center
Comment from : Katelyn James

Great video! brI would love to see how you teach math! Guided math/whole group/small groups/math centers/ etc
Comment from : Kristen Huckeba

As a first year 2nd grade teacher, thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to make this video and explain, in detail, your centers Centers are probably the most overwhelming part of the schedule and I really love your/your team teacher's ideas Thank you again!!
Comment from : Kaitlin Jenkins

This is gold! I wish I had this before my first year of teaching 😪
Comment from : Twin15

Impressive! Thanks for the detailed explanation I am looking forward to the video on how you run your math centers
Comment from : MARIE MOLLOY

Omg! I'm a 2 grade Dual Language teacher This will be my 6th year and I think you have given me the best SLA rotations that will work for me I've been breaking my head to develop a consistent rotation that not only works for the students, but for me also I know it'll take some time for me to get it going but at least I can say I have a plan Lol Thank you so much for your time to record this Blessings to you and the fam
Comment from : Rosa Inostrosa

Yes I would like to know about your math centers😊
Comment from : Elisa Martinez

Thank you for this detailed video Great inspiring Congratulations to you and your family on your new addition 💕🤗
Comment from : Frances Harrigan

Thank you for sharing this information You are so good at explaining everything! A GREAT system!
Comment from : Amy Lee

I absolutely loved this video - thank you! I'm starting year 15, but it's my first year in 2nd Coming from 4th grade, I knew that I would need to tweak things a bit and got so many amazing ideas from you :)
Comment from : Shelly Pelletier

Holy crap You solved my ELA center problems AND had a baby? You ROCK! :)
Comment from : Regina Fabbro

How do you find out what level your kids are?
Comment from : Maddog#00

100K!!!!!!!!!! Go shelly!!!!
Comment from : Katie M’Guinness

This is amazing, thank you so much for sharing!
Comment from : Cait

It's brilliant ! Can't wait to try it this year ! I just don't have access to technology in my class so I dont't know with what I can replace it 🤔
Comment from : France Barillet

Ohhh I'm so jealous your allowed to do ELA centers our school uses Lucy Calkins and we're not allowed to do centers BUT we do have a partner read time which depending on your group of kiddos can be really fun So that could maybe we a teacher choice center too on Fridays! ALSO, Congratulations on the baby!!
Comment from : Megan Ryan

💙💙 Congratulations on the baby!!!! 💙💙
Comment from : NY Gemini

OMG! This video is amazing! You do such a great job of explaining, Shelley! 😍 I can’t wait to see more videos from you! 😊
Comment from : Allie Lampf

So interesting!! I am a maternity cover teacher til the end of October in Zambia and have taught for 15 years in Zimbabwe and this is so different to how things are done there and here! I think it's a really good idea and if I am ever to teach full time again I definitely think I would like to try this!
Comment from : Carinda Manuel-Morgan

Guapísima chica
Comment from : brahim kamel

What do you if there's no school for kids on Friday? How/ when do kids get their work made up that they missed when meeting with you? Thanks for sharing!
Comment from : breakfastburritoboy

Sounds almost like our curriculum structure All Block from EL :)
Comment from : Ezzy10 S

What is your reading curriculum?
Comment from : Diana Guzman

Great thank you! I also teach 2nd grade ❤️
Comment from : mearlita

Thank you so much for sharing this in detail! So helpful!
Comment from : Emelia Moore

I Love This
Comment from : Stevo

I would like to know how you introduce all of the centers to your students They will not be able to do this on the first day of course How do you get rolling?
Comment from : Laurie Williams

I love it thanks
Comment from : Dee Jefferson

Can we talk abt how the freaking baby is here?!? Like I’m so excited to watch your journey with the two boys! Will you be posting a ditl with a toddler and a newborn on the fam channel? I would love to see one
Comment from : Dakota Garrett

Omg, I Love this!!! I have been an intervention aide for 4 years and I am finally in my own classroom and I'll be teaching 2nd grade I absolutely love what you have incorporated into the centers It is fairly close to what my district does and the block that I have helped students as an aide Thank you for the detailed breakdown!!
Comment from : Carol Pena