Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Learn more
Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.
Monthly
One-time
Support Ms. Burnett's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.
Monthly
One-time
Make a donation Ms. Burnett can use on her next classroom project.
Centers are a great way to get students actively involved in their learning. I'm already noticing that my student's attention span is about 5-6 minutes. That means that I need to try to minimize whole group sitting and listening time. In turn, I want to maximize hands-on, independent learning time. Having students work in centers gives them important independent practice time, and it also allows me to give children more individualized attention as I use this time for students to meet with me in small groups.
Instructional learning based on centers allows children to practice and apply the skills they are learning. The activities are designed to reinforce literacy, math, or character skills that children are just beginning to acquire. For example, using the white boards with a phonics activity, the magnetic alphabet or numbers manipulatives, or peer work group activities such as reading books to each other are designed to assist children in their understanding and application of a particular skill, which could be helping the child understand for example the sound the letter ‘s’ makes.
About my class
Centers are a great way to get students actively involved in their learning. I'm already noticing that my student's attention span is about 5-6 minutes. That means that I need to try to minimize whole group sitting and listening time. In turn, I want to maximize hands-on, independent learning time. Having students work in centers gives them important independent practice time, and it also allows me to give children more individualized attention as I use this time for students to meet with me in small groups.
Instructional learning based on centers allows children to practice and apply the skills they are learning. The activities are designed to reinforce literacy, math, or character skills that children are just beginning to acquire. For example, using the white boards with a phonics activity, the magnetic alphabet or numbers manipulatives, or peer work group activities such as reading books to each other are designed to assist children in their understanding and application of a particular skill, which could be helping the child understand for example the sound the letter ‘s’ makes.