| FCRR's 2-3 Student Center Activities |
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During the spring 2004 Florida Reading First school site visits, staff from the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) determined that teachers may benefit from classroom materials that would be immediately useful in implementing independent student center activities.
In 2004-2005, a team of teachers at FCRR collected ideas and created materials for use in kindergarten and first grade classrooms. These Student Center Activities (K-1 Project) and accompanying Professional Development DVD are available online.
During 2005-2006, FCRR developed Student Center Activities for second and third grades (2-3 Project). The 2-3 Project includes a DVD containing Professional Development and three books:
1. Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Student Center Activities
2. Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension Student Center Activities
3. Teacher Resource Guide (accompanied by a DVD)
The first two books contain Activity Plans and Activity Masters ready for immediate use in classrooms. The third book is an informative guide offering important insight on differentiated instruction and how to use the Student Center materials.
In addition, there is an accompanying Professional Development DVD. The DVD explains how to prepare and implement student centers and provides specific details about the activities. Click here to access the Professional Development DVD.
When considering Florida's formula, 5 + 3 + ii + iii = No Child Left Behind, please note that each reading component is covered in the Student Center Activities. In addition, the activities will directly support teacher efforts to provide effective initial instruction because they will help provide differentiated instruction to meet the needs of every child.
The 2-3 activities are posted below as PDF files. Some of the activity files have been divided into parts (i.e., Part 1 and Part 2) to make them easier to access. The individual Activity Plans, Masters, and Student Sheets can be printed by choosing the pages or page range desired. Activities can also be printed by reading component in their entirety. Please be aware that some of these files are quite large; for example, Phonics has 352 pages.
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Frequently Asked Questions about the K-3 Student Center Activities.
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