by Kara Parker | Feb 28, 2015 | 1 Planning, Learning Stations
When I first started doing stations, I found that it was a lot of upfront planning, and even longer than planning a traditional lesson. Now I’m finding that I can plan them pretty quickly. It all comes down to having generic templates and picking a simple set... 
by Megan Smith | Sep 10, 2012 | Learning Stations
Now that you’ve seen bits and pieces of what we do in stations in our class, (hint: a station can basically be any activity that you would normally do in class), all that’s left is how to organize it! Since you won’t be leading each group, it’s... 
by Kara Parker | Sep 5, 2012 | Learning Stations
In an ideal station world, all of the stations and their activities lead to one big goal. So this means I need to carefully choose activities that are challenging, relevant to their lives, and at their proficiency level (try not to take them back to Novice low!). No... 
by Megan Smith | Sep 4, 2012 | Learning Stations, Speaking
Like most of you, I have big classes. It’s usually around 30 kids together at the same time. A lot of activities we do in class require little extra help from me. Reading, writing, and listening can usually be done alone or in a small group. With simple... 
by Megan Smith | Aug 30, 2012 | Games, Learning Stations
I try to always include a game station when I do stations. The “game” may actually be speaking practice or vocabulary review or hands-on action with the language, but if it has some competitive aspect, then it’s a game! This station gets students... 
by Kara Parker | Aug 29, 2012 | Learning Stations, Writing
When designing writing stations, just look at what they were reading for inspiration. If they read a menu, ad, review, Tweet, text, book, or comic… now they can “write” one! Keep these questions in mind when you plan the station activity: * Why are...
