chapter 7
Using the suggestions on page 74, #3, create the learning centers as it fits your environment. Keep in mind that you can clump some intelligences together like the interpersonal with bodily/kinisthetic and musical. (Eg:have them work together to create a rap that requires movement)
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I plan five centers a week; working with words, listening, presenting, writing, book box. I try to have combine intelligence at each center. They would be permanent open-ended activity centers. The working with words center could have all seven. Linguistic – The vocabulary and sight words for the week on cards. Logical-Mathematical – The children can count the letters, sort by rhyme, put in abc order or make a puzzle building off of one of the words. Spatial – The children can find and highlight the words in their personal dictionary, draw pictures to go with the words, do a word search, or make the words using letter tiles. Body-Kinesthetic – The children can write the words in shaving cream, make the words with clay, or act out the words with out talking. Musical - The children sound out the words, make a chat for the words, or cheer the words. An example would be Cat- Give me a c, “C.” Give me an a, “A.” Give me a t, “T.” What does that spell? “CAT!” Interpersonal – The children use the word cards to play a board game. Intrapersonal – Children get to choose what they would like to do with the word list. I am looking forward to having more meaningful centers this year.
Great idea Linda...We had two teachers working together on a Masters degree Project in which they had MI stations for learning the alphabet and changed them every so often and their research indicated that all the kids did extremely better then the old way...
I see our learning center in student services as something that is Open-ended and permanent. Students are able to access a wide array of activities here. Since we have several clubs that meet here; it has been anything goes. This is not to say that the main focal point isn't post secondary options/careers. Students often are reading about colleges, tech school or the military. Plus, meeting recruiters. Linguistic, interpersonal, and logical-mathematical center. They might also be cruncing numbers as scholarships are available here. They will use the computers to compare one schools cost to another one(WIScareers); while listening, dancing or watching the latest music video, creating powerpoint presentations or simply refining their work for classes.Musical and spatial center. We also have internet classes so we have a number of classes going on for individual work; intrapersonal and naturalistic center.
The students have alot of freedom to access what they need as the staff encourages all students to utilize our center for their needs.
By all for all.
My learning center would be temporary topic specific for Geometry. This learning center could be used when students have finished their classwork for the day. For Linguistic students would have to find the vocabulary words of the geometry unit. They would have to define them and be able to use them in a sentence. For Logical and Interpersonal they student would have to create a puzzle/word search from the internet using the vocab words and exchange with another student to solve. For Spatial in a small group they would play pictionary using the geometry vocab words and tools. Or also for Intrapersonal they could draw a tessellation and think about where they have seen such patterns before. For Bodily students would be asked to play charades by using the vocab words and phrases. For Musical students could do a google lyric search to find out if "hypotenuse" has ever been used in a song before...or other strange vocab words. Finally for Naturalist students could search for examples of geometry out side of the school. Some of these findings maybe manmade. This would be a fun way to "trick" students into learning a lot about geometry without much work.
I love the center used as an example in #3 for fast foods. I teach about fast foods in my "Eating for Health" class.
I planned a center for Food Preparation and Eating for Health class teaching the information about the recipe and lab procedures. Many students have been introduced to this in Junior High so they get bored revisiting this unit. It is necessary for those who have not had my class.
My centers would include 8 stations that each student must visit. No more than four students at a station and they can make the choice of where they can start.
Recipe Center: Read information on recipes. Complete chapter outline on the unit.(Linguisitic)
Terms Center: Given a list of recipe terms and definition create a rap/song of cooking terms. (Musical)
Measurement Center: Solve story problems of increasing and decreasing recipes. Include meauring teachniques with reasons for proper measuring (Logic and Math)
Kitchen Design Center: Draw out a kitchen using gragh paper or poster of a kitchen with the proper centers for working. (Spacial)
Equipment Center: Search through one foods kitchen (lab) and find equipment listed on the scavenger hunt sheet.(Bodily and Kin.)
Safety Center: Study rules on safety in the kitchen. Do an exam on safety in the kitchen. Redo if it is not passing by 90%.(Intrapersonal)
Clean-Up lab: What would happen if labs were not cleaned up? How would this affect our environment and health of people? Explain what needs to be cleaned in a kitchen.
Use the computer to research this.
Lab Planning Center: In groups of three or four plan a lab for a given meal. Students will write out a market order and time-plan. (interpersonal)
I realize some of these may be two MI but I wanted to be sure to include all eight parts of this unit.
This learning center would be Temporary Topic-Specific. Logically, due to space and equipment it would be difficult to have a Permanent Activity Center.
I just wish I had more time during the day to set centers up. With 6 or 7 different class preparations and only 4 minutes between classes, I get really rushed for time. Baskets with each center organized in might be the answer to organization and set up time. Also I have overloads and such a variety of classes to teach.
I try to do my best!!!!!
I love the center used as an example in #3 for fast foods. I teach about fast foods in my "Eating for Health" class.
I planned a center for Food Preparation and Eating for Health class teaching the information about the recipe and lab procedures. Many students have been introduced to this in Junior High so they get bored revisiting this unit. It is necessary for those who have not had my class.
My centers would include 8 stations that each student must visit. No more than four students at a station and they can make the choice of where they can start.
Recipe Center: Read information on recipes. Complete chapter outline on the unit.(Linguisitic)
Terms Center: Given a list of recipe terms and definition create a rap/song of cooking terms. (Musical)
Measurement Center: Solve story problems of increasing and decreasing recipes. Include meauring teachniques with reasons for proper measuring (Logic and Math)
Kitchen Design Center: Draw out a kitchen using gragh paper or poster of a kitchen with the proper centers for working. (Spacial)
Equipment Center: Search through one foods kitchen (lab) and find equipment listed on the scavenger hunt sheet.(Bodily and Kin.)
Safety Center: Study rules on safety in the kitchen. Do an exam on safety in the kitchen. Redo if it is not passing by 90%.(Intrapersonal)
Clean-Up lab: What would happen if labs were not cleaned up? How would this affect our environment and health of people? Explain what needs to be cleaned in a kitchen.
Use the computer to research this.
Lab Planning Center: In groups of three or four plan a lab for a given meal. Students will write out a market order and time-plan. (interpersonal)
I realize some of these may be two MI but I wanted to be sure to include all eight parts of this unit.
This learning center would be Temporary Topic-Specific. Logically, due to space and equipment it would be difficult to have a Permanent Activity Center.
I just wish I had more time during the day to set centers up. With 6 or 7 different class preparations and only 4 minutes between classes, I get really rushed for time. Baskets with each center organized in might be the answer to organization and set up time. Also I have overloads and such a variety of classes to teach.
I try to do my best!!!!!
To introduce the idea of activity centers I think I would choose a current event topic like the war in Iraq. I would break up the class into groups of 4 (interpersonal)
Linguistic - Have one student in the gorup read two differing opinions on the war in Iraq.
Musical - Write a rap or country song about your feelings in the war.
Spatial - create a collage of pictures from magazines about the war in Iraq and the war at home
Bodily-Kinesthetic - do a short play called the "Soldier's Story" from the New York Time's Kids Magazine. (I have the play, I can't for the life of me think of the magazine that I have used in my classroom for 12 years. :)
Logical-Mathematical Activity - examine the cost of equipping 1 soldier for war for 1 year of action in Iraq
Intrapersonal Activity - reflect on your own opinions of the war in Iraq by either journaling your thoughts or drawing pictures of your feelings.
naturalist - Discuss the impact that war has on the ecosystems in Iraq.
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