This year the Second Grade will be participating in daily Literacy Centers to reinforce and strengthen the skills and concepts learned during our Integrated Language Arts block.

I am implementing a "MUST DO/CAN DO" approach to the Literacy workstations. This type of workstations provides an activity the students "MUST   DO" at the station. When the students finish the "MUST   DO" activity, they can choose between a list of "CAN   DO" activities that reinforce the same skill or concept. Since the students only visit one center a day, this allows enough time for all the students to finish the "MUST   DO" activity. Students who work quickly can choose a "CAN   DO" activity (or multiple ones!) to work on until all students are finished with the Literacy Workstations.

This type of approach also ensures that the students are completing tasks that the teacher sees as most important , while still allowing students to have a choice in their activities.