Books/Listening/Math

​When I started books and listening were separate centers, however I changed students so I combined the two together.

Books/Listening Center:
Students will listen to books on tape/cd and complete a worksheet on the story. It can be as simple as"
-I like the story :) I don't like the story :(. Draw a picture 
-Answer comprehension questions
-A fill in the blank story... student cant find the missing words or listen to the missing words.
-After they complete, they can read books.

Listening:
1.Listen to story
2. Language Master to review words (spelling/vocab/objects identification).
3. Listen to music.

Originally, books used to be read books alone and then receive Language for Learning by one of the assistants. This helped their language tremendously. I had to change it with time.

This center can be used in various ways. I also used this center for students to be exposed to general education curriculum. They can listen to gen ed reading series story or the gen ed intervention series.

The language master can be a time saving and efficient tool, however you must train your students how to properly and consistently use it. Most student need to be monitor as they will wait for you to turn around and not complete task appropriately.

I am going to explain what a language master does in case you have never seen it or heard of it.

The language master is a tool where you will record something, and students get to listen to it. The machine has 3 buttons, record, student, and teacher. After students press teacher to hear the teacher modeling, then they must click student button, and record button, to record the same thing they heard or you can become creative with what they record.
Make sure to monitor and listen to the cards, you will be surprised the things they record that was not suppose to be recorded... or make sure you watch what you say since when they record the background does too... LOL.

Here are some activities for the language master:

• Spell words
• Listen to "short" definitions
• Identify the picture shown
• Label picture showed.

Basically they are flashcards.  They sell blank ones or pre-made one. They can be expensive. So we recycle. You can velcro the cards but make sure is high on the card otherwise the card will not roll through the machine.

 Math Center:
Math was a center I added later on. This was to target daily math skills that students had previously learned.This will help reinforce skills and this ways students will review math everyday. I suggest you only put things students have done before and mastered, otherwise you will have to monitor center. You can also put hands on activities, and math games (if you feel brave). You want this to be an independent center. If you have lower functioning students, make sure you have task strips with each step. LABEL LABEL LABEL.