Customer Reviews

Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers, Grade 3-4

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I wanted something relevant that students could work on while I was working with small groups - without having to spend a lot of time on my part organizing. This works well. It was time consuming at first to set up the folders (I laminated), but now that it is done there is very little time on my part required. I teach 4th grade and plan on getting the centers for 4th - 5th next year and starting students on 3-4 at the beginning of the year and switching to 4-5 during the 2nd semester. Now I want to try the one for science and the one for geography.

Out of many centers books I've tried, this was by far the quickest and easiest to set up. No coloring, just laminate and cut it out. I'm ordering the math centers, too. A great product I would recommend to any teacher!

Literacy Centers 3-4 has wonderful independent activities that any teacher can implement during their Independent Work Time (IWT from Open Court). My students love reinforcing learned skills with fun centers.

I absolutely love these books. They are an essential addition to any classroom. They are easy to make and the kids love them.

I purchased 5 of these file folder books this summer. I was amazed to see how many of the skills fit into my grade level content expectations! I am very excited to introduce another option for students who need more to do. I have designed a poster so they can keep track of which folders they have already done. I plan to give them "extra" grades for folders completed.

I like this product because, once the concept and materials are reviewed for the whole class, students can work independently! These are great for keeping early finishers on-task while I work with small groups or individual students who need my undivided attention, or for reviewing essential skills with below-grade level students. I went ahead and put the covers and instructions right onto the folders, rather than laminating first, then laminated the whole folder and simply sliced open the pockets inside. This way it should last longer. I work with two other teachers and we all have these centers in our classes, with the accountability piece in each, folders color-coded (red for reading, yellow for math), so that if students start a folder in one class, they can finish in their homeroom class (or whichever room they are in next). I am working on purchasing the levels above and below and including them in each folder, so that higher and lower achieving students will be challenged at their own levels and not bored or frustrated.