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Learning Centers Reflection

I enjoyed creating my learning centers! I liked the format we used because it was easy to organize all my thoughts and made sure I thought out everything that I would need to do. I made my learning centers around games to make it fun for the students while they are also practicing addition skills. My learning centers are designed for students to practice addition after they have previously had more explicit instruction. This will also help the students master their math facts and be able to solve addition problems quickly. I liked that I got to be creative while doing this project and that it is something I can use in my classroom in the future. I also designed these learning centers to be able to be changed for different grade levels so students could practice subtraction or multiplication instead of addition without much extra work for the teacher. I liked that two of my learning centers were about adding numbers between 1 and 10 and my third learning center was about adding money so students are able to practice different skills and not get bored just doing addition problems. 

I also loved participating in other people’s learning centers because they were all so different and gave me a ton of ideas for my future classroom! I thought it was interesting that a lot of my peers chose to for their learning centers for 1st grade and I loved seeing all the different ideas they came up with for the same standards. 

One thing I would modify about my learning centers if I was doing them in a real elementary classroom (and not a college class) is that I would make all my handouts and directions more colorful and kid-friendly so they looked more interesting to the students. I would also include pictures in the directions for the students that can’t read. I might1 also include some hints for the center about counting money to scaffold it for my special education classroom.

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