Differentiated Literacy Centers

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Multi-level center activities are strategy-based tasks designed at three levels of challenge: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. By using these tiered center activities, teachers enable students with different learning needs to apply the same key skills and strategies but at varying levels of complexity and open-endedness. We begin with setting up three core, yearlong centers that develop skills in the key literacy areas: comprehension, fluency, and word study (phonemic awareness, phonics, high-frequency words and vocabulary).

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Students work on the same strategy, but at different levels of complexity.

This tactile method used picture question starters inserted in a cube.

Book Buddies read and discuss the same text.

Students use phrases from familiar stories to generate a story.

Fluency Center tasks focus on words, phrases and connected text.

Students take turns reading each part over multiple readings.

Students read the text onscreen and discuss the text using prompts.

Buddy Reading: the reading buddy assists with tricky words when asked.