I have tried many different center systems since I began teaching, but my ABSOLUTE favorite was taught to me by my good friend, Amber Johnston. The Busy Bee Literacy Center cards took away the headache of grouping and organizing in order to move kids from center to center and make sure they still were getting enough time in Reading Group. The cards are attached to folders. Students in the same reading group have the same color folder and the horseshoe should be in the same position on their card.
Busy Bee Literacy Centers
I will post examples and pictures and exactly how I use these cards in an upcoming post. I will try to do this later this week. The system is awesome and makes for diverse grouping while still making sure all reading groups are met with every day. The only downfall of the system is that it only allows for 4 reading groups which is not enough with today's class sizes, so feel free to play with the format of the cards to fit a fifth group or change the beehives to somthing matching your theme (using colored fish instead of beehives).
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