I decide the rotation period, divide the kids into groups for their first visit, set a timer and tell them to go. (Pro tip: Prearrange desks in front of the posters or else it’s a nightmare.)

About the station questions: I often want repetition so that students can practice a skill semi-independently. I usually cover the answers with a piece of paper taped on so kids can check their answers at the end.

You can build differentiation into station days several ways. 1) put easy, medium, and hard labels on every problem at each station. Encourage student choice. Students visit every station but only do the problems they “want”. 2) Build more stations than kids have time to visit. Make a “hard” station for accelerated students.

I like to do station days as a way to work in remediation/reteaching. One station is “teacher time”. You visit it as needed and we also practice.

While we wait for me to pull together the next post, @tamarah, go get yourself a date stamper and make it a habit to “check” assignments by stamping the page with the day’s date.

First you need to decide if you want a physical scrapbook or a digital scrapbook. Then decide how you want to lay it out