How to Maximise Learning Retention with Teaching Stations

How to Maximise Learning Retention with Teaching Stations

How to Maximise Learning Retention with Teaching Stations

  • Tuesday 16 July 2024

Nothing beats teaching stations for collaborative, fun, and engaging classroom learning.

From stimulating group discussions to engaging activities, teaching stations are one of the best ways to take spelling and reading from passive to active learning (which means more learner engagement and more retention of taught concepts!)

Better yet, our box sets are ideal for teaching stations, providing you with the support and foundations to create exciting lessons without hours of preparation.

Check out how you can use just a few of our box sets for teaching stations to teach English:

 

Learning station #1 – Spelling strategies with The Spelling Box

  1. Select a focus strategy or skill (e.g. chunking, using mnemonics, visualising, etc.) and pick four activities from The Spelling Box that align with that strategy/skill.
  2. Break your learners into four groups and have them do the chosen activity using their spelling list for that week.
  3. Rotate between each teaching station to teach the same strategy/skill and practise the same spelling list four different ways!

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SPELLING BOX

 

Learning station #2 – Supplement reading with The Literacy Box

  1. Choose three texts from The Literacy Box based on the learner's reading level and break learners into groups of three.
  2. Have learners rotate through reading each text and (depending on time available) complete 1–2 sets of questions from each text.
  3. You can select a single focus for each text (e.g. grammar, word study, comprehension, etc.) or have learners complete multiple question sets to practise multiple skill areas.

DOWNLOAD A SAMPLE OF THE LITERACY BOX

 

Learning station #3 – Measure student comprehension with The Comprehension Box

  1. Break learners into groups based on their reading level and select 2 x reading-level aligned texts from The Comprehension Box (one fiction, one non-fiction).
  2. Rotate between each text, practising different reading strategies amongst each other (for example, group-reading, buddy reading and taking turns reading paragraphs aloud.)
  3. At the end of reading each text, have learners discuss and complete the comprehension questions to measure learner understanding of the texts.

DOWNLOAD A SAMPLE OF THE COMPREHENSION BOX

 

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