Summer Project: Listening Center Part 1

I cannot believe how quickly this summer has gone by! I of course had an over ambitious to-do list and was only able to mark off about half of the items. One that I am most proud of, organizing my listening center.

One of my main goals this summer was to get a better handle on my listening center. I don't know about you, but I was living a daily life of CD's not working, kids pushing the wrong buttons, turning the dials too far on the volume, and I was not always the best at keeping track of the book. As I was building my listening center library this past year, I chose the book for the week based on any new material that came in, a book I had borrowed, or one I had time to record on the weekend. This eventually lead to cry after cry of, "we already read this one!"Nothing like trying to start a reading group and hearing that. So, I introduce to you, my new system.

First and foremost, I needed a schedule of books that I wanted my babes to listen to throughout the year. I have based these choices on the story element/comprehension skill for the month (my district uses Texas Treasures).  Here's an example of my schedule: 

                    

Let's be honest, this is subject to change! But I feel much better about seeing the year as a whole, as opposed to digging in closets looking for new books. I have committed to running each book on a two-week rotation, which ends up being 2-3 books per month.

Follow this link to my TPT site! You can print the template for FREE and pencil in the books that you want to use for the month, and the student work, or focus, that you want to cover. As always, it's available in Spanish as well!

All of my centers have some sort of writing component to them, including the listening center. I love this resource from a different wonderful blogger to get started, and it's free! Each month, we introduce a new story element and comprehension skill. We ALL practice filling out a sheet after a read aloud, before I set it in a center. This way, I do not have to introduce something multiple times because they have all already done it!

Up next, part two of my listening center remake: conquering QR codes! Stay tuned!

¡Hasta la proxima!

Miss Torres