When students go to the center there should be a variety of concepts or skills being used that are differentiated and range from basic to difficult. The reading center and the writing center should be permanent throughout the year, the rest of the centers need to be interchanged when the students learn new concepts or move to a different book. Student groups ought to be flexible so the students can move around the room once they are finished working. To keep the child participating, each center should have more than one activity on the same topic. All of the learning centers must have clear directions written so that students of all reading levels will understand and comprehend the directions. In addition to clear directions, the students should have an answer key near the center or at the center so the student can self-check his/her work (Tompkins, 2010. P.
When students go to the center there should be a variety of concepts or skills being used that are differentiated and range from basic to difficult. The reading center and the writing center should be permanent throughout the year, the rest of the centers need to be interchanged when the students learn new concepts or move to a different book. Student groups ought to be flexible so the students can move around the room once they are finished working. To keep the child participating, each center should have more than one activity on the same topic. All of the learning centers must have clear directions written so that students of all reading levels will understand and comprehend the directions. In addition to clear directions, the students should have an answer key near the center or at the center so the student can self-check his/her work (Tompkins, 2010. P.