18 Post-it Stations
Caroline Massaro
Strategy Overview
- Post-it Stations is an activity for students to practice their vocabulary skills.
- This activity is important is aiding in vocabulary development by providing students with vocabulary words and forming sentences based on those words.
- Post-it notes can be scattered around the room with vocabulary words, that connect to a unit in the curriculum. Students circulate the room writing sentences with the words they find.
- This strategy relates to the “Big 6” skills & competencies as it is discussed that vocabulary development highlights “a student’s internal dictionary, it is comprised of words and their meanings” (NYSED, Brief 1, p.3).
Strategy in Action
The teacher will stick post-its around the classroom with different vocabulary words written on them. The students will circulate the classroom, either individually, in pairs, or groups, and write sentences using the words they find on the post-it notes. By doing so, students are building on their vocabulary skills and thinking of ways to use words in a sentence. After the students circulate the entire classroom and write sentences for all the vocabulary words, the teacher will review their sentences as a whole group and write them down on an anchor chart for later review!
Related Resources
Lesaux, N.K., Carr, K.C. (2024). Brief 1: Science of reading: What is it? New York State Education Department.
