As a special educator, I LOVE centers! I can use them in so many different ways - modeling with a small group, using the materials to support instruction, and my all-time fave...having students work in pairs at a center & then using observation to assess or using this time to pull for individual assessment. I don't have my own classroom, so many of my small groups occur on my office floor  or off to the side in the general education classroom. This is what it looks like: Not ... continue reading...