Passport Centers

Our usual routine in the mornings is to do 4 rotations involving reading, writing, or math.  We spend the same amount of time at each rotation (usually about 10-15 minutes) and I designate the groups.  I've been playing around with the idea of setting up centers and letting students pick where they want to visit.  In order to give some regulation to the process, I made a "passport" of all the choices they could pick from and let the class know that they needed to get at least 3 stamps during the time.

 

Next time, I would add a couple timers to the popular stations like iPads and read to self so they can make sure they get enough time to visit 3 places.