Kathleen Diedrich EDUC 137 Literacy Center Reflection I had a lot of fun creating the literacy center.

The hardest part was thinking of a concept that I thought I could turn into a game or activity. Once I settled on compound words, I tried to think of different ways that I could separate the smaller words and mix them up to give students the opportunity to create their own compound words. Eventually, I came up with an idea to use dice that allow students to interactively engage with the words and create their own possibilities. I have used dice like these before in a geometry class where we were given different theorems and formulas, but I felt that the dice could really lend themselves well to literacy activities. If I were able to redo or correct my compound word dice game, I would add a separate self-check sheet for students to compare their list of words to the list of all of the possible compound words the students could have created from the two dice they were given. I might also create one or two additional dice for students to have different options to work with. This was part of my differentiation for advanced or gifted students, but I think that, depending on the students, two dice might not be enough. Multiple dice would allow the activity to last longer and for the students to get more practice. Another comment I received on my feedback forms was that I should include words that could have pictures associated with them. This was already part of my differentiation for ELLs or struggling students, but I feel that other students might also benefit from the pictures as well just in case they are unsure of what a word is. I feel that overall my literacy center worked quite well. It is very simple and lends itself to several different uses and ways to tackle compound words. This is definitely something I will use in my future classroom and could adapt to fit the content of any elementary grade.