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  Case: Accountability during centers
I have five centers on a rotation during the week for Literacy and Math. Some students play around or don't play the games right. How do you hold students accountable for their center time behavior and work without creating a lot of paperwork for the teacher?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I teach high school students, but when I do a group or station activity, I make sure that there is something that they turn in when the activity is over. It can be something very simple, so as to not create too much extra paperwork, but something that keeps them accountable for having done what they are supposed to do at each station. Also, when grouping, consider placing lower level learners with midlevel learners, higher level learners with midlevel learners, and midlevel learners with midlevel learners. This should keep the higher level learners from telling the lower level learners all of the answers and enabling the lower level learners from not contributing. However, this arrangement still provides for peer tutoring.