This is how I manage my literacy centers. The pirates ship was made using styrofoam sheets and paint. You can buy the sheets at most craft stores. You draw your shape onto the sheet and then cut it out with a hot wand. Super easy! The little pirates are birthday party invitations that I bought at Target. Each child is placed in a group...pirates, anchors, pirates ships, jolly rogers or maps. So you can see that today the pirate ships will complete the activities at the abc center and then ... continue reading...
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What are the Other Kids Doing? {FREEBIE} Literacy Centers and Guided Reading
As I'm traveling and presenting this is a question I get A LOT! What are the Other Kids Doing while I teach small groups? So I thought I'd spend a week or two going through some of the things that my kids are doing while I teach small groups. Let's start with the basics. As I'm teaching small groups my kids are working at centers. This is my center rotation board. It helps me manage where my students are working each day. The first row of pirates shows the name of my groups. I ... continue reading...
The Best Digital Student Center Activities
Digital Student Center Activities for kindergarten and first-grade classrooms. These paper saving math and literacy skills centers, with response worksheets, will be a classroom favorite. Teachers prep a TON when it comes to student centers in the classroom. We like activities that allow students to work independently(well as independently as our sweet babies are capable of). We LOVE having no prep activities so we can run to the bathroom just once during our day! I've got just the thing ... continue reading...
Walruses, Literacy Centers and Guided Reading, oh, my!
We made these adorable walruses from my Arctic Animals unit today. I love how they all turned out so unique. Our penguins are still fishing on our bulletin board so the herd of walruses won't be hung up until next week when we use them to decorate our polar bears and walruses venn diagram. I will post a pic next week when they are all hanging. So, I've had some questions about how I do Literacy Centers.This is a picture of my Literacy Center board. The pirates on ... continue reading...
How to Start Teaching Writer’s Workshop in Kindergarten & First Grade
Do you struggle with how to get started? Writer's Workshop in kindergarten and first grade classrooms is one of the most powerful components. In Writing Workshop in kindergarten and first grade, students are encoding words that come from their thoughts and feelings, which is a much easier skill than decoding. Successful writers become successful readers! So, how do you get started? The answer is simple. Just jump right in!! I usually start at the beginning of the ... continue reading...
Classroom Center for Building Sentences in Kindergarten and First Grade
Practice building sentences in kindergarten and 1st grade with this literacy center! Students use the color-coded sentence parts to build and create sentences. Building Sentences in Kindergarten and First Grade We teach basic sentence structure in kindergarten and first grade. In kindergarten, students are learning what a sentence is. Once they have a grasp of simple words, they are ready to begin constructing simple sentences. Sentence structure can be difficult for young learners to ... continue reading...
Literacy Centers Part Three Big Book Station and ABC center FREEBIES
Kids love Shared Reading time. There's just something about being actively involved in reading a story that you love. Each week I introduce a new big book. We spend a week reading the book, closely analyzing the text and getting to know the characters. Joy Cowley is one of our favorite authors. After we've spent a week on a big book I don't just put it away and forget about it. The big book joins all of the other big books in the big book center so that the Littles can ... continue reading...
Halloween Activities for the Primary Classroom
Halloween Activities for the Primary Classroom October is a great time to add a little bit of kid-friendly spooky fun in the classroom. This Halloween unit is packed full of fun themes and the best part? They all match state standards! Spooky fun & learning, all in one! Halloween Glyph Glyphs are a fun way to teach your students how to create and analyze data. For this Frankie Friend Glyph, your students will build a Frankie craft based on their answers to ... continue reading...
Centers for Kindergarten | Math and Literacy Activities
These centers for kindergarten are perfect for Spring! Printable and easy to prep centers for students to practice math and literacy skills. Centers for Kindergarten Center time in kindergarten is a time for students to develop and practice various math and ELA skills. We want center activities to be engaging and serve as an independent activity for students. During literacy and math centers, teachers are typically working in small groups. This should be a time, teachers can focus on their ... continue reading...
Back to School Ideas: Sentence Building | Literacy Center for K-1
Check out these engaging back to school ideas to teach your students about sentences and their parts. This color-coded resource is perfect for K-1 literacy centers. Sentence Building Activity Writing a complete sentence can be a tricky task in kindergarten and first grade! This build a sentence activity is a great resource to add to your literacy centers. It provides students with support in developing complete sentences, making this activity one of my essential back to school ... continue reading...
27 Math Centers to Practice Numbers to 30 in Kindergarten
Numbers to 30 digital and printable math centers! Numeral writing, counting mats, geoboard number cards, centers, response sheets, and even more! Numbers to 30 Centers It is important to have students practicing relevant skills during centers. Center activities should be a practice of the skill you are currently teaching or skills that you've taught that need a little extra review. All in all, you want students to be independent during center time so you can work with small groups. ... continue reading...
Math Centers for Kindergarten to Practice Numbers to 100
Engaging math centers for you to easily target and differentiate math standards for your kindergarten students. Math Centers for Kindergarten Several kindergarten math standards focus on numbers to 100. Students, of course, need to know how to count and write numbers. They also need to be able to count on from a given number and represent numbers using math manipulatives. These digital and printable math centers can help you provide practice for students to master numeral-focused ... continue reading...
Write the Room Literacy Activities for the Entire Year!
Write the room literacy activities for kindergarten and first grade. 80 sets of word cards with differentiated response sheets! Beginning sounds, word families, nursery rhymes, and more! Write the Room Center Literacy Activities Do you have a write the room center in your classroom? These literacy activities are so great for students to get up and move around, especially when they can do it and learn at the same time! This is one of those literacy activities that are easy to ... continue reading...
What are the other kids doing? Literacy Centers POST TWO with Freebies!
click on the picture above to download the large icon Freebies. Each day this week I will share you with you some of the things we do in each center. The activities above will be included in Alphapalooza 2 which will be posted this week! Any flashcards that you have are perfect for matching games. These flashcards can be used for a variety of purposes in a variety of ways. Have them match ... continue reading...
Turkey Trouble Read Aloud Lesson Ideas for Kindergarten & First Grade
Turkey Trouble reading comprehension lesson plans. Responding to literature activities, vocabulary studies, center ideas, and fun crafts! Turkey Trouble Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano is a great read-aloud for November. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and turkey needs to hide. So, he comes up with an idea! You and your class will have fun reading and responding to this story! This Engaging Readers unit includes all of the print and teach lesson plans and resources ... continue reading...
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