For K-1 students, centers are one of the most developmentally appropriate things that you can do for them. Let me give you the break down on each of my 5 centers, and how I manage them!
Create an engaging literacy environment for your young learners using CENTER ROTATIONS! Check out these 10 low-prep, high-impact centers
Learn how literacy centers are set up in an elementary classroom and what activities students are working on at each center.
Create an engaging literacy environment for your young learners using CENTER ROTATIONS! Check out these 10 low-prep, high-impact centers
Science of Reading has taken over all things literacy in the classroom. Some of you may be asking, can I still conduct centers with the Science of Reading? The answer is YES! In this post we’ll discuss all about utilizing centers that are aligned to the science of reading. Not only are they aligned, they […]
In this blog post: Thinking about setting up a writing center in your classroom? Find the best Kindergarten writing center ideas and activities for here. The writing center has long been one of my favorite literacy centers for Kindergarten. It’s easy to set up, easy(ish) to manage, and students absolutely LOVE going there! If you […]
Let's discover science of reading aligned centers. You will be able to fully integrate science of reading into your literacy centers.
Learn how to plan and manage literacy centers through differentiated instruction activities, rotations, & behavior management strategies.
Science of Reading Centers in Kindergarten with ideas, activities, and more! SoR aligned centers ideas for teachers.
Practice blending onsets and rimes with this free printable roll and write phonics activity for kindergarten and first grade.
This FREE class about "free-flowing" centers will help you increase learning and save time with independent Pre-K & Kindergarten centers!
Learn how literacy centers are set up in an elementary classroom and what activities students are working on at each center.
Forty ideas to inspire you!
In this post I share 5 literacy centers aligned to the Science of Reading. These low-prep, research-based literacy activities are ideal for K-2 students and classrooms.
This Building Blocks Sight Word Box is a hands-on way for your students to practice reading and spelling their sight words.
I find my students work best through play and these pet theme centers for Kindergarten are the perfect way to teach students in a fun, age-appropriate way.
Science of Reading Literacy Centers for you to use during reading small groups to boost readers and grow phonological awareness.
Jenga game cards are easily my favorite way to teach and reinforce basic math fact, phonics, or grammar practice.
Science videos for kids to use in a primary classroom. My favorite YouTube Science channels to find educational videos for kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade!
Free Consonant Digraphs Posters for immediate download and print. Laminate and hang these in your classroom or homeroom setting for great visuals.
Invite kindergarten students to practice reading, writing and buliding CVC words with these printable cvc words task cards.
A writing center is the perfect way to engage your students in writing practice during literacy centers. But setting up your writing center in kindergarten or first grade can be overwhelming! There is so much to consider when setting up centers at the beginning of the year. Where do you even begin? Hopefully, these tips […]
In this post, I’ll explain why I don't switch out literacy centers at the beginning of each week - and what I do instead!
Looking for tools to keep students engaged and on-task during literacy? Check out these three visual supports to make center time a success!
Let's discover science of reading aligned centers. You will be able to fully integrate science of reading into your literacy centers.
This amazing bundle of box centers will give you Low-Prep Independent Box Centers for Pre-K & Kindergarten for the whole year!
Whether you're new to literacy centers or you've been doing them for a while, it's always fun to get some new ideas and kids definitely enjoy some variety. Here's is a collection of centers
Learn how I run differentiated literacy centers with student choice in kindergarten and how you can easily begin this system yourself!
FREE printable CVC cookie words literacy activity for pre-k & kindergarten classes to work with while practicing letter sounds and early reading skills!
Who doesn't love the Dollar Tree? They have figured teachers out and keep the fun stuff in stock for hands on fun in the classroom. I found the "coolest" materials there yesterday! I picked up these little tongs and plastic ice cubes and knew what I wanted to do with them immediately! My students love using tongs and the ice cubes are perfect for writing letters and words on. Take a look! I will include these in our fine motor bins that we use every morning and have students work in pairs to pick out a word and read it to their partner or using the letters they can put the alphabet in order or build words (depending on their level). I also found these great little metal boxes that are perfect for storing our January Literacy Center cards. They are a bit Christmas themed...but I tried to pick the ones that had penguins and snowmen so I could use them all month. I love that they are metal because if I want to add in some letter magnets I can do that too! I'm ALWAYS looking for more storage and I picked up some pencil pouches to store the rest of our centers in too. I love the bright colors and the fact that they are clear so students can see what they are picking when they go to our literacy center.. These literacy centers will be available all month long so I need them to be easy to access and engaging enough that students will want to pick them again and again. These clear pouches will hold enough materials to make that happen! Here is the FREE FILE I promised. It is a fun little sound match game that you could store in the metal tins or the clear pouches. It would be perfect in both! Want to pin this for later? Here you go!
In this post I share 5 literacy centers aligned to the Science of Reading. These low-prep, research-based literacy activities are ideal for K-2 students and classrooms.
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Grab these Beginning Sound Activities and Centers for Pre-K & Kindergarten to add some engaging, hands-on learning to your literacy centers!
Are you looking for fun hands on Centers for Summer? Then you will love Summer Centers for Preschool.activities will help children build number sense.
Learn how I run differentiated literacy centers with student choice in kindergarten and how you can easily begin this system yourself!
PRIMARY PHONICS - UNIT 6 We are ready to tackle digraphs ! I can’t believe we are already here. My kiddos were just starting school it seems like, and I remember most students couldn’t even identify their letters. Now we are reading sight words , CVC words , short stories and MO
Literacy centers in the classroom should be simple, easy, and fun! Using no-prep or low-prep ideas helps with time management, lesson planning, and easy weekly setup. Throughout the years, I have tried a plethora of ideas for my literacy centers. Some worked okay, and some did not work at all. Finally, I realized I was overthinking and making center time WAY more complicated than it should be for both myself and the students. Once I realized that the simplicity of the centers was what made them work, everything else clicked into place. Using five weekly centers in your classroom each week makes things easy. Having a group of 4-5 students in each group rotate through only one center each day keeps it simple for the students. The no-prep or low-prep activities keep it fun and SUPER easy for you! Five Literacy Centers for All Year Set up these five literacy centers at the beginning of your school year, and use them all year long! Center #1: Technology: Use any activity that you have on hand. This can be computers, Chromebooks, iPads, etc. Students can play online games or you can assign a digital activity via Google Classroom to your students for this center. Using digital task cards or interactive digital games for practice are great choices. Center #2: Writing: The activities change in this center weekly, but the supplies remain the same. Any activity that you want your students to use for a focus on writing can be used. Add a word bank, thesaurus, dictionary, writing tools, paper, etc and give your students a weekly writing prompt. You can also use one of the writing activities from my No Prep Literacy Centers units. Print the center directions on color copy paper to grab the students’ attention and place it in the same place in the center from week to week because students need that routine and dependability of knowing where to find the directions. Copy the other pages for the activity on regular copy paper to add to the center. These activities are sometimes longer in length, and students might need two weeks to complete. On those weeks, do not change out the materials. Center #3: Reading: It is especially important to give students multiple opportunities throughout the school day to read independently from books of their choice. For some, school might be the only time they are exposed to books. During this center, give students comfortable seating choices throughout the room so that they are not in a group and disturbing other students or being disturbed. Students can have individual book bins that contain books they have chosen to read. By having their book bins already stocked, students are not constantly moving around the room to visit the classroom library during this time. Use these Digital Reading Responses for students at some time during the week to add a writing component. Center #4: Word Work: This center can look vastly different weekly. I always use an activity from my No Prep Literacy Centers. Students might be manipulating letters to create words one week, and the next week, they might be playing a word game from the same unit. Another week, they might complete the monthly “Put It in Order” alphabetical order activity included in each monthly unit. For the last week, they might do a part of speech word sort from the unit. Adding some of these activities normally used for Morning Tubs can add a lot of fun to your literacy centers as well. Center #5: Miscellaneous: This center can include anything related to what you are currently studying in reading or grammar or a review of previous learning. One week students can move around the room on a scavenger hunt, while the next week has students reading an informational passage and answering questions. This center allows for flexibility and might include task cards, sightwords, or even an activity from my early finishers unit. Adding any kind of game that you already have in your classroom is a simple and fun activity for this center also. (Click here for a list of ten easy activities to add to your centers using items already in your classroom.) Using these five simple, easy, and fun literacy centers all year will help you keep your sanity. The prep time is 15-30 minutes on a Friday afternoon, helping me get out the door and home to my family. Grab FREE Math and Literacy Centers when you sign up for my emails. Keeping literacy centers simple, easy, and fun is just... My Kind of Teaching
Let's discover science of reading aligned centers. You will be able to fully integrate science of reading into your literacy centers.
In this post, I'm listing over 50 literacy centers and independent work activities we can all use in our K-2 classrooms. These ideas are all FREE and easy to implement!
This post will give you more than 360 pages of 1st grade common core language arts worksheets with answer keys and posters to help your students learn!
Planning literacy centers can be hard! In this post I'm sharing 4 tips for planning engaging literacy center activities for kindergarten, first and second grade students and classrooms.
Let's discover science of reading aligned centers. You will be able to fully integrate science of reading into your literacy centers.
Hands-on, engaging, and systematic phonics for beginning readers! This beginning blends packet is part of the Phonics Made Fun Level B Bundle! Included in
Writing/Literacy centers are pretty common in mainstream American classrooms but how about for ESL students? Hands-on activities are still very helpful and possible for students just beginning to learn English. I just finished introducing all the letter sounds with my students. And we are working on putting those sounds together to form 3 letter words.
If you have learners who struggle to isolate beginning sounds, these free phonemic awareness games are the perfect fit! Use them in preschool or kindergarten. Use them in literacy centers or small groups. #phonemicawareness #preschool #kindergarten
Before we ever pick up a book for comprehension purposes, we focus on print awareness. I like to begin the school year with 10 days of lessons that
