First grade centers

Word work in kindergarten, first grade, or even 2nd can be easy with these Daily 5 activities. Students use a variety of materials to work with words. Whether you are using this for centers, a hands on option for stations, or just some easy games to play with words during the day these ideas are a big hit! Organization is simple, there are NO COPIES to make, and your students will become better readers in no time. #kindergartenclassroom #wordwork #centers

Back to school ideas to teach your students about sentences and their parts. This color-coded resource is perfect for K-1 literacy centers.

Practice building sentences in kindergarten and 1st grade with this literacy center! Students use the color-coded sentence parts to build and create sentences.

Make center time in your classroom one that is filled with engaged learning and exploration. As students work independently you are ready to work with reading groups or do small group instruction. But getting your centers set up is the beginning. This blog post details your step by step process for setting up a center rotation that your students will love. It includes literacy center and math center ideas as well as tips for organizing centers all year long.

Are you concerned that your students are not getting the most out of your phonics instruction? It's easy to become frustrated and feel like we're not doing

Learn quick and easy ideas to help you with setting up reading centers and literacy centers in your classroom. Get them organized for the year.

This free Kindergarten sentence building and writing center is perfect for practice with making simple sentences for beginning writers!

Simple ideas for managing guided math rotations! Tips for organizing and running math centers efficiently and successfully!

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…

Here's a fun subtraction freebie for your math centers! Students will love using these differentiated winter math activities!