1st grade stations literacy centers

These CVC literacy centers are ideal for Kindergarten students. They will learn about CVC words and word families through hands-on CVC games.

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My students love working on writing blends and digraphs through this fun Blends and Digraphs Write and Wipe Activity! Once my students master the ability to read and write CVC words, then we move on to introducing blends and digraphs. After introducing the sounds, I put these activity mats into their literacy center rotations. Each student will pull a card, say the word, write the word, and use the word in a sentence. When students are able to complete the activity mat with accuracy, I offer…

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

This sentence building literacy center is a fun (and sometimes hilarious) way to have your students build high quality sentences. Each of the sentences include pronouns, determiners, adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs and prepositional phrases. It will provide them with the opportunity to play with words and see how specific words can add and change the meaning of a sentence.There are 2 board options included (see thumbnails) as well as recording sheets for your students to write out the…

My Kindergarteners have been rocking their CVC words this year. I am so proud of them. I found the best way to teach short vowels, is to expose kids to them in a variety of methods. We talk about them in whole group and in guided reading. Students get independent practice in morning work buckets ... Read More about CVC Word Work {Freebies Included}

Use these science of reading based word work options in your word work station during your classroom literacy center time for your kindergarteners or first graders.

Hello! I’m here today to share about my brand-new October Literacy Centers for Kindergarten. If you recall from my blog post about my September Literacy Centers, I am working on a year-long set of literacy centers that are non-thematic. Today I’m going to share a sneak peek at all of the centers in my October ... Read more

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Magnet letter word building today! Visual directions are helping my word work center to run so much more smoothly this year! Link in…