First grade center ideas

Setting Up Your Reading Centers - Simply Creative Teaching

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.

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Use these five tips when planning, creating and implementing your literacy centers in your elementary classroom!

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…

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These center rotation charts will help organize your classroom stations and make everything run more smoothly. Grab the freebie included!

Wondering what tools to keep in your literacy small group caddy? These are a few of the things that I am constantly reaching for during first grade small group literacy instruction, so I keep them all handy in a little caddy that I can easily move around.

First grade teachers, grab these FREE first week of school center activities to make planning your back to school centers so much easier. Planning centers in first grade can be challenging, especially the first week of school. These fun and engaging free center activities are perfect for the beginning of first grade. They focus on foundational skills for first grade including beginning sounds, ending sounds, CVC words, and color words. Grab these free centers for first grade here.

Engaging sentence building activity to teach your students about sentences and their parts. The perfect addition to your literacy centers in kindergarten and first-grade!

Centers in kindergarten is a must! However, figuring out how to start kindergarten centers can be tough. Here are a few ideas to help you get ready so you can love your daily center time. #startingkindergartencenters #centersinkindergarten #classroomcentertips

These guided reading games for first grade are great for practicing skills like beginning sounds, and cvc words. Use them in your kindergarten and first grade small reading groups.

If you haven’t tried STEM bin activities in your own first grade classroom, they are a LIFE SAVER with added benefits.

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

I have compiled a collection of useful tips and tricks for setting up a first-grade classroom. These suggestions cover various aspects, such as organizing supplies, creating a welcoming environment, and establishing classroom routines. With these helpful strategies, you'll be well-equipped to create a productive and engaging learning space for your first-grade students.

Don't reinvent the wheel each week. These literacy stations will last ALL YEAR!

Since sight words are so critical to reading success because they are used so often and can not easily be sounded out by young readers, it is important to practice them often in order for young students to be able to recognize them on sight. In this post I’m sharing some fun ideas for “revving […]

Take a look at number sense workstations for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and place value workstations for third grade!