Literacy centers

Classroom teachers have a ton of daily tasks to guarantee that students are engaged and learning. It's a tough job, and a stressful one, too. Teachers wear out easily if their classrooms aren't well managed. Creating a classroom that runs itself while you teach in smaller groups is the best way to keep students engaged.

Simple kindergarten literacy stations that will last you ALL YEAR! Let me show you how to simplify your students learning. Writing, stamping, listening, and so many other center ideas are in this blog post to help your students gain independence.

10 engaging word work activities to support literacy instruction in a primary classroom.

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.

A great variation to this would be to make a game of it. BINGO would make a great class activity, but this would be better suited for a small group of 4-6 players in small group centers. Have the cards either in a pile in the center of the table, or inside a box where they'd have to be drawn out. First person to cover all their squares correctly wins! Of course, the other kids can check that person's card to make sure the squares were covered correctly.

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…

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

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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.

Read about activities, lessons, and centers you can implement to help teach the alphabet. Download 12 free activities for your students.