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Center Ideas
Click on the link above for
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Center Ideas from FCRR
This site has center ideas for Phonemic Awareness, Phonics,
Comprehension, and Fluency. Go half way down the page to find
files that can be downloaded to your computer.
(Click on the link that says K-1 Student
Center Activities)
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This center is
used to reinforce what children
have learned about phonograms
("chunks"). The chunk that
has been worked is written on
the middle of a piece of butcher
paper and children brainstorm
all the words they come across
or can make from the identified
chunk.
From Melissa
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To the right is an example of a rotation chart for centers.
From Courtney Niemeyer's
classroom
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The week's word wall words are put
into this magnetic letter
center. Children practice
making the words on the magnetic
board.
From Courtney Niemeyer's
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A large drip pan is used to
store big books for this center.
Children can easily slide the
books out from under the easel
to take turns rereading books
that have been used for
shared reading.
From Courtney Niemeyer's
classroom |
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A concept sorting center
provides practice in sorting a
theme that has been taught in a
whole group setting.
From Courtney Niemeyer's
classroom |
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Poetry Binders provide practice
of poems that have been used in
shared reading.
From Courtney
Niemeyer's classroom |
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While writing the room, children
practice writing high frequency
words from the word wall.
From Courtney Niemeyer's
classroom
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For this book making center, children
find a
small book and pictures of food
in baskets (see picture on
right) and write little books
about things they like to eat.
This center changes to match
themes and seasons.
From Courtney
Niemeyer's classroom |
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Children get practice
writing words from the word
wall in this center.
A wooden cube is programmed
with words from the word
wall and the students
practice writing the word
each time it is rolled.
Click here for a copy of the
sheet
From Jenny Barkac & Deena
Bartsch |
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For this center, students
match words to the phonogram
(chunk) they find in the
word.
From Wendy
Martin's room |
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This is an example of
storage for the pocket chart
center. The sentence
strips are cut up and
children return the pieces
to the envelope after
building the poem on the
pocket chart. The poem is
printed on the front of the
envelope so the students can
self check.
From Courtney
Niemeyer's classroom |
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Students look at the
pictures and then practice
stretching out words using
markers and stamps.
Children write the vowels in
red so they can check to
make sure they have included
a vowel in every word.
From Courtney Niemeyer's
classroom |
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Children use special
glasses (these are 3D) and
clipboards to practice
writing the room and words
from the word wall.
From Becca Egan |
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Flyswatters with holes in
the middle are used to read
the room and find particular
words or chunks.
From Becca Egan's room |
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After studying the
features of
non-fiction and fiction
books, children practice
sorting in this center.
From Courtney Niemeyer
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After reading the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by
Bill Martin Jr., children
sort capitals and lower case
letters at the letter
center.
From
Courtney Niemeyer |
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For this writing center,
children use sentence
prompts and clip art to make
small books. This can
be differentiated by varying
the prompt with more
difficult words.
From
Courtney Niemeyer |
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Children at this
center can write down a question that other children pull out of the box and
answer.
From: Marisol Ryan's classroom |
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In this classroom, children practice words independently by
reading sight words as they
crawl across a path of
words that have been
laminated. Click on the
picture to see a larger
version of this picture.
From: Marisol Ryan's
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Children practice sight
words by creating the word with
magnetic letters and then
recording the word on a piece of
paper that says, "I wrote these
words with magnetic letters: "
From: Courtney Niemeyer's
classroom |
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To practice sight words, children search in magazines
for the targeted words and then
cut them out and glue them on
brightly colored paper.
From: Courtney Niemeyer's
classroom |
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Big Books that have been read
many times as a class can be
moved to centers to read or to
highlight specific skills.
From: Lori Paulson's
classroom |
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Click on the picture for a link
to kindergarten literacy
centers. There may be some
centers that are either
appropriate for first grade or
that can be modified. |
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Click here for December Centers |
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