Centers first grade

Do you reinvent the wheel every single week when it comes to centers, word work, stations.....whatever you happen to call them? Yeah, me too! I know better, I swear I do but it just never fails. I am here today to tell you that there IS A BETTER WAY! Let me begin by saying I am a big fan of Daily 5. I run my room about as closely to the Daily 5 model as possible but this is one area I just never could give in on. The sisters suggest having out materials for students to build words, write…

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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.

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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.

When heading back to school, you may be thinking about how to organize your classroom, and set up classroom routines. In this post, I talk about how I organize centre rotations in first grade.

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…

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