Winter Literacy Centers

Here is a glimpse of our literacy centers for the next two weeks!

Hat’s Off to Snowman – CVC Word Match – I used just the blend set this time.  My kids have gotten a lot of practice with three letter CVC words, I thought I would challenge them a bit with 4 letter words! They rose to the challenge.   (I attached the hats with velcro – there are 5 pairs in a baggie.)

This is my Snowflakes in a Jar – Ending sounds sort. The children sort the snowflakes by their ending sounds – it was a bit tricky for them since they are SO used to listening for the ending sounds.  I will definitely be creating a Valentine version of this game!

I do a roll-a-sight-word center every round. The kids always know what to expect from this center.  These dice are pretty awesome too – I got them at our local teacher store – I think there were math activities for them – but I love them for this center.  I keep a table on my computer (word doc) and just program the new words, print, and insert them in the vinyl pockets.  So much faster than making wooden dice – and they are big and SOFT!! (NO NOISE!)

I love this center!  There are 2,3,and 4 letter words in the Kindergarten kit, and up to 6 letter words in the first grade kit.  I started off with 3 baggies with 4 words in each (organized by the number of letters).  I mounted each card to scrapbook paper and printed the coordinating letters on the back of the same scrapbook paper for easier organization! I used velcro dots to attach the letters to the cards.  No lost letters yet!  The kids love re-scrambling the letters for the next child too – they always try to make it really tricky!!  

This is a syllable center that I got from Brooke Perry over at Primary Perspectives.  If you haven’t seen her blog yet, you should definitely check it out!  I made the response sheet to go with it.  Thanks Brooke!

I also have a listening center each week.  For this round, the children are listening to this sweet book called Pip & Squeak.  The response sheet focuses on character and setting.  You can download the response sheet here!

This is another center that I found at Primary Perspectives.  It was one that I planned on making, but she beat me to it.  It involved rhyming discrimination.  There are 3 cards in a baggie, and the children have to decide which word doesn’t rhyme.

I also have a letter/sound sort each week.  The clipart comes from a Carson Dellosa A-Z clip art book/cd.  It’s really a great resource to have – tons of clip art!
Those are my centers for the next 2 weeks! If you have any questions, let me know!
On a side note – we had cupcakes for a child’s birthday today.  Cupcakes with   BLUE frosting.  Picture that in your mind….. 16 kinders with blue frosting all over their sweet little  faces….

    

PS – It’s Friday tomorrow!!