Literacy centers

These 10 literacy station ideas for kindergarten are things that can be reused and tweaked throughout the year, so you aren't constantly scrambling for new center activities! You can get some new ideas for you kindergarten literacy centers figure out how to set up things like a writing center, and library center!

Are you looking for ideas on teaching literacy centers, while incorporating the science of reading? I got you covered. The most important thing to remember is that students need to have the skills to independently complete the activities. Check out all of my ideas for teaching and differentiating centers in the Kindergarten classroom. Perfect for back to school. Kindergarten Activities, Kindergarten Centers, and Kindergarten Stations.

Learn how to get your reading centers ready for the year! These ideas will help teachers plan and manage literacy centers. Ideas for ELA centers including the listen to reading center (listening center), read with a partner (buddy reading), word work center, and the work on writing center. These activities will help teachers at the beginning of the year establish expectations for literacy centers and rotations to maximize learning.

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!

This is an awesome literacy center for kindergarten or first grade! Students would love playing it during Daily Five or word work. #learningtoread #literacy #DailyFive #ilovetoteach

My Kindergarteners have been rocking their CVC words this year. I am so proud of them. I found the best way to teach short vowels, is to expose kids to them in a variety of methods. We talk about them in whole group and in guided reading. Students get independent practice in morning work buckets ... Read More about CVC Word Work {Freebies Included}

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

Three Must-Have Visual Supports for Literacy Centers

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An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

Literacy Centers in the classroom should be simple, easy, and fun! Using No Prep or Little Prep ideas help with time management, lesson planning, and easy weekly set-up. These five centers can be used all year with just a few simple changes each Friday afternoon. These literacy center ideas for 3rd grade will help you get home to your family without staying late at school.

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…

Ashley | Kindergarten Teacher | Doing centers by skill, rather than themes, makes differentiating so much easier! I have the same centers ALL YEAR LONG and each student… | Instagram

Literacy Centers are a wonderful way to differentiate instruction for upper elementary students. Here is a list of literacy centers that I've used in my 4th grade classroom. They can be used in 3rd and 5th grade classes as well. #literacycenters #litera

This center is a fun way to help your students practice reading and spelling sight words. They can use letter beads to build a leash for each dog! This center is also editable so you can add the words you need.

These literacy centers are ongoing, inexpensive or free, and easy to start. Kindergarten students enjoy independence during reading stations and teachers enjoy having a calm environment to lead guided reading groups. #reading #centers #literacycenters #kindergarten

No need to stress over organizing your literacy stations! This literacy rotation system is easy to use and will save you tons of time!