Literacy+Stations

Ms. Gleadall created this little booklet that the kids can spell the works by stamping the letters in each box next to the picture. Then have your high students write a sentence or two using that word. The lower students can copy the word and use a stem to help them.

//__ Activities in this center can be: __//
 * __ ABC & Letter Center: __**
 * Materials needed: magnetic letters, letter stamps, ABC books, letter tiles, Crayons/markers, paper, pencils, alphabet books, etc.
 * ** ABC sort: **
 * Tchart: ex: Sort letters that are Tts and not Tts (for each letter/phonics letter of week)
 * ** ABC find: **
 * Students use yellow crayon to highlight the letter of the week
 * ** Letter/Sound match: **
 * Students match objects to letter/beginning sound
 * ** Capital/Lowercase Match: **
 * Students match capital letters to lowercase letters
 * ** Alphabetical order: **
 * Students first place words in alphabetical order, then record them.
 * ** ABC letter/sound match: **
 * Students match pictures to letters
 * ** Alphabetize Word cards: **
 * You can change these up every month… ex: put words on pumpkins in Oct, on turkeys in Nov, etc.


 * __ Rhyme Center: __**
 * Materials needed: rhyming word puzzles, rhyming picture cards, rhyming objects

// Example: “Father” is the given word… //
 * ** What rhymes? **
 * Students match pairs of words/pictures/objects that rhyme. Then record.
 * **__ Word Work Center: __**
 * Vocab- Spelling Making Words
 * ** Environmental Print center: **
 * Match words and pictures
 * Match beginning sounds
 * Sort by kind/category (ex: restaurants vs. grocery store items)
 * Sort by # of syllables.
 * ** Stamp words: **
 * Students spell out words using letter stamps.
 * ** Making Words: **
 * Students begin with a word and the “boxed letters” for that word- students cut out the letters and rearrange them around to spell as many words as they can.
 * // They can create the words: at, fat, rate, the, etc. using the same letters. //
 * ** Magnetic Letters: **
 * Students create words using magnetic letters. Give them sight word cards to spell out.
 * ** Word swatter game: **
 * Put sightwords onto cards and have kids pull out sight word and swat it with a flyswatter on the board/shower curtain.
 * ** Making words clothesline: **
 * Students clip letters in order to create words.
 * ** Fill in the blanks: **
 * Students fill in the blanks to complete the word.
 * ** Word families: **
 * Students add a letter to the beginning of a word family to create different words in that family.
 * ** Making sentences: **
 * Students are given a recording sheet and word cards. They cut apart the words and rearrange them to make logical sentences. Then they record them.
 * Students place words in order to make logical sentences.
 * ** Read and Write the Room **
 * Students get a “clipboard” and walk around the room copying words.


 * __ Reading Center: __**


 * Classroom library: Independent/Buddy reading
 * Materials: pointers, sunglasses, big books, trade books, guided reading books, flashlights, class-made books, poems, charts, flyswatters with with holes in the middle to frame words, whisper phones

**Things to do in reading center:**
 * Read around the room
 * Read from your book bin
 * Read a big book
 * Read a fairytale or folktale.
 * Read an ABC book.
 * Read a book at listening center.
 * Read books our class has written.
 * Read from your journal.
 * Read from your writing folder.
 * Read an information book.
 * Read our predictable charts.
 * Read with a flashlight.
 * Read with a reading buddy.
 * Read with a whisper phone.
 * Reading and following directions: students read a questions (i.e. What is yellow?) and add items to the collage board/poster to show that they understood what was read.


 * // *Daily Reading Chart: (I’m going to put this in a pocket chart with sentence strips) //**
 * // Today is: //**
 * // The month is: //**
 * // Our weather is: //**
 * // Today our line leader is: _ //**
 * // I feel: ___ (emotions)__ //**


 * Art center __**
 * To work on following directions!
 * Students read “directions” to create a picture or craft. (Teacher must create a poster each week that models each step of the process.) I would do about 3 -5 steps for a center. (depending on students)


 * __ Storytelling & Retelling __** : //***If you have the materials you can use this, but I will probably use this after a few years once I have the materials needed.***//
 * Students retell a story using simple props.
 * Materials: Books with flannel board/retelling apron or glove


 * __ Pocket chart/ Poetry reading __**
 * Poem of the week: sequence the words using pocket chart and words on sentence strips
 * Read and Illustrate poem of the week in poetry journals //(I have some really great materials I found for poetry journals that I will show you all when we are back in school!)//
 * Students fill in the blanks to create logical sentences. They may use word cards or erasable markers to complete each sentence in pocket chart.


 * __ Writing Center: __**
 * //__Materials__: letter stamps, word banks/posters, word wall, class list with pictures, alphabet chart,//
 * Prewriting guides (students copy pictures exactly as teacher has posted)
 * Fill in the blank booklets: students may write and illustrate pattern booklets to go with units of study each week.
 * Students edit their stories, add illustrations, and publish them into book form.
 * Writing for real: Students should have an opportunity to “show what they know” and write about small moments in their lives and share them with each other.


 * //__ For me to remember: __//**

//__*To help with centers management:__//**


 * **// Create a supply station for easy student access. //**


 * // Rules for Supply station: //**
 * 1) **// Take only what you NEED. //**
 * 2) **// Return when finished. //**
 * 3) **// Please share. //**


 * **// Listening center needs directions posted… //**
 * // Example: //**
 * 1) **// Select a tape or CD. //**
 * 2) **// Choose 1 person to work the cd player. //**
 * 3) **// Adjust the headphones and volume to your comfort. //**
 * 4) **// Listen to the story and read along. //**
 * 5) **// Put the books and tape/cd away neatly. //**


 * **// Stickers on buttons with a sign posted: //**
 * **// Red- stop/new tape //**
 * **// Yellow- pause/wait //**
 * **// Green- play/go //**
 * **// Blue- rewind/back //**