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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Are you starting centers in kindergarten or first grade? Learn how to manage the chaos of centers and make centers the best part of the day in your kindergarten or first grade classroom here. This blog post is full of classroom management tips for centers and free centers classroom management resources to make math and literacy centers a success. Learn how to start centers, introduce and teach expectations for centers, and what to do when students finish centers early in your classroom.

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Click to find out how I run this low-prep math fact fluency center in my classroom all year long!!

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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.

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…

Make center time in your classroom one that is filled with engaged learning and exploration. As students work independently you are ready to work with reading groups or do small group instruction. But getting your centers set up is the beginning. This blog post details your step by step process for setting up a center rotation that your students will love. It includes literacy center and math center ideas as well as tips for organizing centers all year long.

For K-1 students, centers are one of the most developmentally appropriate things that you can do for them. Let me give you the break down on each of my 5 centers, and how I manage them!

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.

A few years ago I attended a conference on Math Workshop. I really wasn't convinced that it could work in a first grade classroom. We just have too many new concept to teach them, I thought. It just won't work. As the speaker continued throughout our hours together, I was intrigued by her style of…

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

Add this HUGE helpful collection of playful first grade math and literacy centers that make learning fun for kids and easy on you.

Use these five tips when planning, creating and implementing your literacy centers in your elementary classroom!

Looking for tools to keep students engaged and on-task during literacy? Check out these three visual supports to make center time a success!

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