We can’t be more excited to share our February Centers with you!
You will find a variety of phonics, language, vocabulary, and listening & speaking activities with these February centers. We provided a great review of essential kindergarten skills, a solid start to first grade skills, and a preview to second grade skills. These centers will be beneficial to any first grade classroom!
[Click here to see our 1st and 2nd Grade Literacy Centers for the Year]
Who? What, and Where?
Students will choose the cards to describe and write about characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
Sight Word Sign Language
Students will recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words using sign language.
Singular and Plural Noun Puzzles
Students will match singular and plural nouns of the same category.
Syllable Puzzles
Students will decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables by completing the puzzles.
Rhyming Match Up
Students will and produce rhyming words by matching the pictures on the rhyming cards.
Preposition Puzzles
Use frequently occurring prepositions by completing the puzzle. (e.g., during, beyond, toward).
Story Details
Students will use the illustrations and details provided to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Making Words
Students will create single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
Name as Many
Students will list and sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
Cause and Effect
Students will use the cards to describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Right now, I am sure you are probably thinking, “This is exactly what I have been looking for!!! How in the world do I get my hands on these?!?
We offer a Year-Long Literacy Centers for 1st and 2nd Grade. This resource was specifically made to create an impact with your students, and to help you create a better work-life balance. Take the guess work out of centers, so you can do what you do best…TEACH!
- Student-Friendly Directions for Every Center
- Hands-On and Engaging Activities
- Recording/Accountability Sheets for Every Center
- Flexible and nonseasonal centers to supplement your current curriculum.
- Cohesive resource with a variety of centers to last you an entire year.
- Consistent centers so you have minimal redirection.
[Click here to see our 1st and 2nd Grade Literacy Centers for the Year]
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