Hands on literacy centers first grade

File Folder Sight Word Activities! I've had so many requests to complete the sight word companion to the File Folder Phonics series.

This Building Blocks Sight Word Box is a hands-on way for your students to practice reading and spelling their sight words.

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…

Combining sight words and word families is the perfect way to start a child's reading journey. Download free printable worksheets and centers!

Awesome CVC Words centers activity that is a fun game! Kids build CVC words by rolling letter dice to create and read CVC words that they color on their center mat. Great small group game or literacy station for kindergarten or first grade!

These phonics games are perfect for independent literacy centers. Students just love learning to read CVC words, words containing the magic e, consonant blends, digraphs, r controlled vowels and vowel teams!

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…

Ditch the phonics worksheets and try these hands-on phonics activities to incorporate the science of reading into your literacy instruction.

Back to school ideas to teach your students about sentences and their parts. This color-coded resource is perfect for K-1 literacy centers.

Classroom teachers have a ton of daily tasks to guarantee that students are engaged and learning. It's a tough job, and a stressful one, too. Teachers wear out easily if their classrooms aren't well managed. Creating a classroom that runs itself while you teach in smaller groups is the best way to keep students engaged.