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Literacy Centres/Differentiated Learning by https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p Literacy Centre Ideas en-us 2018-03-03 23:05:23 UTC 2025-04-12 13:59:58 UTC hello@padlet.com Literacy Centres cathbc69 https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/237752466 This site FCRR (Florida Centre for Reading Research) has FREE (which is becoming harder to find online these days!) literacy centres for students from pre-K to grade 5. It is definitely worth exploring. I have used some of the phonological awareness games during daily 5 in the past.
http://www.fcrr.org/resources/resources_sca.html

Catherine]]> 2018-03-04 03:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/237752466 16 Free Literacy Centres stephballard https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/237803419 I found a blog with tons of great literacy centres including links to all the materials you will need to set them up!
http://ilove2teach.blogspot.ca/2011/08/literacy-centers-free-printable.html

I think these would be good for grade 2-3 classrooms.

I particularly like the poetry centre, making words centre, and comic book story.

Each centre has a developmentally appropriate learning target at the top, so children know what skill they are developing. So cool!

Some centres also have extension activities for early finishers.

Steph]]> 2018-03-04 15:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/237803419 Margaret's Literacy Centre Ideas mhcoyle https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/237896915 1. "Learning at the Primary Pond" https://learningattheprimarypond.com is a great blog.
Here is the link to her TpT store too https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Learning-At-The-Primary-Pond-Alison She's got "Literacy Centres that Work" bundles.

2. "This Reading Mama" https://thisreadingmama.com has lots of great activities. This page shows an example of her low-prep phonics games https://thisreadingmama.com/print-and-play-series-low-prep-learning-games/
This page shows year-long literacy centres with choice https://thisreadingmama.com/year-long-literacy-centers/
Visual Literacy Centre menu from same site https://thisreadingmama.com/year-long-literacy-center-menu/

3. "Starting With the Beginning"
Back to School is Cool Literacy Centres https://startingwiththebeginning.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/class-set-fall-lit-centres.pdf
Winter Wonderland Literacy Centres https://startingwiththebeginning.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/winter-literacy-bliss.pdf
Spring Literacy Centres https://startingwiththebeginning.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/spring-literacy-class-kit.pdf ]]> 2018-03-05 01:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/237896915 Literacy Centers willyrazzo https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/238383380 The site Balanced Literacy Framework offers a bunch of interesting a engaging centre activities along with the worksheets. The activities on this site would work best for grades 2 and up however some alterations could make some usable for younger grades. The activities that stuck out for me were the Spin N Spell and the Mad Scientist Board Game.

http://www.lauracandler.com/strategies/balancedlit.php#BalancedLitPrintables

Willy ]]> 2018-03-05 22:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/238383380 Literacy Centers katherine_pauline_davis https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/238452123 I like the Daily 5 Cafe with my Grade 1/2 students. I have not done it with younger grades, but is great for variety in your literacy lessons. Below are a few links I have found helpful.

1) Daily 5 Cafe:
https://www.thedailycafe.com/daily-5
2) Setting Up For Second:
http://settingupforsecond.blogspot.ca/2014/04/the-daily-5-in-2nd-grade.html

I also do Words Their Way in my class. Although it is not really a literacy center activity, I have my students take their words to use at literacy centers and during Daily 5 Word Work. Below are some links to Words Their Way.

1) This Reading Mama:
https://thisreadingmama.com/daily-routines-with-word-sorts/

2) School and The City:
http://schoolandthecityblog.blogspot.ca/2015/02/words-their-way-my-way.html

I also really liked this blog, it had some hands on centers for writing, stamping, working with word patterns and families, as well as some phonics poetry and describing words activities. I believe most of them are FREE!

The Starr Spangled Planner:
http://www.starrspangledplanner.com/christmas-in-july-literacy-centers/

Katherine]]> 2018-03-06 04:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/238452123 Literacy Centres https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/238982711 I just spend some time on Pinterest looking at all the websites/blogs of our friendly teachers down south. WOW! There are a lot of puppy dogs, cupcakes and other cute surprises! I have never actually spent that much time in this zone. I managed to find one that wasn't too overstimulating....
https://learningattheprimarypond.com/centers/learning-at-the-primary-pond-literacy-centers-kindergarten-first-second-grade/
This teacher's blog/website shared lots of ideas with lots of images.
It would be easy to spend hours (and a small fortune) getting lost in all the ideas out there.

George]]> 2018-03-07 03:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/238982711 Literacy Centres subgal23 https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/239002108 I have found that browsing through Pinterest is a good resource to find activities for literacy centres...if you have time. Such as this one:
https://pin.it/xflyptdhtesa6t
I also found a few other sites that have good suggestions:

http://www.youclevermonkey.com/2016/03/literacy-centre-ideas.html

http://www.miss-kindergarten.com/2013/10/literacy-center-ideas.html

https://firstgradeblueskies.com/kindergarten-literacy-center-ideas/

I also like this book:
Launching Literacy Stations by Debbie Diller

- Jill]]> 2018-03-07 05:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/239002108 Literacy Centres rlamothe https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/239688969 So much out there!
This reading rockets article was a helpful place to start: http://www.readingrockets.org/article/literacy-centers

This blog had some good ideas for the upper elementary classroom
https://teachingtoinspire.com/2016/06/reading-centers-upper-elementary.html

The daily 5 for upper elementary

https://www.whatihavelearnedteaching.com/daily-five-big-kids/

Rachelle]]> 2018-03-08 15:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/239688969 Literacy Centre Ideas pangelis https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/239953555 Panorea: The following link provides suggestions and printables for creating an easy to use literacy station visual for Kindergarten and Grade 1. The package includes 50 suggestions which allows teachers to differentiate instruction. https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/literacy-stations/]]> 2018-03-08 22:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/239953555 Literacy Centre Ideas pangelis https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/239995450 Panorea: The following link does not recommend using literacy stations. The teacher prefers to offer her students to pick their own stations to encourage motivation. She offers a lot of suggestions for early primary literacy ideas. https://thisreadingmama.com/year-long-literacy-centers/]]> 2018-03-09 02:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/239995450 Literacy Centres for Kindergarten to Grade 2 evelyn_vanegmond https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/241544318 This website gives a framework on how to run centres. It talks about making sure the centres have goals specific for your students. It describes a variety of literacy centres.
https://learningattheprimarypond.com/centers/learning-at-the-primary-pond-literacy-centers-kindergarten-first-second-grade/
I am also including a link to the Daily Five Cafe. As the website states "The Daily 5 is a framework for structuring literacy time so students develop lifelong habits of reading, writing, and working independently." In the Daily 5 framework students choose centres (Read to self, work on writing, read to someone, listen to reading and word work) to work at independently. The teacher can then work with students in small groups or independently.
https://www.thedailycafe.com/daily-5
Evelyn

]]> 2018-03-13 17:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/241544318 Literacy Centre Ideas (Chelsea) https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/243013940 I found a few blog that have some ideas for Literacy Centres:

http://www.miss-kindergarten.com/2013/10/literacy-center-ideas.html

https://mrswillskindergarten.com/mastering-sight-words-4-centers-plus-free-file/

http://differentiatedkindergarten.com/category/curriculum/daily-5/

]]> 2018-03-16 21:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/243013940 Literacy Centre Ideas 17jy28 https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/243551097 (Jungmin)
I found some Pinterest activities that are hands-on. I used some of these activities when I had to teach a kindergarten class a few years back, and they helped me to grow as an educator.

· https://playtolearnpreschool.us/10-ways-practice-alphabet/

· http://missgiraffesclass.blogspot.com/2016/06/bottle-cap-cvc-word-building-centers.html

· http://www.youclevermonkey.com/2013/07/literacy-centres-first-six-months.html

I found this website useful as well.
https://educationtothecore.com/2018/03/april-literacy-centers-for-first-grade/

]]> 2018-03-19 15:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/243551097 Daily 5 swahlla https://padlet.com/msmart4/xrz4go18dj7p/wish/243755720
I absolutley love literacy centres with a Daily 5 format. I have used and seen it be used for a number of years now and I love the way it promotes indepdent learners who take ownership of their learning while allowing classroom teachers to conference and work with reading groups.

I am working towards differentiating my Daily 5 stations so that their is choice within the various groupings.

Below are links to a few different activities for each station.

1. Read to Self -
https://learningattheprimarypond.com/centers/learning-at-the-primary-pond-literacy-centers-kindergarten-first-second-grade/

This is an indepdent reading centre that involves reading to self. What i like about "learning at the primary pond's" addition is that she has a panflet that allows students to jot down thoughts, questions and ideas that they can work through after reading.
I do think that reading to self is an important task and that writing should not take away from this station. Providing sticky notes for students to put into their books is also a simple way to do this in the classroom with minimal prepration.

2. Read to Someone -
http://toristeachertips.blogspot.ca/2013/07/daily-5-read-to-someone-lots-of-freebies.html

This site is great because it provides variations of reading to someone. Students can read the same basal text (two of the same copies). Students do not need to be at the same level for this activity as the stronger reader can help guide the other.
I also like the idea of reading poetry together that perhaps you practiced as a class.
What stood out for me was the idea of having students reading a book of choice to one another. This means that students at various levels can be partners and take turns listening to reading.

3. Word Work
https://www.pinterest.ca/explore/word-work-activities/
There are so many different options for word word.
Most recently I have been incorrporating words their way into the word work program.

I also think digital resources like spelling city are great additions to word work activities.

for my more advanced students I use word work as an opporutnity for them to build their vocabulary. I have them go through the books they are reading and finds words they dont know the meaning of. They then look them up in a dictionary and create a sentence of their own using the definition.

4. Work on Writing
I really like how open ended work on writing can be.
I allow my students to write in their journals on a topic of choice.
I also provide them story folders where they can write their own stories.
My favourite thus far has been creating a scene on a back table (toy animals, jungle theme etc.) and have students spend time at the table before they are asked to go write (writers workshop style).

Ravneet

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