January Literacy Centers- FREEBIE! :)

Hey all! 

I'm here today to share my January Literacy Centers.  Here's what I've got for you:

Writing prompt:  In the snow, I like to...

 CVC word practice

 Poetry comes with 3 sheets of words to find in the poem.

 Big books- Identify title and known/unknown words.

I hope you can put them to use in your classroom.  I won't have any pics of them in use because I've left it for my sub to do during my maternity leave.   Let me know if you can use them and how they worked.

If you need info on how I use these Literacy Centers in my classroom- check out my blog post here.
Or, if you need literacy center labels- you can grab those here.

To grab your free copy of these January Literacy centers, click HERE from Google Docs.

On a personal note- maternity leave started for me today.  no baby yet, but I'll keep you posted!!  We still don't know if it's a boy or a girl- I'm so anxious and excited to find out!!!!!!!!

Back to School

OK- so I promised to be not so MIA during the summer on my last post, and I just have to apologize!  I couldn't seem to find time to get on my computer to blog.  I guess that's what happens when 2 little boys, a garden, canning said garden produce, book clubs, photography, cleaning, yard saling, and being pregnant all happen in one summer. Sooo----

Let me apologize and reward your patience with my very first literacy center of the year.  Click here to download it from google docs. Here's what you'll find:

The literacy center agenda:

 Student objectives:

 What you'll need to do to prepare them:

 Writing prompt:

 playdough workmat

 ... and record sheet

 letter tiles work mat

 plus the big books record sheet, teacher center and poetry center materials, etc.  I didn't take screen shots of it all- but it's all right there for you to use, FREE as a reward for your patience with me.  I promise to blog more now that school has started and it's on my mind :)


Here's a glimpse of how I put my literacy centers into action:

If the student is at the Playdough center, they grab the bin.  It has the playdough, cookie cutters, work mats, and record sheets they will need.  They go to a table and get to work.  Before I let them go solo, I do every center as a whole group first to show them what I expect them to do.  It works great!  The only centers that don't have bins are "teacher" and "writing".  Writing is in drawer that sits on top of this cabinet (you can see the bottom of it in the top of this picture.)  It hold the writing prompt and that's all.  They use their pencil bags to complete the prompt.

I collect all the record sheets to make sure they are doing their work.  I staple them together and send them home as a packet for mom/dad to see.

There you have it- August literacy centers.  I'll be sure to update as I get more finished.  Check TPT or TN for more literacy centers I did from last year.

I'd like to close with a recent family pic.  My fam went to Gulf Shores the last week of summer vacation- and it was amazing!  My sister-in-law snapped these family pics for me, and I just love them!  Which should I frame for my house?

* The boys each got a shark tooth necklace, and they just HAD to wear them in the pictures!


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March Literacy Centers and Currently!

Freebie alert!! I've just posted my Literacy Center tags on my TPT and TN stores FOR FREE. Check them out- and let me know if you can use them! They are made with clipart from my good friend Hilary at Mrs. Carvitti's Clippings.

 DONE!  My 2nd literacy center pack.  Here's what you get:

House:  Students are asked to read a story to a baby doll and then fill out the reader response paper:

 Letter Tiles:  March words!

 Playdough:  Short e words.  Comes with record sheet (not shown here.)

 Poetry:  Baa Baa Black Sheep

 Teacher center:  Vowel recognition.  Students are supposed to sort the words into vowel groups.

 Writing prompt:  My kite....

You can get it for $5 (OR... if you're looking to get something for free... the teacher center using work with vowels and the writing prompt are FREE) at


OR

And now for my Currently!  I love Farley's blog, her currently's, and her style.  I won a giveaway from Reagan and Farley was a part of it.  I got some great stuff from her- it made me wish I taught an older grade, but I still was able to use her classroom signs- and they are HYSTERICAL and nothing but full of Farley-cuteness.

Anyway, here's my Currently:

Thanks

March Literacy Center and a Field Trip!

It's finished!  My first ever literacy center- in full!!!!  I'm so over the moon excited about completing this!

Here's the agenda for the literacy centers (complete with the common core standards it meets!)

A glimpse at what is included:

LOTS of student record sheets to make sure your kiddos stay on task!

 A writing prompt:

 A cute little St. Patrick's Day poem...

 Complete with word cards for students to match to the words in the poem :)

 Customizable detective center so you can target the words you are working on in your own classroom:

 Cutesy themed words to spell!

There you have it!  That's not all... it was 22 slides LONG!! :)  Check it out at my Teacher's Notebook Store- it's only $5.  You can also buy just bits and pieces if you don't want or need all of it!  The letter tiles activity is FREE at my TN store- so go check it out! :)




OH!  And we had a field trip today... and they LOST our lunches!!!!!  OMG- good thing a parent was able to track them down or we would have had some angry parents looking for their vera bradley and 31 lunch bags!!!!! 
So- my question to you-

What is the funniest/craziest/wierdest thing that has happened to you on a field trip???