Literacy Stations

Children are assigned to go in pairs to one Literacy Station each day.

Rotation through all of the stations takes two weeks. See Organization for more details.

Dental Health Gingerbread Plants Fall Ocean Rodeo First of Year Organization Weather Five Senses Owls Winter more to come . . . Zoo

First of Year - First Rotation Reading Math Browsing Box - alphabet books Add Chicka Chicka Boom Boom letter board and magnetic letters Patterns The child will read a pattern card and replicate the pattern using math manipulatives Math Their Way pattern cards Phonics Social Studies ABC Hidden Pictures The child will use wipe off markers to circle hidden pictures in alphabet picture card game. (commercially made game by Highlights magazine)   Name Book Prepare a booklet for each child that has a photocopy picture of each child on a page. Staple together with a construction paper cover. Add handwriting lines under each photo. Children use name cards to copy the correct first and last name under each child's picture using colored pencils. Extensions:  Trace over names in another color pencil for "Rainbow Writing" Have child copy a sentence, (such as Dennis is my friend.) or write an original sentence under each name. Assess: Teacher Quick Check of student letter writing abilities. Make notes on post its of any skills which need to be worked on. Add to students assessment file. Writing Computers Write on/Wipe off Handwriting Children use dry erase markers on wipe off boards to practice writing letters. Use Math Their Way numeral templates to practice writing numerals. Mouse Practice Software Use Mouse Practice software to get children familiar with use mouse on computer Science Creative Arts Letter Sort Sort alphabet letters by line of symmetry. Children use mirrors on alphabet letter cards to determine each letter's line of symmetry - horizontal, vertical or none. Use letter stamps to record results on record sheet. Assess: Teacher Quick Check ~ safe use of science materials Name Collage The child will fill in bubble letters with letters cut from magazines to make a name collage. Children put completed work on Share Chair to share with class following rotation. Display around name word wall Listening Literacy A Porcupine Named Fluffy Chrysanthemum Children listen to story on tape. Respond: Rainbow writing first name on sentence strip to add to name word wall   Name Games NAME PUZZLES: Letter tiles for each child's name are put in a baggy with a name card. The child selects a baggy, puts the tiles in order and copies the name on a record sheet. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo NAME BINGO: The child and his/her partner take turns picking a child's name stick, reading it and covering that space on a name bingo card. Use macaroni frog counters to cover. Assess: Teacher Quick Check ~ proper use of station materials, clean up procedures  back to top created by Lin Attaya on 09-21-01 updated 02-20-02

Five Senses Literacy Stations Reading Math Browsing Box - familiar books Add sign language books Add Braille samples BUZZ Bees Game Children play game on bee gameboard. Pull craft stick with number word printed on it. Read number word and move appropriate number of spaces on game board. Use Sugarless Bubble Yum with small smiley face stickers attached as game pieces. ASSESS: reading number words, counting, one to one correspondence Phonics Social Studies SEE a Word, Sort a Word Materials: mini pocket chart, 3 letter word cards - words with vowel o or a, light colored construction paper, markers Children read a word card and sort it on pocket chart under a or o according to which vowel it contains. The child copies words from pocket chart onto construction paper using assorted colored markers. The child uses a black marker to circle the vowel in each word ASSESS: Have child read words copied to you, check for accuracy in sorting by vowel What's Missing? Children will play a cooperative game using the sense of sight. The children will sit around a tray that cantains 6-10 assorted objects from the classroom. One child will be the leader. The leader will ask the group to clse their eyes. The leader will remove one object from the tray and tell the group to open their eyes. Children take turns guessing which object is missing from the tray. Leadership role will rotate among the group members.   Assess: Children cooperative group work Writing Computers I See Me: Sight Materials: mirrors, hand mirror shaped books with 4 pages, pencils and crayons The child looks in mirror at reflection. Write on pages in book about self. Example: I see me. I have brown eyes. I have red hair. I look happy.  ASSESS: Social Studies/ self awareness Share with class when complete Five Senses Use Kid Pix template with 5 spaces, each labeled with one of the five senses. Children sort stamps by the sense/senses used with that item. Example: rose I can SEE a rose, SMELL a rose, TOUCH a rose. I will stamp a rose under each of those categories. I would not TASTE a rose or HEAR a rose, so I do not place a rose stamp under those categories. ASSESS: print out and use as a Five Senses Science assessment. All appropriate resposes are accepted. Science Creative Arts TOUCH a Letter/ Stamp a Letter The child will use his/her sense of touch to identify letters in a grab bag Materials: grab bag with draw string closure, set of magnetic letters, set of alphabet stamps, stamp pad, paper with title: I can find. . . The child selects one alphabet letter stamp and places it on top of the stamp pad. THe child reaches into the grab bag and feels for the designated letter. When the child finds the letter, s/he pulls it out of the bag and uses the letter stamp to stamp the letter on the paper. ASSESS: teacher quick check Fivw Senses Clown The child will use paper to create a clown face collage. THe child will label face parts with the body part related to one of the five senses. ASSESS: Share with class during share time following station rotation Listening Literacy Sound Tape and Picture Match: HEAR The child will match sounds and to pictures of objects making that sound. ASSESS: Language Arts - Listening Shadow Writing: SEE Materials: overhead projector, white board, dry erase markers - one color, one black, dry erase erasers, word ring with high frequency words Children work in pairs to complete this activity. Set up the overhead to shine on the white board. One child reads and copies a word from the word ring onto the overhead projector with a colored dry erase marker. The other child traces over the word on the white board with the black (shadow) marker. Children switch places and continue to read, write and copy words Teacher Quick Check  back to top created by Lin Attaya on 09-24-01

Ocean Literacy Stations Reading Math Browsing Box - familiar books Add ocean books Read: The Little Fish That Got Away by Measure duplicated fish shapes using cubes, inches and centimeters. Record on record sheet. Bonus: Draw and measure your own fish on the back Phonics Social Studies Long Vowel Word Wheel Record words made on the word wheel on record sheet. Add shark pens to station for use when recording words -ake -ace -ame -ail Reference: Phonics Games & Learning Activities by Teacher Created Materials Sunken Treasure Game Cooperative game Child chooses a game card. If s/he can read the word with -ed ending, s/he may roll the die and move marker on gameboard on the path to the sunken treasure. *Children created game cards by searching readers for words with -ed endings to write on game cards. Look for Treasure Writing Computers a/an word sort Sort ocean creature words on mini pocket chart under headings a or an. Child uses thin markers to record sort on light blue paper - adding illustrations Create a Kid Pix Ocean Use Kid Pix computer software to create an ocean scene. Stamp tool may not be used. Save pictures for class slide show. Science Creative Arts Seashell Sort Sort seashells on Venn Diagram sorting mats Children can mix and match headings to vary sorts: big - little rough - smooth shiny - dull univalve - bivalve I like - I don't like  Shell Sort Doodle Art Ocean Dictionary Children use blank Ocean Dictionary book. Draw sea creatures from Doodle Art posters under appropriate letter in dictionary and label with name Listening Literacy The Magic Fish Children listen to story on tape. Respond: I wish . . .   SEE Our Homophone SEA Class generated a list on homophones that were recorded on sentence strips. Words were cut apart and a paper clip was attached. Children use dowel rod fishing pole with magnetic hook to catch pairs of homophones See Our Sea back to top created by Lin Attaya on 03-06-00

Dental Health Literacy Stations Reading Math Browsing Box - familiar books Add tooth books No Tooth, No Quarter A Quarter From the Tooth Fairy Loose Tooth Tooth Story Problems Students create a picture using mini tooth stickers. Write an addition or subtraction story problem to match picture created. Be sure to add a number sentence. Collect illustrated stories for class book Phonics Health Read and Sort ee ~ ea /e/ Students read word cards on which an ee or ea word is written. Sort words onto mini pocket chart. Copy words using thin markers sorted onto a piece of manilla paper which has been folded in half. Circle the digraph ee or ea in each word written. Teacher quick check for accuracy. Toothbrush Book Materials: Blank book shaped like a toothbrush - pages of the book are the "bristles" Write a rule for dental health on each page of the book. Illustrate Turn in for health grade Writing Computers Tooth Shaped Blank Books Children create tooth related stories in blank tooth shaped books which are stapled at the top. Add TOOTH WORD BANK to writing station Possible prompts: How I lost my first tooth . . . The Tooth Fairy A trip to the dentist How I take care of my teeth . . . Share with class Keyboarding Practice Science Creative Arts Happy Tooth/Sad Tooth Fold a 12 x 18 manilla paper in half. Trace a tooth shape at the top of both sides. Add features to each tooth to create a 'happy tooth" and a "sad tooth." Read an sort statements into appropriate categories. Ex: I brush my teeth. I eat lots of candy. Turn in for Science/Health assessment. Toothy Grins Add mirrors to Creative Arts Station. Draw a picture of yourself with your teeth showing. Do you have permanent teeth, baby teeth or "windows" in your mouth? Draw a picture of yourself when you were a baby. Draw a picture of you as a grownup. Make sure each picture features you with a big grin! Label your pictures. Share with class - add to portfolio Listening Literacy Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth Children listen to story on tape. Respond: I know I am growing up . . .   Share with class Contraction Memory Children cut copied contraction word cards apart and gluestick onto construction paper rectangles to create a memory game. Play game with partner, matching contraction with two words used to create it Store in ziploc bag - take home for practice  back to top created by Lin Attaya on 03-06-01

Plant Literacy Stations Children are assigned to go in pairs to one Literacy station each day. Rotation through all of the stations takes two weeks. Reading Math Browsing Box - familiar books Add plant books Add Little Red Hen magnetic story characters and cookie sheet Read: Jack and the Beanstalk How many different kinds of beans can you find in 15 Bean Soup Mix? (sounds funny - try it!) measure 1/4 cup into butter tub, count beans onto 100 chart, sort beans onto sorting mat, draw sort on record sheet, record observations Phonics ABC Order "We're 3 Peas in A Pod" Contractions match word cards to make contractions we + are = we're Record contractions on pea pod shaped recording sheet Staple pages together to make a contraction booklet Assess: contractions Pick A Plant ABC Order Game *Before this game is set up, the class brainstorms things that grow from plants. Write each of these words on a large craft stick using a thin permanent marker. Store sticks in a flower pot. The child "picks" 5 sticks from the pot. Put them in ABC order. Record on record sheet. Pick again and play again. Teacher quick check for accuracy. Pick A Plant Writing Computers ___ and the Beansprout Bean sprout sequence book. The child colors and sequences pictures of a bean growing from run off sheet. The child glues pictures in sequence in book using glue stick. Write a caption for each picture. Turn in for reading - sequence - grade Plant Poems Use ClarisWorks to write a plant poem using framework: I like (watermelon). (juicy) , (red) , (watermelon). (especially in summer) Print poems. Children use colored pencils to illustrate poems. Share with class. Display on Garden Bulletin Board. Science Creative Arts Living/Nonliving Sort Sort words on Mini pocket chart according to headings Living and Non - Living Use markers to record sort on manilla paper, illustrating words. Turn in to basket for Science Assessment grade. work sample by Breanna My Secret Garden Read instructions to create a garden picture on white construction paper with pencils, thin permanent markers and water color paints Use these to decorate Spring Learning Portfolio envelopes "Growing and Learning Together" Spring Learning Portfolio - 2001 Listening Literacy Jack and the Beanstalk The Little Red Hen The Princess and the Pea Children listen to story on tape. Respond: Select one story - draw the characters in the story. Write one sentence to tell about each character. Share with group. Pea + nut = Peanut Compound Words The child finds words on "nut shaped" brown paper that can be combined on a tan "shell shaped" mat to form compound words. Record compound words created in peanut shaped book. Illustrate words. Bonus: include a peanut snack to enjoy while working in this station Teacher quick check for accuracy work sample by Ryker back to top created by Lin Attaya on 03-21-01

Rodeo Literacy Stations Reading Math Browsing Box - familiar books Add Texas/Rodeo/Farm books Add flannel story for Mrs. Wishy Washy. Grocery Coupons Children clip grocery coupon, glue it on manilla paper. Use coin stamps to stamp coin value of coupon under the coupon. ASSESS: counting money Phonics Social Studies er/or/ir Rodeo Round up Read words with er/ir/or Sort word cards into 3 groups. Write words on recording sheet, circling ir/or/er   Teacher Quick Check City Life/Country Life Read: City Mouse and Country Mouse To prepare: discuss things you would see in the city and in the country. Write each of these on an index card. Children fold 12x18 white construction paper in half. Label one side "city" and the other "country." Select a card. Read the word. Decide if it is something from the city or the country. Draw it under the appropriate heading. BONUS: After picture is complete, add details. Write about each setting. Assess: Social Studies Writing Computers Postcards from Texas Write a postcard to someone telling them about Texas on postcard writing template. This will be glued to the back of the computer generated picture from brown station   ASSESS: Social Studies Share with class when complete Postcards from Texas Use Kid Pix draw tools to create a drawing that will be the front of a postcard from Texas. (line drawings - without fill colors) These will be printed in black ink and colored in with colored pencils. Use as front of postcard to be written in yellow station Science Creative Arts Signs of Spring Spring Lift the Flap In spring . . . complete the sentence on the front of the flap and lift to illustrate. Provide books about seasons/spring ASSESS: Science Mix and Match Farm Sentences The child will mix and match color coded word cards to create silly sentences. Select one to copy and illustrate on picture story tablet. The brown cow jumped over the fence. A lazy pig fell in the mud. ASSESS: Reading Comprehension Listening Literacy City Mouse and Country Mouse Response: Are you a "City Mouse" or a "Country Mouse?" Why? What do you like about the city/country? ASSESS: Language Arts - Listening You Can Quote Me On That Child uses macaroni to show where quotation marks go in sentences written on sentence strips. Choose one sentence to copy and illustrate - sentences related to farm/rodeo ASSESS: Language Arts - punctuation  back to top created by Lin Attaya on 04-12-01

Animal Literacy Stations We're monkey-ing around while we're learning! Reading Math Browsing Box - familiar books Add zoo and animal books Add Little Bear AR books Add Curious George AR books Zoo Animal Sort and Tally The child will sort plastic animals. The child will tally number of animals in each group, label groups and record results on tally sheet. Assess: Math, Tally and Graph Thanks, Emily, for this great idea! Phonics Social Studies ir/or/ur word sort Using cards created from MatchWords the child will sort words by ir/or/ur and write them on a recording sheet. The child will circle ir/or/ur in each word Zoo Maps The child will draw a map of the zoo and will create a map key using MAP PENCILS :o)   Assess: Social Studies, maps Writing Computers Animal Scramble Children use scrambled animal word cards and magnetic letters to unscramble letters to spell names of zoo animals correctly. Share with group Animal Software use computer software to research zoo animals and play animal games Science Creative Arts Lions, Tigers and Bears , Oh My! Set up grid with animal names across the top and questions about animal attributes down the side. Children complete the grid with yes/no answers. Child selects favorite of the three to make a mask. Graph class favorites. Tangram Animals The child will use tangrams to create animals. Use paper pieces to record one animal on story tablet. Use crayons to create a setting for the animal. Write several sentences about animal. Listening Literacy We're Going to the Zoo Children listen to story on tape. Respond: My favorite zoo animal   Animals. Animals, Animals The child will match up statements containing commas in a series and use macaroni to make commas. Copy and illustrate sentences on picture story tablet EX: Elephants, hippos, and giraffes. are big. work sample by Allie Assess: Grammar  back to top created by Lin Attaya on 04-24-01

Weather Literacy Stations Learning TOGETHER in all kinds of WEATHER  Reading Math Browsing Box It Looked Like Spilt Milk flannel board story Umbrella Math The child will trace and cut a paper umbrella. The child will write a number (6,7,8 or 9) on the umbrella. The child will use yarn to attach raindrops on which they have written facts that equal the number on their umbrella. Assess: number combinations for designated number Phonics Social Studies Read and Sort sh ~ ch Students read word cards on which an sh or ch word is written. Sort words onto mini pocket chart. Copy words using thin markers sorted onto a piece of manilla paper which has been folded in half. Circle the digraph sh or ch in each word written. Teacher quick check for accuracy. Make A Rainbow Cooperative Game Materials: spinner on which the color words are written, copy of a rainbow with spaces labeled with color words, clipboard and crayons The child will spin the spinner and color in the appropriate space on the gameboard. The child "misses" a turn