Support reading comprehension with a simple storytelling center tied to a classroom read aloud. Use props to practice retelling a familiar story. Kids this age still need to play! Set out loose parts and mats for them to answer a reading response question creatively, like this one for “What do you love about fall?” You can’t get much simpler than the setup of this crowd-pleasing partner game. Mess-free painting with a literacy twist? Sign us up.

We love this idea for fluency practice with a familiar poem! Including Band-Aids is the perfect touch!) Use a punctuation “surgery kit” to edit sentences.īecause healing erroneous sentences may help heal the world. You can’t go wrong with this literacy-themed version of the classic board game. Having each word in its own box keeps it organized. Magnetic letters are perfect for moving around while trying to solve a scrambled word. This setup makes it super easy to update words as needed. This would be perfect for synonyms or matching vocabulary words to pictures, too. Turns out a plastic spoon is perfectly sized and shaped to help little hands swap beginning letters! This spin on a classic partner game is adorable, effective, and so easy to prep! Whether your students need practice writing individual letters or words, adding guidelines with Sharpies is an amazing teacher hack! Practice writing on magnetic drawing boards. Make fidget spinners work for you with this fun idea that’s adaptable for any words. Sensory bins are awesome for play, science, and more, but if you’re struggling to fit them into your day, turning one into a search-and-find literacy center is a win-win option! What student wouldn’t want the chance to open a bunch of padlocks?! Yet another take on a dice-rolling center, this one is so easy to prep and customize for different kiddos’ needs. Here’s another flexible upgrade to traditional bingo games.įor another low-prep center using dice, try this idea for word reading-nonsense or real! Just copy different lists on different paper colors to differentiate. Make it a race to see which column “wins” or make it a fill-the-board challenge.

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