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Play-Based Literacy Centres for Kindergarten – Grade 1 Ann George Greater Victoria School District [email protected] Organization of Materials • clear tubs, open tubs, clear freezer bags for easy access to materials • easy access shelving • give children responsibility for the activities and materials whenever possible • make the literacy centre materials available for free play as well • update as needed – e.g. add current spelling list Scheduling • various ways to group children – academic need (academic peers or a mix of more capable but nurturing students with less able students), social groups, randomly • post a schedule so children always know their work group and activity • introduce new materials to whole class at first, allow free exploration time the first few activity sessions • increase duration of literacy centres over several sessions • various approaches to scheduling: o 5 centres – set up same 5 activities every day for two weeks, children work at one centre per day, rotate centres daily, the second week allows children to revisit and practise known activities o 3 centres – rotate through all 3 centres in the same session, schedule 2 or 3 times per week o same centres twice per day – assigned centres in morning, children have free choice of centres in afternoon o 24 centres – put children in pairs, one activity per child, do one task in morning, switch tasks in afternoon Literacy Centre Ideas • shaving cream on table tops (if scent is an issue, do this outside on plastic placemats) • washable markers on table tops – write words, letters, sentences, wash when done • finger paint on paper • gel bags (a small amount of coloured hair gel and glitter in freezer bags), write letters with finger on outside of bag, can use with a light table • letter sort – a variety of letters (wood, plastic, paper…) to sort by colour or letter name or attribute (tunnel letters, curved letters, straight letters, zig zag letters…) • object sort with a variety of objects and an alphabet – match objects to initial letter • tactile letters – trace over felt, sandpaper, cornmeal, ridged plastic letters • cookie sheets with coloured sand, rice, cornmeal, salt – print letters, words • letter magnets and cookie sheets – sort letters, order alphabet, spell words • letter match – match upper case letters with lower case • Alphabet Soup game –plastic letters or tiles or magnets in a “pot”, recording sheet • alphabet pasta – letter sort, spelling (or use for Alphabet Soup game) • stir sticks/popsicle sticks – straight letters • shoelaces with beads (for weight) – curved letters • pipe cleaners or Wiki Stix (curved and straight letters) • letter beads, shoelaces – order alphabet, spell words, create sentences • geoboards – letters, words • pegboards – letters, words • playdough, cookie cutter letters – roll “snakes” to form letters, stamp letters • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom book, tree, Velcro letters • alphabet puzzles (can add sand timers for those needing a challenge) • bingo – picture, letter, sight word • commercial alphabet and word games – sight word dominoes, concentration • Roll A Letter or Word – letter or word dice, recording grids • wooden letter blocks – order the alphabet, build words horizontally and vertically • Lego – letter and word building • wooden letter train – assemble in alphabetical order or link cars to make words • body letters – can also spell words (in groups) • printing practice – laminated sheets with dotted letters to trace • spaghetti letters – draw one continuous “spaghetti” line (including straight and curved parts) in black, trace over any letters that appear in the “spaghetti” using a different colour for each letter • grid letters – trace over letters formed by a grid using a different colour for each letter • laminated letter or word puzzles, dry erase markers and erasers – alphabet mazes, letter or word searches, words hidden in pictures • newspaper, highlighters – highlight letters and words • letter, word, sentence sort – sort cards and place under appropriate headings • letter search in illustrations – read a book, search for letters in pictures (e.g. Why Can’t I Fly?) • book with matching puppets – retell the story • sequencing – put picture cards in order, tell the story to another child • felt board #1 – felt letters in alphabetical order, spell words • felt board #2 – book with matching felt shapes, retell the story • painted rocks #1 – upper and lower case letters on opposite sides of rocks, order alphabet, spell words • painted rocks #2 – book characters on rocks, retell story (e.g. Grumpy Bird) • character match – match name cards with pictures of characters from a story • story retelling – a book with a few simple appropriate props • chalkboards – letters, words, sentences, illustrations • framed glass (white paper, lined paper, themed paper) or whiteboards, dry erase markers and erasers – letters, words, sentences, stories, illustrations • room or hall search – using clipboards and recording sheets, search for letters and words, words with specific initial letters, words containing specific letters • pocket chart – initial letters matched with pictures, rhyming words, assembling sentences and poems • match word cards with pictures, use plastic letters or magnets to spell the words • paper chains #1– read pre-made alphabet chains, using both ordered and scrambled alphabets • paper chains #2 – write known words on paper chain links, or write word families, or write sentences (one word per link) and read to someone else • word families – laminated cards with word family stems ( _ad _og _in _et….), create lists of words for each stem, read to another child • word wall – read the classroom word wall to another child • sight words on rings, sand timers – read words before timer runs out • Read-A-Friend – clip sight word cards (clear nametag sleeves with clips) to one child’s clothing, second child points to words, third child reads words • sentence strips with the same words on individual cards – reassemble the cards to form the sentences • poem sort – reassemble cut up poems, line by line or word by word • greeting cards – supplies (including vocabulary) to create cards • letter stamps #1 (oversized) – for poster titles and captions • letter stamps #2 (smaller) – stamp the alphabet in order, spell words, make sentences • words from names – make lists of words using the letters in classmates’ names (Liam – a, I, mail) (Isabella – I, is, a, as, bell, ball, sell) • lists – make lists of words – beginning with specific letters, ending in silent e, animal names, wish lists… • alphabetize lists of words – sight words, spelling words, colour words, friends’ names, toys, vocabulary lists…. • Fill-Ins (cloze) – laminated poem, sentence or message cards with words missing, fill in blanks • word bags – pick a few words out of a bag, use them to write a silly sentence • scrambled words – reorder letter cards to create words, read to a friend • scrambled sentences – reorder word cards to create sentences, read to a friend • scrambled stories – reorder sentence strips to create stories, read to a friend • word web – print a word in the centre of a web, write related words around it • listening centre with a book, draw or write a response to the story • iPad centre – animated Tumblebooks stories (provide book, too), draw or write a response to the story • Reading Train – three to four pairs of kids sitting side by side, one pair in front of the other, each kid reads a simple levelled text to partner, at “conductor’s” signal partners on right side move forward to new partner, continue until are back at original partner • reading centre – create an unusual space such as a tent, add pillows and stuffed animals, include a wide variety of reading materials – levelled books, fiction and informational texts, class made books, poems, oversized books • writing centre – include a variety of writing papers and writing instruments, a collection of pictures and interesting objects, thematic and seasonal vocabulary lists Outdoor Literacy Centre Ideas • sticks, twigs, wood chips – build letters • sidewalk chalk • bucket of water and an old paintbrush – write letters, words, lists, sentences quickly on the pavement before the writing evaporates • sandbox – write in the sand with sticks or stamp letters with sand molds or cookie cutters • skipping rope spelling – make letters and words with skipping ropes