LITERACY CENTERS GR 1-3

There are a multitude of great reasons why every primary teacher should have this book:, you don't need a special center area, the centers are easy to store for future use, you can make them ahead of time (terrific projects for parents to do), you can individualize skill practice, the centers are just plain CUTE Here are the center topics and the skills practiced: Hanger Pocket Centers, Mailbox—write a letter, Pencil--handwriting practice, Clown--write a story, Kangaroo--read a poem, Dog--categories Shoebox Centers, Birdhouse--descriptive paragraphs, Bear--support the topic sentence, Chicken--riddles, Elephant--compound words, Leaf & Caterpillar--synonyms, Flower--rhyming Folder Centers, Penguins--antonyms, Trucks--building words, Monkeys--singular & plural, Rabbit--super sentences, Trains--alphabetical order, Dogs--real or make-believe?