literacy centres for the early years classroom 1 to 3 adapted from the book by caroline blakemore...
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Literacy Centres for the Early Years Classroom 1 to 3
Adapted from the book by Caroline Blakemore and Barbara Ramirez
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A. Letter Play Centre
1. Letter Formation Activities • Purpose : students will form letters using a
variety of materials • Materials : Magna Doodle, laminated strips with
letter formation and directional arrows, sand tray, letter shaped cutters with play dough, pipe cleaners, letter templates, white boards with markers
• Preparation : organise materials in labelled containers, provide flat working areas
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Letter Play Centre
2. Letter Matching Activities • Purpose : students will match lower and upper
case letters • Materials : magnetic letters all sizes and
colours, rubber stamp letters, link letters, felt letters, ABC puzzles, a small alphabet poster or strip, upper and lower case letters on cards
• Preparation : organise materials in labelled containers
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Letter Play Centre
3. Letter Recognition Activities Using Names
• Purpose : students will form names using a variety of materials
• Materials : same as for Letter Matching activity but also include each child’s name card for children to copy
• Preparation : organise materials in labelled containers
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Letter Play Centre
4. Letter Sequencing Activity
• Purpose : students will manipulate letters and put them into alphabetical order
• Materials : as for previous activity
• Preparation : organise materials into labelled containers with appropriate work surface eg paper, felt board etc
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Letter Play Centre
5. Letter Sorting Activity • Purpose : students will sort multi-coloured
letters according to letter, colour, shape and upper and lower case
• Materials : as for previous activity • Preparation : organise materials in labelled
containers and provide appropriate work surfaces eg paper, felt boards, overhead projectors
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Letter Play Centre
6. ABC Book Activity
• Purpose : students will read from a variety of carefully selected ABC books and /or letter books with a partner or independently
• Materials : a variety of ABC or letter books • Preparation : put books in containers that are
easily accessible to your students
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Letter Play Centre
7. Letter Collage
• Purpose : students will search for and locate specific letters
• Materials : magazines, catalogues etc with large print, scissors, glue, paper
• Preparation : on each page write an upper and lower case letter
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B. Word Play Centre
1. Word Wall Action • Purpose : students will replicate the words on
the walls using a variety of materials • Materials : word walls eg focus words at
children’s eye level , writing materials • Preparation :organise materials in labelled
containers and provide a work surface eg paper, card etc
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Word Play Centre
2. Classifying Words • Purpose : students will classify word cards
according to some specific attributes • Materials : words cards, pocket chart and
basket for word cards • Preparation : commercially produced word
cards or teacher made and written on index cards and kept in a box
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Word Play Centre
3. Alphabetical Words • Purpose : students will select words from
familiar reading books and arrange them into alphabetical order
• Materials : familiar reading books from shared and guided reading , rectangular pieces of paper , A4 paper cut vertically and a small alphabet strip
• Preparation : 6 to 8 pieces of rectangular paper per child and one half piece of paper per child
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Word Play Centre
4. High Frequency words • Purpose : students will practise forming high
frequency words and locating them in a familiar book
• Materials : levelled readers which children can read independently, any type of loose letters, high frequency words on cards, plastic ziplock bags for holding letters of high frequency words
• Preparation : word cards and bags of letters in labelled containers
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Word Play Centre
5. Onset and Rime • Purpose : students will practise assembling
onsets and rimes from familiar books • Materials : levelled reading books that children
can read independently, sentence strips, rectangles of two different colours 4x10cm, word family list
• Preparation : select words, write sentences from familiar books and write onset and rimes on coloured papers rectangles
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Word Play Centre
6. Picture Word Match • Purpose : students will match a word card with
an object or a picture card • Materials : word cards to match pictures or
actual objects • Preparation : commercially produced or
teacher made word cards and pictures including words from any area of school life
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Word Play Centre
7. Search and Tally • Purpose : students will search for high frequency
words in printed materials • Materials : shared, guided reading books,
individual writing, big books, poems etc and laminated cards with a high frequency word on it, white board markers
• Preparation : laminated high frequency word cards (about 5cm X20 cm ), work space for children to spread out with books
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Word Play Centre
8. Overhead Words • Purpose : students will practise forming
high frequency words and other words on the overhead projector
• Materials : word cards, lower case letters, OHP
• Preparation : word cards, letters and OHP
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C. Sentence Play Centre
1. 1. Sentence Collecting • Purpose : students will select a favourite
sentence from a current guided reading book and copy it onto a sentence strip and then match it to their illustration of the sentence
• Materials : sentence strips, 10x10 cm paper for pictures, G/R books, envelopes
• Preparation : sentence strips (5cm ), 10x10 cm paper for drawing and pencils
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Sentence Play Centre
2. Sentence Punctuation • Purpose : students will reassemble phrases and
words from sentences they have seen in familiar texts and insert correct punctuation
• Materials : sentence strips, markers, pocket chart, familiar books
• Preparation : make sentence strips from familiar books and cut into words and phrases and punctuation
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Sentence Play Centre
3. Sentence Book Match • Purpose : students will match a selected
sentence with a book that has been read aloud to them during modelled reading
• Materials : sentence strips, books, a picture or some representation of the books (photocopy the cover )
• Preparation : sentence strips, books and cover photocopies
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Sentence Play Centre
4. Sentence Puzzle
• Purpose : students will reassemble phrases and words from sentences they have seen in familiar texts to practise self-monitoring
• Materials : sentence strips, pocket charts, familiar books
• Preparation : make sentence strips from known books and cut up into phrases or words
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Sentence Play Centre
5. Overhead Sentences • Purpose : students will reassemble phrases and
sentences from familiar books using the OHP• Materials : OHP transparency of familiar text,
OHP sentence strips cut into phrases or words on OHP transparencies, envelopes for storage
• Preparation : familiar text on OHP transparency and cut ups of it as well
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D. Oral Language Centre
1. Tell, Listen and Do• Purpose : students will give and receive
specific instructions • Materials : familiar books, counters or
other markers, two manila folders • Preparation : two copies of each book,
two manila folders and about 8 markers for each child
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Oral Language Centre
2. Living Storybook Characters • Purpose : students will talk about storybook
characters using visual prompts • Materials : story books, simple line drawings of
characters from familiar books, drawing materials
• Preparation : simple line drawings of characters from story books, drawing materials and storage for finished characters
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Oral Language Centre
3. Storytelling Tapes • Purpose : students will listen to, retell and read
favourite stories and poems • Materials : selection of books, a cassette tape
recorder with a microphone, blank tapes of 15 minutes, headphones
• Preparation : favourite books for taping, commercially produced tapes of books with accompanying books to start off with , books taped by parents, staff or other familiar people
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Oral Language Centre
4. Story Sequencing • Purpose : students will arrange in correct
sequence a series of pictures from a familiar piece of literature and retell a story
• Materials : familiar books , sequential visual representations of the story, envelopes to store visuals
• Preparation : copies of familiar books and four to six laminated representations for each book
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Oral Language Centre
5. Guess the Title • Purpose: students will orally retell the
beginning , middle and end of a familiar piece of literature and try to guess what book it is
• Materials : selection of books, book cover representations (photocopy the cover), envelope or box to store
• Preparation : select books and make laminated representations of each book or have students make them
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E. Writing Centre
1. Writing the Walls • Purpose : students will copy a variety of words
and texts from the classroom walls to learn to look at and reproduce print carefully
• Materials : class rules, poem charts, high frequency word charts ,Thrass charts, children’s writing , days of the week, months of the year, cardinal and ordinal numbers etc
• Preparation : as you create writing with your class , place this at eye level around the room
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Writing Centre
2. Independent Writing • Purpose : students will write independently and
collaboratively for a variety of purposes • Materials : a wide variety of writing materials
and folders for students to store their work • Preparation : a list of the kinds of writing that
children can do eg birthday cards, letters, notes, poems, lists, recipes, descriptions and examples of each genre
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F. Reading Centre
1. Reading the Walls
• Purpose : students will read a variety of materials on the walls of the room with a pointer to develop early reading behaviours
• Materials : see Writing the Walls
• Preparation : see Writing the Walls
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Reading Centre
2. Reading with a Friend • Purpose : students will read a variety of books
with a partner to practise fluency, gather and share info and foster a love of reading
• Materials : a large variety of books of different genres and levels of ability, big books, class books and children’s own books
• Preparation : organise books into baskets according to subject, theme or level
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Reading Centre
3. Independent Reading • Purpose : students will read a variety of
books independently to practise strategies, gain fluency and foster a love of reading
• Materials : see Reading with a Friend
• Preparation : see Reading with a Friend