* Concepts of Print

LetterRoundupCenter

(The Mailbox, August/September 2009)

* Concepts of Print

Pocket Chart Ordering Center

* Ordering

Print out months, days, letters, and number words using a large font. Cut out, glue onto sentence strips, and laminate. Students use a pocket chart to order the pieces of a selected theme.

Thematic Stamping or Magnetic LetterCenter

(Stamping and Making Words by K-Crew,

* Letter matching and word making

Students will use magnetic letters to match letters in thematic words. A picture is on the paper for visual support. Later on in the year students can use letter stamps to spell the words.

4. BeginningSoundsCenter

* Matching letters with the beginning sounds

Students will get a picture mat with 26 pictures representing the letters of the alphabet. They will match magnetic letters with the beginning sounds of the pictures.

5. Sorting MatCenter

(Sorting Mats, by K-Crew, )

* Sorting and letter discrimination

Students will get a sorting mat with a pre-determined letter sort (ex. Aa and not Aa or Tall Letters and Short Letters)

6. Frogs on LogsCenter

(The Mailbox, October/November 2009)

* Rhyming

7. PumpkinPatchCenter

(The Mailbox, October/November 2009)

*Syllables

8. LetterMatchCenter

(The Mailbox, October/November 2009)

* Letter Matching

Students will match letters (letter to letter, upper to upper, etc.).

9. Beaver’s LodgeCenter

(The Mailbox, August/September 2009)

* Rhyming

10. That’s My Name Center

(The Mailbox, Aug./Sept. 2010)

* Writing and stamping names

11. Muffins for Monkeys

(The Mailbox, Aug./Sept. 2008)

*Beginning sounds

12. Order Up! Center