Welcome back to Center Saturday!

Since school is back in, I can share with you what my students are working on during their centers this week.

{Just a quick reminder that I always do 6 work centers and a TON of free centers during the week. By the end of the day and esp towards the end of each week, each student has their work centers done and is allowed to play. I feel it is important to play everyday.}

Math- shape graph using dice. Roll the dice and record what shape it landed on.

Writing- handwriting practice of sight words using spacing. One sheet was NOT dotted, but the rest were dotted to show letter and word formation.

Reading- put the cars in ABC order. We sing the song and use the ABCs in the room to do this. They did awesome, even though it was a little tough.

Phonics- My students created color words using the brown bear mats I created. They had an easy and a hard version to choice from. They liked the easy side.  {Grab it here}

Unit- I put all my brown bear pattern pieces in my sorter and provided sentence strips. Students created AB patterns. FUN! The sorter made a HUGE difference in the ease and cleanup time involved. I highly recommend it. {Grab it here}

I also created this gingerbread pan and man sort a few years ago. Students match the number on the man to the pan. The numbers are 0-10.

We did only play centers the first week of school, so the SHOCK of work centers this week hit them hard. Once they got going and knew they were not boring, many of my students completed some of the centers 2 times or more! This has never happened. I laughed so hard at them!

What reaction do you get from students when you explain work centers?