Florida
Center for Reading Research
http://www.fcrr.org/
To begin the year I used the letter arch
activities which are just putting the alphabet in order. First with the letters
to match then missing letters, the kids enjoyed them. I could see their growth
in identifying the letter order and using the letter sound cards from Imagine
It on the walls for guides which was good to see they were able to transfer the
information from the wall to their work mats.
Recently I’ve introduced the following two
Florida Centers into my workstations for rhyming alliteration.
Phonological
Rhyme Recognition PA.002
These are great centers the kids love learning games! The Reading Research Center is a fountain of information and better yet, ready to print, free activities that follow the guidelines for phonological instruction. It is an extraordinary resource for center activities for K-5th grade. The above game shows that the objectives, activities, materials, and extensions are all presented for you. We print them on color paper just because it's more interesting to the kids. You can use the center as suggested or I like to use it as a rhyme memory game. I introduce the centers during guided reading then the next day I put into independent workstations.
This one is another rhyming activity that is very good.
My only complaint would be that some of the centers that claim to be independent......well............ it depends on your class.
Truer words were never written; it does indeed depend on your class! I have found some of the activities are great for small group instruction in specific areas of the phonological awareness continuum as additional support for the Phonemic Awareness Curriculum (purple book with picture cards). Thank you for posting the pictures of the activities. They provide a great visual of exactly how easy the activities are to create and follow, in the case of a small group teacher-directed lesson. The next challenge to consider is exactly what we might be able to do to accelerate growth at the pre-k and k levels for students who enter "behind."
ReplyDeleteMaggie - The pictures you included on your blog helped me understand what you are teaching in your classroom. Thanks for including them!
ReplyDeleteBeg, borrow, and steal! Thanks for sharing. I'm going to use the rhyme a lot with two special needs students that need some practice rhyming. We use the FCRR activities in centers on Fridays and the kids love them. Sometimes we will pair the FCRR activities with the FROG game boards which seems to keep the students excited about reviewing.
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