January Winter Writing Center | Kindergarten and First Grade

Description

What if planning your Kindergarten or 1st Grade January Winter Writing Centers could be quick and easy and ready for the entire month! This is the ultimate January Writing, including Winter, Snowmen, Winter Clothes, New Year’s, Martin Luther King Jr., and Winter Sports, pack with 15 different activities to engage your students all month long.

There are over 100 pages to help your students work on: tracing, handwriting, vocabulary, sight words, fine motor, labeling, making lists, telling stories with pictures, telling their opinion, and more! This is great for independent writing center or stations.

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Themes included:

• Winter
• Snowmen
• Winter Clothes
• Winter Sports
• New Year’s
• Martin Luther King Jr.

Here is a look at the January Winter Writing Center Activities included:

•Vocabulary Cards Great for students to refer to as they explore the monthly writing center activities

•Tracing Cards Students can practice fine motor skills by tracing each thematic word

•Letter Formation Cards Students can practice fine motor skills by tracing each thematic letter

•You Pick Students can practice opinion writing by picking an image and writing about their choice

•Label and Write Students will look at the image and label each part then write a sentence about the picture

•Finish and Write Students will look at the image and finish draw the setting and what else is happening then write about the picture

•Make a List Students will use the picture cards to draw a picture and write the word

•Picture Cards A set of cards with a picture and word to be used in multiple ways such as write the room, write a story, make a list, sight word sentences, and more

•Spin a Silly Story Students will spin two pictures and use them to create a silly story

•Write a Story Students will use the word bank on the side to create their own story

•Build and Write Students will use dough to create the picture, then trace the word and write a sentence about the picture

•Directed Drawing & Writing Students will follow the step by step directions to draw the picture then add details to the picture then write a sentence about what they drew

•Write the Room Students will search the room for picture cards and write and draw what they find

•Sight Word Sentences Students will use the picture cards to complete the sight word prompts

•Free Write Students can use the picture cards to write and draw a story of their choice

•Blank Pages Students can use these pages to draw and write their own story

Differentiation for January Winter Writing Centers:

• Many activities come with two different versions a version with a sentence starter and a version without
• Many activities come with two different versions a version with a blank spaces to write words or a version with words to trace
• Many activities come with two different types of images clip art images and real world images are both included in this pack

Students will need:

• pencil
• crayons
• markers
• spinner
• dough
• dry erase markers
• eraser

Teacher will need:

• Some centers require light prep: printing, laminating and cutting. 
• laminator (optional)
• scissors
• metal rings
• spinner
• pocket chart