Year Long Writing Centers Bundle – Writing Prompts – Kindergarten and 1st Grade

Description

What if you had your ENTIRE year of Kindergarten or First Grade Writing Centers all planned out for you? Well here it is! This is the ultimate Year Long Writing Center for you Kindergarten and 1st Grade Classroom with 15 different activities each month to engage your students all year long.

Each pack is 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.

The activities stay the same so your students will begin to understand the writing routine and thus become independent workers. However, the skills will build upon each other and grow throughout the year as your little learners grow too.

Writing Center Packs Included:

• August – Back to School
• September – Fall
• October
• November – Thanksgiving
• December
• January – Winter
• February – Valentine’s Day
• March – St. Patrick’s Day
• April – Spring
• May
• Summer

Here is a look at the 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

•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 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 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