Centers Sunday #12 & A Special Message!

Hey friends!! I hope you had a great weekend. I got to spend my Saturday watching my niece Mia and my son Jackson play all day. It was so much fun. They are 18 months and 15 months old, we had a ton of fun! 

This week I created some geometry themed centers for K,1 and 2. I found some adorable clip art with birds and nest and thought they'd be great for some spring themed fun. 

For kinder I created a flats and solids sort. The kids look at the shape on the eggs and decide if the shape is 2D or 3D and place the shape in the correct nest. There is a recording sheet for kids to complete after they've sorted all cards. You can pick that file up here.

For first grade, I created a sorting fractions center. The students sort the eggs according to whether they are halves or fourths. There is a similar sorting page for students to complete as well. You can pick this file up here.

For second grade I created a center for Common Core math standard 2.G.A.1: identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes. This center can be used as a "walkabout" where you place the flower cards in different spots around the room. Or you can just place them all in one bag at a math station. Either way, the kids decide which shape is on the flower and record the name of the shape on their page. I've included a little resource poster that has the name of each shape. Kids will need to know that quadrilaterals are any four sided figure. You can pick this file up here.

And now for a special message! I'm currently 38 weeks pregnant with my second son named Brandon. He is due April 20th (Easter Sunday!) but he could come any day now. With this in mind, I have no idea if he will come before next Sunday but I will be winding down on blogging and working online in order to get ready for this baby. So basically Centers Sunday will take a break for a while! I'll be taking a little "bloggy maternity leave" to focus on family. I will start Centers Sunday back up this summer with some fun back to school centers to get you ready for next year, so don't worry!! :)

Please let me know if this series of free centers has been helpful to you! I love to hear feedback from my readers. I'll still be blogging and creating for TpT just on a smaller scale until I can get our family adjusted to our new baby boy. Have a great week y'all!!

Centers Sunday #11

Hi friends! Today I'm bringing you three new centers for K,1 and 2.

All of the centers have an Easter egg theme and follow the same format. First students sort pictures or word cards and then they complete a recording page. This is great for daily five word work or small group activities.

For kinder there is a long a and short a center you can pick up here.

For first grade I have digraph eggs. You can pick this file up here.

For second grade I have prefix eggs. You can pick the file up here.

I hope y'all can use these in your classrooms. I am now 37 weeks pregnant with baby Brandon and I'm really not sure how much longer I'm going to go! I'll keep blogging and posting "Centers Sunday" until I deliver the baby but then I'll be taking a little "bloggy" maternity leave. :) I'll keep y'all posted of course!

Oh and tomorrow is the final day for my "Team Jackson" giveaway! Thank you so much for supporting this amazing cause. I really hope our donations will help this little boy and his family. Make sure you enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win $40 and my entire TpT store for life!!


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Centers Sunday #9 {Free K-2 Centers}

Hi friends!! I'm bringing you a special edition of Centers Sunday today. I had some special requests to create reading passages. I haven't written too many passages but I actually enjoyed creating these and I am excited because I can use them with my second grade group on Monday! Yay! :)

I created passages for first and second grade that are St. Patrick's day themed. For kinder, I created an emergent reader booklet. Here we go:

Kinder

To make the booklets just print, cut in half and staple on the left. You can pick this file up here.

First Grade

I know with primary students it is very hard to get them to refer back to the text when answering questions. It definitely takes some practice. With this passage I specifically asked students to go back to the passage to highlight their answer and then circle the answer. You can have students use highlighters, markers or crayons to find their answer in the text. You can pick the file up here. This passage is written at a Lexile level of 250. 

For second grade I created a passage at a Lexile level of 450.The students follow the same procedure as the first grade passage. They read the passage, read the questions, highlight where they found their answer and circle their answer choice.

You can pick the second grade file up here.

I hope y'all can use these in your classrooms this week! The rest of my day Sunday I will spend at church, at a St. Patrick's Day party and then home to work on the finishing touches of Jackson's fundraiser! I'm hoping to get the fundraiser active by Monday! :) Have a great week!!

Centers Sunday #8 {Hello Spring!}

Hello friends! I hope y'all are having a fabulous weekend and if you are on spring break, I hope it's a great one so far!! :) I'm so excited to bring you 3 new centers with a spring theme. I know it's technically still winter but I am SO over winter, I'm sure most of y'all are too. 

Today we have 3 literacy centers: long vowels, sight words and affixes.

For kinder:

For this activity students sort the pictures according to their long vowel sound. They can sort on their desks or in a pocket chart. I've included two recording sheets: one with the word and one with the picture. :) You can pick this file up here.


For first grade:

This is a sight word game where students play in partners. The set of cards includes the Dolch First Grade sight word set and a blank page to add your own words. You can pick this file up here.

For second grade:

Students sort the cards according to whether they have prefixes or suffixes and record. Easy peasy! :) You can pick this file up here.

I hope you find these centers useful in your classroom or at home with your kiddos!! Tomorrow I'm going to post about a REALLY awesome opportunity for teacher bloggers and teachers. Make sure you come back tomorrow to hear all about it!