Monday, 4 April 2011

Centre Bin Contents

I love Centre Time.  There is so much great interaction and learning, and the students work so quietly.  They prefer to work in partners, but when introducing Centres, I feel it's alot like Daily 5.  First, I needed  do the "Read to Self" and model what this looks like and sounds like (before, during and after).  For my class, this took about 2 months.  We began by only using Centres twice a week.  After the students became exposed to all the Bins, they were ready to pair up.  I used a Peer Coaching Approach when selecting partners for Centre Time. I hope this will reap the best results for skill development and staying focused on the tasks.

I have posted 14 Bins with their contents.  Thanks to some brillant TpT Games made by teachers, I was able to provide lots of variety in small packages by preparing Matching Card/ FolderGames for many of the Bins.


1. Letter Sounds (Beginning, Midde and End)

2. Number Games

3. Printing

4.  10  Frame Nmber Work

5.  Popcorn Words

6. Short Vowels and Blends

7. Rhyme

8. Matching Concepts

9. Word Work

10. Listen to Stories

12. Playdough and Stamping

13. Sight Word Sentences

14. Puzzles

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