Literacyworkstations

Literacy Work Stations

Presented by

Kristen Poindexter

Spring Mill Elementary

How to get started…

Go through what you already have or write a grant through DonorsChoose.org

Find areas to house stations

Make signs to designate stations

Decide how you will manage the rotation of the stations

Figure out how many stations you will need

Management

How Often? I have 30 minutes a day at 1 station, everydayCould have 15 minutes at one station then rotate to another for 15 more minutesChange materials every other month2 students per station--helps to alleviate problems

Management

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Ideas for LWS

Listening Game and Puzzles Magnet

Writing Drama Library

Computer Work with Teacher

Leap pads Overhead/ELMO

Big book Pocket Chart

Word work Buddy Reading

Handwriting Science

ABC Blocks

ABC Work Station

Children use a variety of materials to explore the alphabetic principle

Letter stamps, flash cards, CD’s, ABC Bingo, puzzles, matching upper to lowercase, magnetic board

Anything that helps children sort, form, recognize, and match letters







Big Book Work Station

Use Big Books that you use for Shared Reading

Can correlate to Drama and Pocket Chart Station

Need pointers, highlighting tape, Big Books, index cards









Computer Work Station

Work on literacy websites/programs

Starfall, Earobics, PBS Kids, Sesame Street



Drama Work Station

Use story retelling props, flannel board, or stuffed animals

After reading the Big Book with the children, the BB goes in the BBWS, and the story telling props go in Drama Station

Have 4-5 sets at a time









Games and Puzzles Work Station

Work on Literacy themed puzzles/gamesDora’s ABC, Alphabet Puzzles, ABC BingoAny and all games are fine as long as the children need to talk, share, and problem solve together to completeCan be used a temporary station


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Handwriting Work Station

Handwriting practice, letter formation

Dry erase boards, cards

Magna Doodle

Static tablets

Practice sheets

Salt box, marble letters, shaving cream







Leap Pads

I have 4 of them and 20+ titles

Change titles monthly

Once the children are tired of one leap pad, they switch with their partner

Get the adaptors because you will save on batteries!





Library Work Station

Children look through a selection of books, magazines, and newspapers

They read to stuffed animals and to each other





Listening Work Station

2-3 titles available at one timeYou can record them yourself if you don’t have enoughI rotate mine every 2 weeksI mostly pick books that we have read together during Shared ReadingI also use Science/Social Studies books in this area



Magnet Work Station

Begin with just letters

Add matching letters to names

Sorting/classifying letters

Add magnetic phrases/words

You can use the front of your desk or cookie sheets





Name Work Station

I created this station because so many of my students could not write their namesUse pencil boxes (I used old jewelry boxes from Teacher’s Treasures)Included 3 ways to write their name (matching, tracing lines, tracing dotted lines)









Overhead Work Station

Use magnetic letters

Children can spell words, names, etc.

I have added transparencies with word families, sight words, missing letters, and blank lines for writing their own words

Can project on to a screen, white paper, sheets (it doesn’t have to be a big image!)









Pocket Chart Work Station

Teaches tracking print, rhyming words, letter identification, sight word recognitionMy pocket chart corresponds with our Big Book for the weekIn the beginning, I had children locate letters, now we locate rhyming words, and sight words, as well as read the poem or storySometimes the children will have to sequence the chart before they can use it

Pocket Chart Work Station

Use Wikki Sticks or Post-It Note flags to underline words and letters

I store the sentence strips in envelopes












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