Coin Math Centers

Last week our math centers were all money. 

Sorting Money

Students sort money by value. Click here to download Money Mat.

Money Subtraction

Students used pennies as manipulatives for subtraction. 

Roll to 100

Roll and Graph Money

Students roll a dice that has different coins. They graph their roll until one gets to the top. I used coin stickers that I found at the teacher store to make the dice.

-Stephanie

Lucy Calkins Library Pack Giveaway

Michelle, over at Fabulous in first, is having an awesome giveaway! If you use the Lucy Calkins Writing Series, you need to check this out! Even if you don't, hey, it's 10 free books!

-Stephanie

Smitten Mintons Giveaway!

Check out this great giveaway at The Smitten Mintons...a $25 gift card to Target. Who couldn't use that :)

-Stephanie

Valentines Math Centers

Here are our Valentine's math centers...

Heart addition- 

The students used some cute little hearts that I found in the Target dollar spot and added them on a work mat that I made with Ellison hearts.

Valentine Counting Book

Valentine Hearts by 10's

Conversation Heart Graph

We used candy hearts from last year that were hard as rocks. I don't think the students ate one single heart...I promised them they would get sick or maybe break their teeth :)

Weighing Hearts

Another Target Dollar spot find (man, I need to stay out of that place!). I filled up the plastic hearts with various weights. The students then had to balance the hearts with tiles. 

-Stephanie

Awesome Giveaway!!

Okay, Michelle, Over at Fabulous In First is have a super fantastic giveaway! Go check it out if you want to win all of her TPT stuff :)

-Stephanie

Another Round of Literacy Work Stations

I try to change out my literacy work stations frequently. Each station just has a few things that I rotate to keep things novel. Here are some of my most updated stations. 

 Magnet Letter Work Station

 Here the students practice spelling their popcorn words with magnets.

Fine Motor Work Station

The kids spell sight words with tiny letter pasta that they pick up with tweezers.

 

I found these linking pieces at JoAnn Fabrics. The kids love to hook them together at the fine motor station and make necklaces and bracelets.

Making Words Work Station

The kids practice spelling sight words with playdough.

The kids practice spelling sight words with pipe cleaners.

Games and Puzzles Work Station

 

I bought these cards at a teacher store. The kids put them together in a mini pocket chart to build 3 letter words and then they record the words they made.

Name Work Station

 

The kids take a little box of letter tiles and sort letters that are in their name and not in their name.

 

The kids rainbow write their classmates names. They trace over each name 5 times. 

Click here for your copy of Name Rainbow Writing.

Read the Room Work Station

 

The kids go around the room and find words that they know or words that start with the letter on the stick.

-Stephanie

Write the Room Workstation

One of my kiddos favorite literacy work stations is the "Write the Room Station." I found some great printables at Kindergarten Hoppenings. Check it out!

Here is a picture of what we use for the  "Write the Room Station."

 

Click here to download your own copy- 

ABC Write the Room

Enjoy! 

-Stephanie