1st grade independent work

Are you looking for ways to extend your students during independent reading time? The answer - Words in Books! Differentiated word work sheets for any book!

Make center time in your classroom one that is filled with engaged learning and exploration. As students work independently you are ready to work with reading groups or do small group instruction. But getting your centers set up is the beginning. This blog post details your step by step process for setting up a center rotation that your students will love. It includes literacy center and math center ideas as well as tips for organizing centers all year long.

Create First Grade Centers that can be done independently and with success with these teacher tips and ideas! Model, practice, and teach!

A Morning Tub is a great early morning alternative that offers a play-based opportunity to explore, create, and build social skills.

A teacher just finished a well planned, thought out lesson. She heads to her desk to take a sip of coffee while her students work on their independent work. She plans on walking around the room and assisting several students with skills they need to work on. But then, the dreaded words come from across the room, Teacher, I'm done! Oops, she forgot to plan early finisher activities! What to do with those early finishers? Lucky Little Learners has you covered with our Fall Early Finisher Pack…

This no prep phonics pack includes worksheets for cvc, cvce, ccvc, and cvcc words. Roll the dice, spin the spinner, unscramble the words or play tic tac toe with a friend – your kids will have fun learning with this! These sheets can be used in small group, as a whole group practice, or as independent work. We have also included a reading passage for your students to find the specified words for each type of word pattern. Just print and go with these phonics practice sheets.

In today's post, I'm sharing a simple system for storing students’ independent work! For accountability during literacy centers, all you need are folders.

Keeping centers simple is key at the beginning of the year to help students develop fine motor and basic alphabet and numeric skills.

Learn how to set up your guided math at your seat rotation with these independent math activities, plus find ideas for differentiating math lesson work!

Read the Room center activities are created for active learning and are designed like a scavenger hunt to build phonics and writing practice into your day.