Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers, Grades 1-3

There are a multitude of great reasons why every primary teacher should have this book:
you don't need a special center area
the centers are easy to store for future use
you can make them ahead of time (terrific projects for parents to do)
you can individualize skill practice
the centers are just plain CUTE

Here are the center topics and the skills practiced:

Hanger Pocket Centers
Mailbox—write a letter
Pencil—handwriting practice
Clown—write a story
Kangaroo—read a poem
Dog—categories

Shoebox Centers
Birdhouse—descriptive paragraphs
Bear—support the topic sentence
Chicken—riddles
Elephant—compound words
Leaf & Caterpillar—synonyms
Flower—rhyming

Folder Centers
Penguins—antonyms
Trucks—building words
Monkeys—singular & plural
Rabbit—super sentences
Trains—alphabetical order
Dogs—real or make-believe?