Literacy Stations- Initial Sounds, Rhyming, and ABC order!

Some of our literacy stations this week had a spider theme.  This went along with our nursery rhyme: The Itsy Bitsy Spider.  

At the car station students completed: Itsy Bitsy Knows Her Sounds.  Students selected a spider and determined the beginning sound of the picture.  

Students recorded the beginning sound on their paper and colored their spider to match the color of the spider they selected.  

(source Julie Lee's spider packet on Teachers Pay Teachers)

At the truck station students completed the sight word mystery recording sheet.  In order to complete this station students selected a web that had been programmed with a popcorn word.  

After students read the word, they wrote their popcorn word in the boxes that would correctly fit their popcorn word.  

 tall boxes = tall letters

short boxes = short letters

(source: Julie Lee's spider packet on Teachers Pay Teachers)

At the mail carrier stations students completed the initial sound sorting activity titled Pack a Backpack.  Students sort picture cards by their beginning sound (/c/ or /d/).  Students place the picture cards on the matching beginning sound backpack.  

After sorting the picture cards students selected four two draw and label on their recording sheet.  Students are encouraged to use invented spelling.  Students write the sounds they hear to label their picture.  

(source Florida Center for Reading Research)

At the train station students completed rhyming puzzles.  

First students matched magnet puzzle pieces on their tray.

Then they completed the recording sheet that matched the puzzle pieces on the tray.  

(source: Carl's Corner)

At the caboose station students put the leaves that had been programmed with all the letters of the alphabet in ABC order.  

Students also practiced working with a partner and taking turns.  Together students worked to place the leaves in ABC order across the floor of our classroom.  

Finally, students used their leaves to complete their recording sheet.