Valentine Stations

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Last week our literacy stations had a Valentine's theme.  I hope you enjoy taking a look!

Heart Puzzles- at this station students put the magnet heart puzzles together by matching the picture with the word.

Students then recorded the match on their paper.  

(Letter puzzle source: kellyskindergarten.com)

Word Stamping- At this station students stamped the word to match their picture using letter stamps. 

(Source: kellyskindergarten.com) 

Arctic Freeze- at this station students select a picture card from the basket and place it on their Eskimo mat.  

Students then use a dry erase marker to write the word in the boxes provided.  

Finally students record the word on their paper in the appropriate box.  

(Source: Can Do Kinders)

Syllable Count- at this station students select a heart card from the tabletop pocket chart.  Behind each heart is a valentine themed picture card.

Students count the heartbeats (syllables) in the word.

Finally, they record the word on their paper beside the matching heart.  

(Source: Growing Kinders)

Valentine Spin and Write- students had so much fun practicing sight words at this station!  First students spin the word spinner.  This determines which word they will write on their graph.  Next students spin the tool spinner.  This determines which "tool" they will use to write their word (colored pencils, markers, etc.)

Finally students write the word on their paper.  

(Source: Winters Kinderland)

I hope you enjoyed viewing our literacy stations.  Have a great week!  

Animals in Winter Stations

Hello Parents!  This week we read the story One Little Mouse.  The mouse from the story visits several animals in search for a new home.  We sequenced the events in the story in the chart below.  Students referred to the chart throughout the week.  

The following pictures are from our literacy stations:

Word family stamping- students read, stamp, trace, write, and draw the word on their paper.  They then pick one word from the -at word family to use in a sentence on the back of their paper.  

(Source: Mrs. Wills Kindergarten)

Hedgehog's Words- students select a hedgehog from the basket.  They then write all the sounds they hear to match the picture.  

Finally, they color the hedgehog on their paper to match the color of the hedgehog they selected from the basket.  

Owl Sight Word Practice- students select an owl from the basket.  We have been learning about tall letters, short letters, and letters with "tails."  

Finally students find the letter boxes where their word will fit and write the word on their paper.  

The End is in Sight- students select a bear from the basket and listen for the ending sound of the picture.  

Students then write the ending sound in the box and color their bear to match.  

Migrating Middles- students select a bird from the basket and look at the picture on the bird. 

They then write the vowel they hear in the middle of the word.  Finally they color their bird to match.  (Source: Hedgehog's Words, Owl Sight Word Practice, The End is in Sight, and Migrating Middles are from Julie Lee's Animals in Winter TPT packet)

Here are pictures of our math stations:

Wake Me in Spring- students select a cave and count the bears inside.  

They then write the number in the box, draw tally marks to match the number and also write the number word.  Finally they color the bear on their paper to match the color of the bears in the cave.  

Fox Frames- students select a fox from the basket and read the number.  

They then write the number and color their ten frame to match.  

Order the owls- students select the three matching owls from the basket.  They then order the owls from least to greatest.  They write the numbers in the correct order on their paper and color their owl to match the color of the owls selected.  

Sweater Math Match Up- students count the dots on the sweaters and find the matching number on a pair of pants.  

After finding a match, students write the number in the box and color the sweater on their paper.

Students loved spreading all the sweaters and matching pants across the floor!  

(Source for all four math stations: Julie Lee)

Thanks for stopping by!  Please check back next week for new pictures of new math and literacy stations.  

Winter Literacy and Math Stations

Hello Parents!  Students have been busy this week completing the following literacy and math stations.  Many of our stations had a winter theme including polar bears, penguins, and snowflakes!  

Polar Bear Beginning Sounds- Students match the picture card to the card with the matching beginning sound.  After all cards have been matched, students then complete their recording sheet.

Students record the match on their paper.  For example they would write: I is for ice cream.  I always encourage students to write the sounds they hear.  This is called "invented spelling."  An important kindergarten skill!

(polar bear cards from: Making Learning Fun)

Penguin Color Word Match- At this station students place the bow tie on the matching penguin by reading the color word.  After students have attached the bow ties to the penguins they then complete their recording sheet.  

On the recording sheet students pick color words to use in sentences.  They use the penguins to help them spell the color words correctly.  

(penguin cards from: Making Learning Fun)

Sound It Out Snowmen- at this station students use letter stamps to stamp the consonant-vowel-consonant word they see on the selected snowman.  They then color the hat and scarf on their snowman to match the color on their snowman card.  

(Source: Frosty Fun Literacy and Math Unit from Julie Lee) 

Winter CVC Practice- at this stations students select a card from the basket.  They then use a dry erase marker to write the consonant-vowel-consonant words in the boxes.  

Students then record the word on their paper.  

(Source: Can Do Kinders)

Snowflake Sequence- at this station students first find the three snowflakes that are the same color.

They then put the letters in ABC order.  Finally they record the letters on their paper and color their snowflake to match.  This allows me to easily check their paper!  

(Source: Frosty Fun with Math and Literacy from Julie Lee)

Penguin, Penguin 123- this station is much like the previous station except with numbers.  Students find the three number cards that are the same color.  They put the cards in order from least to greatest.  They then write the numbers in order on their paper and color their snowflake to match.  

(Source: Penguin Math and Literacy Activities from Growing Kinders)

Penguin Race- at this station students roll the money die and record the amount on their paper.  The object of the game is to fill in all the circles with the amount you roll to help the penguin reach it's home.  

(Source: Penguin Math and Literacy Activities from Growing Kinders)

How Many Fish Did the Penguin Catch- students select a card and count the penguins.  Students have learned that a full ten frame equals ten.  They start counting at ten and "count on" to see how many fish the penguin ate.  They then record their number in the appropriate box.

(Source: Penguin Math and Literacy Activities from Growing Kinders)

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