For my first grade RtI Group, I wanted to do something a little different to end the year. I have eight kids in this group and it had been really difficult for me in the past to do a lesson with them and keep everyone's attention, so I came up with four different centers. The first center was really easy, I just made a Listening Center by choosing a book I had on CD for them to listen to during their time.
I created a word wall and posted words from their word list page that are the most difficult to learn/remember. For one center, they have to choose a word from the word wall, write it on the marker board and then copy it onto their "eye see sight words" worksheet. I quickly assess them during this by just asking them what word they just chose to write or are going to do next. I
made it a little more fun by providing sunglasses
that they can wear while they're doing this center.
The next center is Pocket Poems. I found a clipart picture of a jean pocket and printed it off, then copied the template on construction paper. I doubled it up and folded them to make actual pockets. Inside the pockets are different short poems. Each pocket has a poem and then a copy of the poem cut up into sentences. Their goal is to unscramble the sentences to make the poem. As they complete their poem they call me over and have to read it aloud to me then go choose another poem.
The last center is a Book Making center. I took construction paper and cut it in half and then folded it in half to make a book cover. I did the same thing with white printer paper (this is the book pages). Then I took clipart pictures I found about different things such as Spring, School, etc. Their job at this center is to choose some pictures and glue them in their book and then write sentences about their pictures to create a story.
