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

Evan Moor Educational Publishers (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up

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?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557997985
• ISBN-13: 978-1557997982
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #98 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > School & Education

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good resource, April 3, 2004

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ardnam "ardnam" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers, Grades 1-3 (Paperback)

This book is a great source of center material. I was able to put the pocket folder centers together in on hour (not counting laminating). The hanger centers are a little bit harder for the children to work with and take more time to put together. The shoe box centers also take more time to construct but are easily used by the children. I recommend this book. I was able to quickly add new centers to my collection. The centers are colorful and engaging. A worksheet is included on which children can record their work. I wish there was another book like this with additional centers that was strictly pocket folder centers--they are so easy to store and take up so little space. I did adapt some of the non-pocket folder centers into pocket folder centers.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Take it to Your Seat Literacy Centers, August 12, 2001

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Marybeth A. Ryan (Warwick, R.I. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers, Grades 1-3 (Paperback)

This book is a must for any teacher working with limited space in the classroom. The student actually takes the whole center to their seat because it is that portable. Each center has step by step instructions on how to assemble and even has full color pictures to add to it upon completion.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much needed help for the busy teacher!, August 22, 2005

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Mrs. Hughes "Brooke" (Vicksburg, MS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers, Grades 1-3 (Paperback)

I saw this book in a workshop and had to have it! It was so easy to make the centers... I just cut out the full color peices, laminated them, and put them in the box, folder, or hanger. The games even come with a recording sheet for the students. This is a must have for independent reading centers!