Literacy Centers

V Methodology
12:20-2:00
B. Elaboration of significant episode:
This afternoon went quite well with the first graders. One home today with a fever. I went on with my literacy reading group re-emphasizing our 1s pair of Lip Poppers and our 'quiet' Tongue Tapper. I had a tiny book about the letter "P" introducing the words: pumpkin, police officer, penguin, pilot, etc. We worked with one to one correspondence (finger tracking). We also worked on isolating the words we knew, such as "the"/"I". And of course the main emphasis was finding letters we knew, the main letter being "P". Other letters such as t/h, etc were also found. We did a "whole group" lesson and then each student did their seat work. I worked individually with the students and they had a chance to read their book to me. After their seat work was done they got to pick something from the "Activity Box". One went to the computer where he worked on the website: www.starfall.com The other student went to the listening center where he listened to a book on tape. He finished the first center and moved on to the stamping bag, where he stamped his last name two times.

C. Analysis of Episode:
My first graders are doing quite well in reading. I am trying to keep creative with the projects and lessons we do everyday. The little ones seem to do better with lots of variety, as do I. The writing book was a new activity and I was very surprised with how well my students did. One had a little trouble reading some of the words (we also drew pictures) such as police officer. I was also very impressed with how well the students did in their individual centers. I am glad that they are learning to work independently too. After school I started working on some more literacy learning centers. I am excited to see how they go tomorrow.