During the Spring 2004 Florida Reading First school site visits, staff from the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) determined that teachers may benefit from classroom materials that would be immediately useful in implementing independent student center activities.
During 2004-2005, a team of teachers at FCRR collected ideas and created materials for use in kindergarten and first grade classrooms.
Three books represent these materials:
1. Phonological Awareness and Phonics Student Center Activities
2. Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension Student Center Activities
3. Teacher Resource Guide
The first two books contain Activity Plans and Activity Masters ready for immediate use in classrooms. The third book is an informative guide offering important insight on differentiated instruction and how to use the student center materials. The Teacher Resource Guide and the two activity books have been distributed to all Reading First kindergarten and first grade teachers in Florida. In 2005-2006, similar materials for second and third grade classrooms were developed.
Additionally, the accompanying Professional Development DVD explains how to prepare and implement student centers and provides specific details about the activities. Click here to access the Professional Development DVD.
When considering Florida’s formula, 5 + 3 + ii + iii = No Child Left Behind, please note that each instructional component is covered in the student center activities books. In addition, the activities will directly support teacher efforts to provide effective initial instruction, because they will help provide differentiated instruction to meet the needs of every child.
Accessing Activities
The K-1 activities are posted below as PDF files. Some of the activity files have been divided into parts (i.e., Part 1 and Part 2) to make them easier to access. The individual Activity Plans, Masters, and Student Sheets can be printed by choosing the pages or page range desired. Activities can also be printed by reading component in their entirety. Please be aware that some of these files are quite large; for example, Phonics has 485 pages.
Activities will pop-up in a new browser window. Be aware that sometimes the activities will open behind your current browser or that some pop-up blockers will not allow access.
