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YEAR LONG Writing Center for Kindergarten & First Grade with Word Banks & Cards

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Polka Dots Please
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Grade Levels
K - 2nd, Homeschool
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Pages
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What educators are saying

Love this resource. I have been able to build my pupils the perfect word lists within the writing centre to allow them independence and take ownership of their own emergent writing.
This resource is absolutely amazing and my students love it! I put each one into a duotang, and I find the kids are reaching for them for support so often. It's been a great addition to our classroom.
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Description

Get ready to save time and energy with this year long writing center for kindergarten and first grade! With over 600 pages and 60 different writing themes, setting up and updating your activities has never been easier. This resource also includes word banks and reference pages to create writing notebooks or picture dictionaries to support your writers!

➡️➡️ Check out the preview to download FREE SAMPLES and the Teacher Guide!

✏️WHAT IS INCLUDED?

Word Banks

  • Over 60 topics for writing and vocabulary
  • Cover page for each topic
  • Two or three pages of words & pictures for each topic
  • Color and black & white options

Vocabulary Cards

  • Over 800 cards with words and pictures
  • Colorful, kid-friendly graphics on every card

Center Resources

  • Colorful signs to set up your center
  • Eight writing paper types : list, draw & label, write & draw, sequencing, postcard, greeting card, mini book, big book
  • Student work samples for each type of writing
  • Student resource pages: letter formation, numbers, colors, days, months, sight words, sentence starters

Book Covers

  • Cover options for student notebooks, journals, or writing folders
  • Cover options for a class picture dictionary or word book
  • Color and black & white options

✏️HOW CAN I USE THIS RESOURCE?

  • Writing Center
  • Class Picture Dictionary
  • Class Word Bank Book
  • Student Notebook
  • Anchor Charts

✏️WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF USING WORD BANKS?

  • Inspires ideas for writing
  • Builds confidence of reluctant writers
  • Prevents frustration and overwhelm
  • Strengthens problem solving skills
  • Encourages independence
  • Develops vocabulary
  • Supports ELs

✏️WHAT THEMES ARE INCLUDED?

Holidays and Seasons

  • Autumn
  • Apples
  • Fire Safety
  • Pumpkins
  • Halloween
  • Veterans
  • First Thanksgiving
  • Modern Thanksgiving
  • Winter
  • Christmas
  • Hanukkah
  • Kwanzaa
  • Las Posadas
  • Nativity
  • New Year
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Groundhog Day
  • Teeth
  • Valentines Day
  • Presidents
  • Spring
  • St. Patrick's Day
  • Easter
  • Summer

High Interest Topics

  • Birthdays
  • Family
  • Pets
  • My Body
  • Feelings
  • Health
  • School
  • School Family (staff)
  • Classroom
  • Play
  • Farm
  • Ocean
  • Forest
  • Beach
  • Music
  • Tech
  • STEM
  • STEM Materials
  • Weather
  • Careers
  • Plants
  • Space
  • Rainforest
  • Landforms
  • Safari
  • Dinosaurs
  • Transportation
  • Camping
  • Pirates
  • Sports
  • Movies
  • Colors
  • Clothing
  • Home
  • Desserts
  • Snacks
  • Recipes
  • Story Words

Missing a theme? Let us know!


FAQS?

Is this resource editable?

No. This resource is not editable at this time.

Is this available in other languages?

This resource is only available in English at this time.

Do you have other writing resources?

YES! Click here more writing activities for your classroom.

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❤️ Happy Teaching!

Emily Yerty

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638 pages
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is...).
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

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