Description
These differentiated math and literacy centers for the year are perfect for ALL your first grade students! Each math and literacy center is differentiated for below, on level, and above level students, so while there are 11 centers included for each month, it’s like you’re getting much more than that!
Each center has visual instructions for all 3 levels to promote independence! Each task is set up in a similar way, only the numbers or task change, so students will feel like they are completing the same center.
Looking for Kindergarten? Find the Kindergarten Differentiated Centers for the Year here.
Months Included:
- August {back to school}
- September
- October
- November
- December
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- Summer
AUGUST CENTERS:
Literacy Centers included:
Missing Sounds
- Beginning Sounds
- Ending Sounds
- Vowel Sounds
Word Work Match Up
- Beginning Sounds
- Word Families
- CVC Words
Pull and Color
- Beginning Sounds
- Word Families
- CVC Words
Yes or No Clip Cards
- Beginning Sounds
- CVC Words
- Real or Nonsense words
Rhyming Words
- Cover the rhyme with words for support
- Cover the rhyme
- Cover the word that does not rhyme
Math Centers included:
Ten Frame Match Up
- Numbers to 20 with visual support
- Numbers to 20
- Numbers to 30
One Less Buss
- One Less to 20
- One Less to 30
- One Less to 100
Add It Up Addition
- Addition to 10 with dots
- Addition to 10
- True or False Equations
Counting Buttons Place Value
- Counting to 20
- Tens and Ones to 40
- Tens and Ones to 90
Compare and Clip
- Comparing Numbers to 20
- Comparing numbers to 30
- Comparing numbers to 50
SEPTEMBER CENTERS:
Literacy Centers included:
Sorting Apples
- Sorting by Beginning Sounds
- Sorting by Word Families
- Sorting by Digraphs
Word Work Match Up
- Ending Sounds
- CVC Words
- CCVC Words with beginning blends
Spin and Color
- Ending sounds
- Medial short vowels
- Digraphs
Onset and Rime Puzzles
- Onset & rime with picture support
- Onset & rime with CVC words
- Onset & rime with beginning blends and ending digraphs
Counting Syllables
- Counting 1-2 syllables
- Counting 1-4 syllables
- Count syllables and identify the word with the matching number of syllables
EDITABLE Sight Word Center – Roll and Cover Sight Words
Math Centers included:
Missing Numbers
- Numbers to 20
- Numbers to 50
- Numbers to 100
Number Bond Match
- Number bonds with dot dice as addends
- Number bonds to 10
- Number bonds to 15
Picking Apples Subtraction
- Subtraction to 10 with visuals
- Subtraction within 10
- True or false equations to 10
Domino Addition
- Addition to 10 – count the dots and match to the answer
- Matching addition equations to dominoes
- Missing addends
Counting Puzzles
- Counting to 20 and counting on to 30
- Skip counting by 10’s and 5’s
- Skip counting by 2’s and counting on
OCTOBER CENTERS
Literacy Centers included:
Sorting Leaves
- Ending Sounds
- CVC Real and Nonsense Words
- Digraph Real and Nonsense Words
Word Work Match Up
- Ending Sounds
- CVC Words
- CVCC Words with Ending Digraphs
Pull and Color
- Beginning Sounds
- CVC Words
- Beginning Blends
Long or Short Vowels
- Short vowels a and i
- Long or short vowels
- CVC or CVCe
Isolating Sounds
- Isolating beginning or ending sound
- Isolating beginning, middle, and ending sound
- Identifying which sound changed when manipulating words
Cover by Code Sight Words – EDITABLE
Math Centers included:
Comparing Numbers
- Comparing numbers to 20
- Comparing numbers to 99
- Identifying whether numbers went up one more or ten more
Raking Leaves Addition
- Addition to 12
- Missing Addends to 12
- True or false equations
Spin and Subtract
- Subtraction to 10
- Subtraction to 12
- Subtraction to 18
Roll and Graph
- Graph and count
- Graph and add
- Graph and create a pie graph to match
Place Value
- Base ten to 20
- Base ten to 99
- Identifying the value of an underlined number
MARCH CENTERS:
March Literacy Centers included:
Raindrop Sorts
- CVCe Long Vowels a, i, o, u
- Long Vowel a Patterns: a_e, ai, ay
- Long Vowel o Patterns: oe, oa, ow
Word Work Match Up
- Digraph words
- ar and or r-controlled vowels
- ng and nk words
Pull and Color
- Digraph words
- CVCe words
- R-controlled words
Clip It Cards
- Short vowel sounds
- Sounds of y
- Diphthongs
Windy Day Sorts
- R blends
- Punctuation sentence sorts
- Vowel teams ee, ea, ai, ay, oa, ow
Sight Word Spin and Write – EDITABLE
March Math Centers included:
Spring Equations
- Subtraction within 15
- True or false subtraction equations to 18
- Adding a single-digit number to a two-digit number; no regrouping
Lucky Place Value
- Place value to 50
- Place value to 99
- Adding 2-digit numbers with base ten blocks
Compare and clip
- Comparing numbers to 50
- Comparing numbers to 120
- Adding numbers and comparing the sums
Spring Problems
- Addition to 15
- Addition and subtraction story problems
- Missing addend story problems
Equal Shares
- Equal shares
- Equal or unequal shapes
- Fractions
Measurement
- Nonstandard measurement
- Measuring in inches
- Measuring in centimeters
