Bee Themed Phonics Centers First Grade Science of Reading Spring Literacy Center

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Cut the prep time and still engage your students with these Bee Themed Phonics Literacy Center Mats! This set of 9 differentiated 1st grade literacy centers is perfect for hands-on spring literacy centers in 1st grade!

What’s included in the Bees Themed Phonics Literacy Centers:

• 8 no prep literacy centers
• 1 low prep literacy centers
• Recording sheets
• Color and black and white versions

Many of these no prep centers are similar to my Partner Games so you can keep things consistent all year long.

Aligned with the Science of Reading! These centers give your students the opportunity to practice phonics skills they currently need to review.

Skills covered:

• Beginning blends
• CVCe words
• Ending blends
• Glued sounds ng and nk
• R-controlled vowels
• Vowel teams ai, ay, ee, ea

Every phonics center includes practice with multiple 1st grade phonics skills to help you easily differentiate.

Cover by Code: Students will cover each spot according to the code.

Race to Fill: For these phonics partner games, students will take turns spinning and covering a match on their side. The first player to fill their side wins.

Spin and Graph: Students will spin a picture and graph it on their mat.

Roll and Color Pocket Dice Center: Students will roll a word and color the matching picture on their recording sheet.

Race to the Meadow: For these phonics games, students will spin a picture and then move their game piece up the ladder to that letter or word. The first side to reach the top wins.

Spin and Build: Students will spin a word, build it, and cover it.

Roll and Cover: Can be played as partner games or independently. Students will roll a die and cover the matching word on their mat.

Spin It: Students will spin a sound or picture and cover a match.