December Math and Literacy Centers for 1st Grade | Differentiated Centers

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These December math and literacy centers are perfect for the centers in first grade! Each December math and literacy center is differentiated for below, on level, and above level students, so while there are five literacy centers, 1 editable sight word center, and five math centers included, it’s like you’re getting so much more. If you’ve every wondered how to meet the needs of all of your students during centers, this is it!

Each December center has visual instructions for all three 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.

December Literacy Centers included:

Gingerbread Sound Sorts

• Short vowels
• Digraphs
• Beginning trigraphs and 3-letter r blends

Word Work Match Up

• CVC words
• CCVC words – beginning blends
• CVCC words – ending blends

Spin and Color

• Short vowels OR Digraphs
• R blends
• R-controlled vowels OR double consonants (FLOSS rule)

Clip a Sound

• Short vowels
• L blends
• Ending trigraphs edge and tch

Grammar Sort

• Nouns, verbs, and adjectives
• Singular or plural nouns
• -s or -es plural nouns OR common and proper nouns

Sight Word Puzzles – EDITABLE

December Math Centers included:

Base Ten Build

• Numbers to 30
• Numbers to 99
• 2-digit addition no regrouping using base ten blocks

Spin and Subtract

• Subtraction to 10
• Subtraction to 12
• Subtraction to 17

Place Value

• Base Ten to 30
• Base Ten to 99
• Pull two numbers and make the greatest number possible

Decomposing Numbers

• Making 10
• Making 20
• Number bonds to 20

Addition Express

• Addition to 15
• Sort by fact family
• Find the missing number in a fact family