Writing Center Year Long Bundle

Writing Center | Kindergarten and 1st grade! This writing center offers resources for APRIL and SPRING! Help your students work independently with these monthly themed writing centers / writing work station. You can see each month by clicking on the individual units.

 

This unit was originally created by me in 2012. WHEW! I have totally updated the file in 2021. Please redownload.

 

How to use this writing center:

This resource is intended to be used as an independent writing center. Students love the changing themes each month. Once you have taught your classroom how to use the writing center, then you will simply swap out the writing center vocabulary cards and the response pages.

• 5 Aug/SeptThemes with 12 color vocabulary cards per theme
• School Supplies Writing Center
• Around School Writing Center
• School Activities Writing Center
• Recess Writing Center
• Transportation Writing Center

• 5 October Themes Each with 12 color vocabulary cards per theme
• Costumes Writing Center
• Community Helpers Writing Center
• Fall Animals Writing Center
• Fire Safety Writing Center
• Halloween Writing Center

• 5 November Themes with 12 color vocabulary cards per theme
• Fall Activities Writing Center
• Food Writing Center
• Football Writing Center
• Then and Now Writing Center
• Veterans Day Writing Center

• 5 December Themes with 12 color vocabulary cards per theme
• Baking Writing Center
• Christmas Items Writing Center
• World Christmas Writing Center
• World Holidays Writing Center
• Toys Writing Center

• 5 January Themes with 12 color vocabulary cards per theme
• Arctic Animals Writing Center
• Hot Cocoa Writing Center
• Snow Activities Writing Center
• Snowman Writing Center
• Winter Clothes Writing Center

• 5 February Themes with 12 color vocabulary cards per theme
• American Symbols Writing Center
• Dental Health Writing Center
• Groundhog’s Day Writing Center
• Space Writing Center
• Valentine’s Day Writing Center

• 5 March Themes with 12 color vocabulary cards per theme
• Basketball Writing Center
• Dinosaurs Writing Center
• Healthy Food Writing Center
• St. Patrick’s Day Writing Center
• Weather Writing Center

• 5 April Themes with 12 color vocabulary cards per theme
• Baseball Writing Center
• Earth Day Writing Center
• Spring Writing Center
• Farm Writing Center
• Bugs Writing Center

• 5 May Themes with 12 color vocabulary cards per theme
• Camping Writing Center
• Ocean Writing Center
• Zoo Writing Center
• Picnic Writing Center
• Pirates Writing Center

• 5 June/July Themes with 12 color vocabulary cards per theme
• Beach Writing Center
• Circus Writing Center
• Hygiene Writing Center
• Summer Writing Center
• Travel Writing Center

• Life Cycle Themes with 6 color vocabulary cards per theme
• Apple Life Cycle Writing Center
• Pumpkins Life Cycle Writing Center
• Spiders Life Cycle Writing Center
• Chickens Life Cycle Writing Center
• Frogs Life Cycle Writing Center
• Beans (Plant) Life Cycle Writing Center
• Butterflies Life Cycle Writing Center
• Turtles Life Cycle Writing Center

• 6 types of writing paper for each month (story, list, labeling, sequencing cards/letter, and writing prompts)
• “I Can…” charts for each of these types of writing center activities.

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

 

Q: I had your older writing center set, how do I get a copy of that file.

A: You will find the writing center file from 2016 in this zipped folder.

 

Q: When will the other months be updated?

A: I will have each month updated 30 days in advance or sooner.

 

Q: How do you set up this writing center?

A: Each month I rotate the new writing center materials and activities into the writing center. You can see more about how I manage this writing center by clicking:

• Writing Centers in the Classroom

 

Q: How do you introduce this writing center at the beginning of the school year?

A: This is actually one of the first centers I introduce my students too. They love the writing center! You can see how first introduce the writing center and how we increase the complexity of the writing center as the year progresses by reading this blog post:

• Introducing the Writing Center

 

Q: Will this writing center work in my 2nd grade classroom?

A: I have had many 2nd grade teachers tell me that their class uses (and loves) my writing center activities. Since writing is automatically differentiated, this will work well in many different grade levels. I have included numerous paper options, so it will challenge most students not only in kindergarten and 1st grade, but also in 2nd grade.