ABC Station/Word Work:

Carl's Corner
http://carlscorner.us.com/
Alphabet and word family materials galore! Letter Lotto Partner puzzles, fonts, alphabet stickers, flip books, trace and write sheets, and more.  Crossword puzzles, word searches, word building mats, worksheets and word slides for each word family. Also center signs

Kelly's Kindergarten
http://www.kellyskindergarten.com/Monthly%20Centers/monthly_centers.htm
Sort letters, match beginning sounds, and much more! Fabulous monthly centers that integrate different subjects & center cards

Monthly Themed Stations
http://www.luv2teachk.com/centers.htm
ABC bottles, uppercase/lowercase magnetic letter sort, Apple Tree Rhyming, Venn diagrams for sorting letters with lines/curves (these are all under September Centers). Includes math, science, art, and writing activities. September features a Chicka Chicka Boom theme. Parents Page-monthly donation lists might give you ideas

Literacy Centers
http://www.ourschoolfamily.com/Literacy%20Centers.htm
Photographs and ideas for literacy centers, especially ABC centers.
Guess the name game, word rings to go with letter sorts

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/abc_centers.html
Great pictures for teaching alphabet recognition, sounds, alphabetical order, and more.
Environmental print cards

http://www.prekinders.com/literacy_printables.htm
Rhyming game and letter tumble. Other literacy station ideas for young students: sequencing and writing. Use Themes link to integrate different subjects.

http://www.hummingbirded.com/abcs.html
ABC riddles, poems and songs, tongue twisters, collage materials for each letter, alphabet countdown (last 26 days of school), science ideas, hand and foot print ABCs, movement ideas for each letter (maybe not for literacy stations but so cool I had to include J), and more.

Short Vowels
http://www.kellyskindergarten.com/phonics/phonicsprojects.htm
Short vowel puzzles and cutting and pasting activities.

Sight Words
http://www.mrsperkins.com/activities.html
Activities to teach sight words.

http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch-phrase-generator.html
Customize worksheets for specific sight words phrases. Create cube template, word searches, Paper, Rock, Scissors game, and dice game.

Spelling City
www.spellingcity.com
Create spelling lists for kids to practice with games.

Mandy Gregory
http://www.mandygregory.com/printablecenters.htm#Prefixes%20and%20Suffixes
Lots of language arts, grammar, spelling games. Antonyms, Synonyms, Homophones, Nouns, Plurals, Compound Words, Prefixes and Suffixes, etc. Falling into Good Sentences, Plural Path, Fact/Opinion

Word Study Centers
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/index.htm
Photographs of third grade games and activities students are using to practice the weekly spelling pattern.

High Frequency Words
http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/cll/lettersandsounds/hfwords.html
High frequency words to coordinate with different seasons or themes.

http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/Literacy.htm
Huge matrix of interactive activities and games.

http://www.lindaslearninglinks.com/litctrs1.htm
Literature Response Sheets and Sound Station Sheets

http://kpoindexter.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/abc-literacy-work-station/
Letter Sorting Sheets

California Reading Recovery site at http://www.amihome.com/rrca/

Writing:

Daily Writing Prompts
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/daily-writing-prompts/index.htm

Monthly Writing Journals
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/printables/writing.htm
Includes monthly writing journals and graphic organizers

Writing Dialogue on the Computer
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=seapost
Postcards photographs. Speech bubbles and "What do you think she's thinking?" questions.

http://www.welcometothepond.com/literacy_centers.htm
Activities for other areas as well. Writing ideas include The ABCs of Me, Stir Up a Spooky Story, At the Circus.

http://kinderbykim.com/
Class book photographs, ideas for young writing centers, bulletin boards, and thematic cooking ideas.

www.writingfix.com
Lesson Plans and planning pages-trait based. More for whole group instruction during writing block but could continue during writing center

Vocabulary:

Words:  

http://www.techteachers.com/vocabulary.htm
Integrating technology with vocabulary ideas. Check out the Hang Mouse game under the first link!

Reading Street
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/
Vocabulary dominoes, flipbooks, and PowerPoints. Many great resources!

Read and Respond:

Foldables
http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/C_i_resources/Foldables.htm
Shows examples of shutter folds, accordion books, layered books, and others. Can also be used for writing or vocabulary activities.

Mini-Books
http://www.squidoo.com/minibooks
Step-by-step directions for making books and using them to teach.

Henry and Mudge Mini Books
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/henry_mudge.php
Follow-ups for several Henry and Mudge books.

http://www.mswinston.com/trifolds.html
Tri-folds to respond to books from various popular series.

Buddy Reading:

Reading Partnerships
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/Buddy%20Reading%20Experience.htm
For older students, reading partnerships include long-term buddy reading through novels with discussion and book talks.

Listening:

Listening to Reading
http://teacherweb.com/FL/LaurelHillSchool/MrsVensko/links3.stm
Links to ebooks.

http://www.robertmunsch.com/storytime.cfm
Perfect for a Robert Munsch author study.

www.starfall.com
Stories read aloud and interactive word activities.

http://www.ourclassweb.com/sites_for_teachers_learning_centers_task_cards.htm
Task cards for listening station , vocabulary, buddy reading, newspaper, and more.

Fluency:

http://www.literacyleader.com/?q=fluency
Reader's Theater rubric and links for scripts.

http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm
Reader's Theater scripts for popular children's books

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html
Includes scripts for folktales

http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?name=Downloads&req=viewdownload&cid=7
More Scripts

Poetry:

http://www.ourclassweb.com/sites_for_teachers_learning_centers_poetry.htm
Poetry Task Cards and template for using Poetry Notebooks. Links of poetry websites and activities for your poetry station.

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Great source for poems.

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html
Another great source for poems and songs

Magnetic Poetry Online
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm
Kids manipulate different words to create poems.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/fpoem.shtml
Ten different poems that students can listen to and/or find sounds and words.

Multiple Station Ideas:

Florida Center Reading Research
http://www.fcrr.org/forTeachers.htm
Based around the components of balanced literacy: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Great center or small group activities.

Busy Teachers Cafe
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy_stations/main.htm
Ideas, printables, and information about different literacy stations.

http://www.mrsnelsonsclass.com/teacherresources/centers/literacycenters/12literacycenters.aspx
Word Work: Word Shapes, B and D, Alphabetizing
Writing: Top Ten, Squiggle, Sticker Story, Letter Writing
Listening
Read and Respond: Fantastic Facts

http://www.mrsmcdowell.com/centers.htm
Ideas for different literacy stations including management. Photographs of different stations.

http://www.mrsmcdowell.com/Literacy%20Boxes/boxes.htm
Word Work: Spelling contract, Buddy Test, Lace a Word, Clap a Word,
Build a Word with letter/word tiles, Build a Sentence, Word Wall cheer cards, etc.
Writing: Weekly Reader Report, Treasure Chest

http://www.thevirtualvine.com/Literacy.html
Many ideas for a variety of different stations. Includes printables and helpful links.

http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/schools/crestview/ls/Teacher/Teacher_Literacy_Centers.htm
Printables for many different literacy stations including Tape A Story, Digging Through The Dictionary, Newspaper, ABC or Word Work: B's and D's

http://web.sedalia.k12.mo.us/hunt/heberandzimmerman/Zimmerman/Student_Sites/StudentSites.htm
Great Listening to Reading sites, vocabulary and word work sites bookmarked for student use.

http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/c_i_resources/Literacy%20Station%20Boards.htm
Pictures of awesome work station boards

Organizing and Managing the Chaos

http://abcteach.com/directory/teaching_extras/classroom_signs/
Free center signs

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy_stations/management.htm
Photographs of pocket chart organizers, center signs, and other valuable links.

http://www.misswhyte.com/pages/centers.html
Center contracts, photographs of how to organize, ideas for various literacy stations, and links to other teacher sites.

Literacy Work Stations (Debbie Diller Style):

http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/JGriffin/stations.cfm
Lists of "I can..." ideas for various literacy stations

http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/schoolpages/Oxford/lamb/Literacy_stations.htm
Literacy stations for older students. Literature extensions, task cards, student checklist, grading sheet, and more.

Daily 5:

http://www.maiolo.org/2nd_Grade/The_Daily_5.html
Provides detailed information of the choices and lots of photographs of anchor charts, stations, and pocket charts to manage your literacy stations.
Cool Word Work Tic Tac Toe printables

http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~ss665099/litstations2007.htm
Photographs of children at stations and description of Daily 5.

Mrs. Vensko
http://teacherweb.com/FL/LaurelHillSchool/MrsVensko/ap10.stm
Teacher's schedule for Daily 5, link to pocket chart organization, and description of choices.

http://www.jmeacham.com/centers/centers.htm
Signs and labels, colored pictures to create your own "I can..." charts, useful information about organizing and managing stations, and ideas for different choices.
Under Work Boards-daily, weekly, monthly recording sheets

Tiering Station Activities:

Tiered Lesson Plans
http://www.manhattan.k12.ca.us/staff/pware/diff/

Remembering (Knowledge)
can the student recall or remember the information? define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce state

Understanding (Comprehension)
can the student explain ideas or concepts? classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase

 Applying (Application)
can the student use the information in a new way? choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.

Analysing (Analyzing)
can the student distinguish between the different parts? appraise, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.

Evaluating
can the student justify a stand or decision? appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluate

Creating
can the student create new product or point of view? assemble, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, write.

Example of tiered story element activity:

Tier 1- list story elements (knowledge and comprehension)

Tier 2- act out the story elements (application)

Tier 3- create a new ending and write a different version of the story (creating)