Each day in my kindergarten class my students visit three literacy centers. Students visit a variety of centers from word work, ABC, listening, SMARTboard, computers, names, writing, handwriting, poems, guided reading, buddy reading, housekeeping, and phonics. My students use this chart to find which three centers they will visit for the day. I have made it kindergarten and ESL friendly by using picures of each student. Each child finds his/her picture and rotates to their first, second and third center of the day. When it is time to rotate I will ring a bell and say "hands up, stand up, tools down, freeze." When students hear this message they are to get cleaned up and stand next to their chair to switch to the next center. We do this throughout all three centers. Above each table in the classroom is a picture matching the icons on the center chart to help students navigate around the room to their centers.
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