These Science of Reading-aligned September Literacy Centers for 1st Grade provide engaging and effective activities to support early literacy development in a Structured Literacy classroom.

This resource is divided into four main types of literacy activities: word work with decoding practice, sentence work, writing activities, and reading with decodable texts. Each activity is thoughtfully structured to reinforce CVC words with short a and i sounds, helping students master foundational phonics skills.

Students track their progress through a fun and easy-to-use “menu” that allows them to see their accomplishments across all centers. These activities are perfect for independent work, partner activities, or small group instruction.

Centers included:

Reading Activities:

• Read and visualize (Read a decodable text, visualize it, then create the scene.)
• Read and Sequence (Read a decodable text and follow up with a sequencing activity)
• Rebuild a poem (Decodable Poem to "rebuild")
• Read, think, match (Match decodable sentences to pictures)

Word Work:

• Apple Word sort (Real or Nonsense CVC words)
• Word Family Sort
• Vowel word sort: (Choose the correct vowel: short a vs. short i)
• Match a Word (Onset and Rime)

Sentence Building:

• Match a sentence (decodable and seasonal)
• Build a Sentence (decodable)
• Word endings (suffix -s with decodable sentences)
• Sentence Scrambler (4 sentences- decodable)

Writing:

• Word Hunt
• Say it, Tap it, Write it
• Spin and Write (opinion Writing)
• Sticker story

Bonus:

• Short Decodable book
• Flip a sentence
• Summer stories (Narrative Writing)
• Be an author

Additional Seesaw and Google Slide options.

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