Yasquel Alvarez

Cookie Sheet Literacy

Grade level: Kindergarten
Skill: Phonemic Awareness
1.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2
Demonstrateunderstandingofspokenwords,syllables,andsounds(phonemes).
2.CCSS.ELALITERACY.RF.K.2.B
Count,pronounce,blend,andsegmentsyllablesinspokenwords.
3.CCSS.ELALITERACY.RF.K.2.C
Blendandsegmentonsetsandrimesofsinglesyllablespokenwords.
4.CCSS.ELALITERACY.RF.K.2.E
Addorsubstituteindividualsounds(phonemes)insimple,onesyllablewordstomakenew
words.
Description:Atthecookiesheetliteracycenterstudentswillcompletethreedifferentcookie
sheetactivities.Atthecentertherewillbemagneticlettersforstudentstocreatewordsandplace
thelettersinABCformat.ThefirstcookiesheetwillbeforputtingthemagneticlettersintoABC
order.Thesecondcookiesheetwillbeformakingthreeletterwordsbasedonthepicturegiven
onaworksheet.Thethirdcookiesheetwillinvolvestudentsawarenessofblendingatthemiddle
ofawordwiththeABCmagnets,practicingphonicsound.Studentswillalsopractice
pronunciationandtheuseofupperandlowercaseletteringwithallthreeactivities.
Materials:Threeworksheetsandthreecookiepans.Magneticlettersinloweranduppercase
form.Studentswillalsoneedtocopy
downtheactivitiestheycompleted
intoindividualjournalsforextra
practice.

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Organization:Ateachcentertherewillbethreestudents.Studentsaretoworktogetheroneach
cookiesheetbeforemovingontothenext.Instructionswillbeprovidedatthecentertolet
studentsknowwhattheyareworkingonandhowtocompletethecenter.Theteacherwillkeep
trackonwhenstudentsfinishsothattheycanthenrotatetothenextcenterwiththeirgroup.The
magnetswillbespreadoutonthetableforeasyaccessandthecookieboardswillhavethe
worksheetplacedinsideofitsothatthemagneticletterscanstick.
StudentScaffoldingandDifferentiation:Studentswillworkcollaborativelysothatifone
studentishavingproblemsinacertainareaanotherstudentmaybestrongerinthatareaandcan
leadthegroup.Studentswillbeabletotalkandlearnfromeachotherduringthisactivity.
1.Theacademiclanguagedemandsfromthiscentermightcomingfromthepictureactivity
wherestudentswillhavetoknowwhateachphotorepresentsandthenfigureouthowitis
spelled.Beforewestarttheliteracycenterstheteachercanaskforvolunteerstonameeachphoto
asanexampletothewholeclass.
2.Anotheracademiclanguagedemandthatmayariseisvocabularythatisunfamiliar.The
teachermustscaffoldbyteachingthestudentspriortothedaywheretheywillbedoingcenters.
Theteachermayalsoscaffoldbycreatinggroupswithhighandlowkidssothattheycanbounce
offofeachotherandsothatstudentswhothinkthevocabularyischallenginghaveamodel.
Abilities/strengths/needs:Thiscenterwouldaddresstheneedsofmultipleabilitiesbecause
studentswouldbeexploringwhatletterslooklikebyhavingtheABCmagnets.Studentswould
alsobepracticingtheirhandwritingskillsbecausetheyhavetorecordwhattheydidatthe
center.Thecenterwouldalsofocusonmultipleabilitiesbecausetherearethreedifferent
activitiesinonecenterandeachactivityfocusesonadifferenttypeofskillsuchasblendingand
anunderstandingofindividualsoundsinthealphabet.Thecenterwouldalsofocusonstrengths
ofanindividualbecausetherewillbethreeactivitieswhichindicatesthatonestudentmaybe
betteratoneactivityovertheotherandtheycanserveasagrouplettertoteachtheotherswho
maybestruggling.Thiscenterwillhelptheneedsofthestudentsbecausetheycanpracticesight
wordsandlookatpatterns.Studentsmayalsoneedextrapracticeonspellingandblending
soundstogethertocompleteaword.Studentsinmyfutureclassroommightalsoneedpractice
theirlearningbycompletinghandsonactivitiessuchastheonesincentersandwork
collaborativelywiththeirclassmates.
Studentaccountabilitysystem:Theteacherwillknowifstudentscompletedtheirworkbecause
studentswillcopydownwhattheyhavedoneatthecenterinajournal.Aftereachcenteris

completedthatdaystudentswillbringtheirjournalsuptotheteacherforastampofapproval.
Theteacherwillalsobewalkingaroundtoeachcentertomonitorprogressandanswerany
questions.Studentswillcompletetheactivitiesineachcenterasagroupsothattheycan
practiceworkingwithothersbuttheymustturninthejournalsindividually.Ifstudentsfinish
earlytheycouldtrytocomeupwithrhymingwordssuchasrugjug,nexttothemakingwords
thattheyshouldhavealreadycopiedintheirjournal.