St. Patrick’s Day Literacy Centers for Kindergarten

I just published the St. Patrick’s Day Math Centers for Kindergarten packet and thought I’d post the St. Patrick’s Day Literacy Centers for Kindergarten packet too!

PLEASE NOTE: This blog post contains sample pages from my St. Patrick’s Day Literacy Centers for Kindergarten packet. You can download the free sample pages by clicking on the photos. To purchase the complete 89-page packet, scroll to the end of this post to get links to my online stores.

St Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers | Rainbow digraph soring activity

St Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers | Pot of gold CVC word spelling activity

St Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers | Rainbow unscramble the sight word spelling activity

1. St. Patrick’s Day clip the syllables

To prepare this activity for use, print the cards, laminate them and then cut them apart. Household pegs, or other small clipping items such as unused hair clips or paper clips, can be used for this activity. The aim is for children to identify the number of syllables in each word and clip the circle with the correct answer.

St. Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers. Syllables clip cards

2. St. Patrick’s Day clip the beginning sound (beginning l and r blends)

Print, laminate and cut out the picture cards. The aim of this activity is for children to correctly identify the beginning sound of each picture and to clip a clothes peg to show their answer. Alternatively, children can use dry-erase markers to color the correct beginning sound.

St. Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers. Beginning blends clip cards

3. St. Patrick’s Day digraph sort (ch, sh, th, wh)

To prepare this activity, print, laminate and cut out all the pieces. The aim is for children to identify the beginning digraph for each of the pictures and sort them to the correct cloud.

St. Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers. Rainbow Digraph Sort

4. Build the CVC word

To prepare the cards for use, print, laminate and then cut them apart. Children are required to build the CVC word to match the picture.

St. Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers. Pot of gold CVC words

5. St. Patrick’s Day long and short vowel word sort

To prepare this activity, print, laminate and cut out all the pieces. The aim is for children to identify the type of vowel sound for each of the pictures and sort them to the correct hat.

St. Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers. Short vowel and long vowel sound sorting

6. Clip the correct word (CVC and CVCe words)

To prepare the cards for use, print, laminate and then cut them apart. Children are required to clip a peg on the word that matches the picture on the card.

St. Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers. CVC CVCe clip cards

7. St. Patrick’s Day spin and rhyme

Print, laminate and cut out all the cards. You will need to supply children with a paper clip and a pencil to make a spinner. Children being by laying out in a row the green header cards. They spin the paper clip and pencil spinner on the spinning card and read the word where it stops. Children then find a matching rhyming picture and place it under the green card it rhymes with. This continues until all the cards have been used up.

St. Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers. Spin and Rhyme

8. Unscramble the sight word (Pre-Primer and Primer words)

To prepare this activity for use, print and cut out all the cards. The aim of this activity is for children to select a card, collect the letters shown and arrange them to build a sight word.

St. Patrick's Day Kindergarten Literacy Centers. Rainbow sight word spelling

9. St. Patrick’s Day write the room

To prepare this activity, print, laminate and cut out all the vocabulary cards. Place the cards randomly around the room. Provide your children with a clip board with the recording page/s. The aim is for children to find the picture cards and write the word next to the matching picture on their recording page.