"Rock your Writing Center" Giveaway

 Hello! This is Megan Mitchell from First Grade Roars.  Today I'm going to share with you how I have set up my writing center using this resource.  It is filled with goodies to make writing so much fun for your students.  

Before I begin I want you to know that I use this during my rotation time.  I still do whole group writing workshop.  This is what my students use when making a choice during their writing time during Daily 5.

Let's begin with a picture of my writing center area!

There are 12 choices my students can choose from when the entire center is up and running.  We do mini lessons on each style of writing along with a lot of practice in writer's workshop.  Once I feel the students are ready to work on a new style of writing independently, I open that number in my writing center.  Below is a zoomed in picture of "Label a Picture".  This is the first thing we learn how to do in 1st grade.  You will see on the green clip a smiley face.  If it has a smiley face, it is open.  (I got these cute little chalkboard clips in the party section at Hobby Lobby, in case you were interested.)

There is also a number 1 on this chalkboard.  I have a matching number 1 on a tub below containing the paper they would use for this activity.  Here is an example of what the tubs look like up close.

 Inside each tub the children will find everything they need to complete the activities.  Here is a sneak peek into a few more tubs.

Each day many students visit this writing area.  There is a separate table where they do their writing.  

At the table there are crayons, spacers, pencils, HUGE erasers, clip boards, dictionaries and a thesaurus.  Each child has their own file folder where they keep their writing if they don't have time to finish.  Inside their file folder is also an amazing resource from Natalie's Nook!

Link to Natalie's Nook Personal Dictionary

Also I might add that on the first day of school I let the children color their file folders!  It is an easy activity that they can all do as morning work and it takes some time while I teach the children 1 table at a time how to unpack their book bags.

Also included in this writing packet is a sight word dictionary.  I have 5 of these on the table for the students to use.  

When they finish their writing they use the Editing Checklist and turn it into the Published Work Basket.  Before we begin our Daily 5 the next day we share some of our work with the class.  They love to read and share their writing.

I used this writing center last year and my first grader's loved writing.  It offered them choice and they were able to use what they learned in whole group and transfer it over to their independent work!

I would love to share 2 of these packets with some lucky winners.

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