Computer Center Reading Made Simple {Common Core}

I’m so EXCITED to share my latest product! This computer center is for reading and literacy skills in kindergarten. It’s a set of pages set up by skill so students practice online, free games that work on exactly what you want them to work on.

I’ve done all of the hard work for you – you can differentiate what common core reading skills students work on all from way from learning the abc’s to spelling and vowel patterns!

This is my SECRET to avoiding both teacher and student frustration during independent work time – like math centers {zones}, computer lab and now during literacy reading centers!

Get students to stay on task, practice specific skills, continue working during a set time and do all of that WITHOUT YOU sitting right next to them!

It’s an AWESOME system of building independence into your students and getting them working with technology at the same time.

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This is a 64 page pdf. It’s filled with online games and activities to cover you the ENTIRE YEAR of kindergarten. The skill areas that it covers are: alphabet, reading basics, beginning sounds, ending sounds, rhyming, onset/rime and phoneme manipulation, short vowels, blending, sight words, digraphs, blends, mixed chunks, long vowels, r controlled vowels, two-vowel patterns, spelling. {told you it covered the bases}

Now, what’s so cool about it? {other than your work being done for you…} Students navigate by clicking on images in the pdf to go to specific websites and games based on what you direct them to. And that means it’s simple.

1. They open the pdf.
2. They click to get to the specific skill set you want.
3. They play the numbered games in order and they LEARN!

Not sure how that would look? I’ve set up a computer center reading video tutorial so you can check it out! Or you can check out everything and even TRY IT using the sample preview file.

Now, how did I make it easy for kinders to use? I pulled it together by creating an ADVENTURE theme! This theme takes kinders through 4 learning terrains – each terrain covers 3 skills.

The forest covers ABC’s, beginning sounds and reading basics. It’s great for the beginning of school and early fall.

The arctic covers ending sounds, rhyming and onset/rime and phoneme manipulation. I direct students to these skills generally in the fall and winter.

The jungle covers short vowels, blending and sight words. It’s awesome for late winter and spring.

The sea covers blends/digraphs/mixed chunks, long vowels/r-controlled vowels/two-vowel patterns and spelling. This is a great set for advanced readers or computer center reading at the end of the year.

Every set of skills (and sub-skills as seen in the starfish section of the sea pictured above) has at least 7 items to practice… and some have as many as 18! I’m in love with the way it turned out and the ease with which students can use it.

Plus, I love being organized. So, here’s how I planned to roll it out with my class and differentiate it. {well, this is actually better than what I originally came up with for my class} I use a lists for groups of students who are generally on the same level – or learning the same set of skills. I plug in which skills I want them to work on and can make new lists as often as needed. I don’t find that I change these out too often unless a kiddo makes a big jump in reading levels. {Probably every 5-8 weeks} I’ve made these lists customizable for you to use with PowerPoint.

But creating a list works for individual students too. Let’s take last year for example.

I had a group of 4 tricky kinders who each needed a handful of random letters of the alphabet still in March {patience teacher, yes patience}. I made up a list for each of them to practice specific letters and beginning sounds only until I knew they had it. They were so proud when one of those items was removed from their list and a new harder skill was added. I felt good knowing that I was giving them specific, targeted practice on exactly what they needed!

You can also choose to print multiple pages on one page (under your printer’s settings) to create mini posters for groups of students.

If you don’t dig doing a list by groups or individuals, then you can use the included computer center reading task posters to direct your entire class.

There are 48 BONUS audio stories to help you offer variety (use as a task) or motivation (use as a reward for finishing). I love watching kinders entranced as they listen to stories being read aloud!

It works great with computers, laptops or computer tablets, though I don’t recommend it for iPads since I include links to flash games.

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What Others Are Saying

Wonderful product. The time that must have went into this – it is CLEARLY worth more than the price. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! – Katy Loftin

Hands down one of the absolute best resources I have EVER purchased on TPT! You have made my life so so so much easier. I now can feel confident that my students are doing beneficial, standards-based work on our classroom laptops. I simply cannot thank you enough!! – The Enthusiastic Teacher

This has been a great tool to use to differentiate my computer station and truly make that computer time meaningful learning time for each student. Easy for kids and teachers to use. And you have been so good about updating links that no longer work…thank you!! – Mia C.

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