Literacy Station Event Kits
The literacy station kits teach families strategies that reinforce skills in decoding, language/vocabulary, fluency, and monitoring comprehension. Parents learn the skills and standards that students are learning and mastering in school. Each kit contains the materials for 10 different literacy activity stations. Dry erase pockets are used in place of making copies, so an unlimited number of families can access each station. See ordering recommendations for more details. Station skills and standards are listed in the Station Skill List.
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*Pictures below represent only a sample of the activities*
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Grades K-1
Phonemic Awareness/Phonics:
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Phoneme grapheme mapping - decoding practice with phonemic awareness and phonics of one syllable words
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Rime and phonics patterns
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Word sorting into categories
Vocabulary:
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Building a lexicon of describing words
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Shades of meaning - verbs
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Exposure to new academic words and their meanings through partner read aloud
Comprehension: using children’s literature
Monitoring comprehension through retelling of a story
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Identifying beginning, middle, end, and favorite part
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Retelling using characters, problem, solution along with key details
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Asking and answering questions through partner reading
Grades 2-3
Decoding/Word Recognition:
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Word Families
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Word Categories
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Word Chaining
Fluency:
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Using punctuation for fluency and expression
Vocabulary:
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Multiple Meanings
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Shades of Meaning
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Comprehension: using children’s literature
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Story elements retell
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Using prompts to summarize a story
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Ask and answer questions by citing evidence to justify
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Understanding the use of multiple meanings in text
Grades 4-5
Language structures: Activities connected to texts used in comprehension stations
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Idioms
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Homophones
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Prepositional phrases
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Sensory language/devices - similes, metaphors, personification
Vocabulary: Using the relationship between words to better understand words
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Semantic mapping of words - synonym. antonym, definition, sentence
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Gradient/shades of meaning - verbs and adjectives
Comprehension: Using children’s literature
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Using details and examples from the text when explaining or justifying inferences from the text
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Understanding the author's purpose and asking/answering questions about the theme
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Summarizing through the use of keywords/details
Station Kits:
Each literacy station kit is bundled with materials for 10 different activities, 1 copy of each. Stations are flexible as families will come and go through the activities. You’ll need to think through your total student population, the percent that typically attends your events, and which grade levels seem to have the most in attendance. Then you’ll need to determine how many station bundles for each grade level cluster you will need. Ordering one bundle of each grade level (k-1, 2-3, and 4-5) would provide 30 activities total, but only one family can access a station at a time.
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Example:
Total school student population: 400
Typically 60% event attendance = 240 students/families
Higher attendance at lower grades
Order might include:
K-1
10 kits gives space for 100 people ($126.00 x 10 = 1260.00)
2-3
8 kits gives space for 80 people ($122.00 x 8 = $976.00)
4-5
6 kits gives space for 60 ($122.00 x 6 = $732.00)
Total: 24 kits supports 240 people/stations ($2968.00 plus shipping)
Note: If you are needing to reduce cost, you can reduce the number of kits by filling in with school/community based stations such as the local library, sports/recreational sign ups, opening your school library for check out, food, etc. Giving more options for families to visit will slow the flow through the stations allowing for less stations to be purchased. If you include school based presentations such as a curriculum review or teaching parents something about your school, you will want to create a schedule.
Here is an example:
Heart and Hand purchased Stations option, paired with School Created presentations that are structured with a beginning time (Two Sessions Total)
