Thursday, January 2, 2014

Dip Tray Centers

If you're a long time follower of Life in First Grade, then you'll probably remember this post, where I first talked about using dip trays as center activities. I discovered this fabulous idea when I had the opportunity to watch another teacher teach reading. I now have the privilege to teach with this teacher! She has the BEST ideas. She used the dip trays for dictionary skills, but since I was teaching first graders at the time, I decided to create a story elements version. You can download the patterns to create your own here, but I decided to update my trays with my new little cameo. I LOVE how they turned out and it was so super simple to recreate. 
{Sidenote: another New Year's resolution of mine was to start using my good camera instead of my iphone, so just be warned that there will be pictures from ALL angles. haha!}










I also made another activity using these fun trays. This one focuses on using a thesaurus. The kids roll the dice, find which word they're working with and get busy! If you would like copies of the word lists I use, just ask and I'll post :) 











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11 comments:

  1. I love the dip tray ideas!! Your pictures look awesome too! Question.....where did you purchase your Cameo?

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    1. I purchased mine at Michael's..it was on sale, but if you go through Silhouette's website you can get an educator's discount. It ended up being the same price as the one at Michael's so I just went and bought it there. :)

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  2. Forgive my ignorance, but is the Cameo the letters you used on the trays?

    Thanks,
    Cindy Winkl

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    1. It is! It's a cutting machine that connects to your computer so you can use any font from your computer :)

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  3. I absolutely LOVE this idea! Thank you so much for sharing! I had another idea that you could add or replace the page number with. Have the student write the word using syllables. This will help them learn pronunciation and spelling of the word. What do you think? I would really love a copy of the word list you are using. Could you please post? Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. I'd love the list you used. If you post, can you send out an email as to where to find them? njsaenz1@austin.rr.com Thanks so much! Love your products!

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  5. Would you please post the list of words you use for the dip trays? I love the idea. Love your products! Will you email to let us know where you post them?
    njsaenz1@austin.rr.com

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  6. This is so interesting.
    i am involved in a business of HOPprograms. your post is helpful for me.

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  7. I love this!! I bought a cameo over a year ago, but have yet to learn how to use it. I plan to spend the summer learning how to use it. What material do you use for the letters? Vinyl? Thanks!!

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