Learning Centers

Learning Centers
Item	Description
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Teacher Page	Instructions for how to most effectively use our coral reef learning centers. All of these centers are available on our member site.
Center Sign: Biographies
Center Sign: Home Corner
Center Sign: Language Arts
Center Sign: Language Arts (b/w)
Coloring Page: Coral Reef	Color this drawing of a coral reef.
Comprehension: African Elephant (elem)	A simple reading comprehension about the African elephant.
Did You Know? Coral Reef	Two printable cards with graphics for writing facts about the coral reef.
Draw and Write: Coral Reef	Draw a picture of a coral reef in the box and describe it on the lines below.
How to... Use Learning Centers in the Classroom	Helpful tips for teachers who want to use learning centers.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Art - Tissue Coral (elem/upper elem)	Directions for creating beautiful coral decorations out of tissue paper and cardstock. This is a great coral reef lesson AND window decoration.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Geography - Reading a Map (elem/ upper elem)	"Belize's coral reef is ( SE / SW ) of Florida's coral reef." Use a map with a compass rose to find the correct cardinal direction and then circle the correct answer.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Language Arts - Adjectives (primary)	"The Leopard moray eel has very ___ teeth. It can even bite off a person's finger!" Use the adjectives from the word bank to complete the sentences. One of several "coral reef" themed learning centers on our member site.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Math - Understanding Graphs (elem/upper elem)	Two graphs: "Comparing Animal Characteristics" (scatterplot) and "Animals Seen in the Coral Reef" (bar graph) help with developing graph skills.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Science- Animals (elem/upper elem)	Look over the list of unusual coral reef animals and choose one to write about, or find an unusual coral reef animal on your own.
Learning Center: Easter - Multiply by 2	Multiply by two, color by number, and connect the eggs to get the Easter bunny to the basket. One of many holiday learning centers on our member site.
Learning Center: Endangered Animal Symmetry (elem)	Draw half of the tiger's face, making it symmetrical, in this art-focused endangered animal-theme learning center. One of several "endangered animal" learning centers on our member site.
List: Animal Groups
List: Opposites	A page of opposites, from AFTER/BEFORE to YES/NO
List: Prepositions
Unscramble the Words: Coral Reef	[member-created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "eel" to "salty".
Word Search: Coral Reef	[member-created with abctools] Find the words from "algae" to "starfish" in this octopus-shaped puzzle.

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Learning Center: Coral Reef - Word Search (upper elem)
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Word Search (primary)
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Word Search (elem)
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Unscramble the Words (primary)
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Unscramble the Words (elem)
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Science- Reef Types (elem/upper elem)	Use reference books or a computer to research the different kinds of coral reef formations to fill in the blanks. Also includes suggestions for an art project.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Science- Animals (upper elem)	Read through all of the definitions and then go back and fill in the answers to the ones that you know. Use a reference source to find the rest.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Science- Animals (primary/elem)	Match the animals to the correct description.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Math- Survey and Graph (elem/upper elem)	"What is your favorite coral reef animal?" Survey the class, then tally and graph the information and answer the questions about your data.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Math- Reading a Graph (upper elem)	Read the bar graphs comparing the numbers of sea animals seen on two different trips. Compare the data and answer the questions.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Math - Colored Tiles (pre-k/primary)	Use these colored tiles with the "add/subtract to 10" lessons on abcteach.com. Also fun for matching games and other activities.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Math - add/subtract to 10 (pre-K/primary) set 3	Place colored tiles on top of the same black and white coral reef animal. Place the answer tiles in the blank. Three pages.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Math - add/subtract to 10 (pre-K/primary) set 2	Place colored tiles on top of the same black and white coral reef animal. Place the answer tiles in the blank. Three pages.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Math - add/subtract to 10 (pre-K/primary) set 1	Place colored tiles on top of the same black and white coral reef animal. Place the answer tiles in the blank. Three pages.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Language Arts - Writing Prompt (elem/upper elem)	Imagine that you are on vacation and you have decided to explore the Coral Reef. Use your imagination to write a journal about your day to day vacation activities.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Language Arts - Adjectives (upper elem)	"A frightened octopus squirts ink to defend itself." Underline the adjectives in each sentence.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Language Arts - ABC Order (primary)	Put the coral reef theme words in (first letter) alphabetical order.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Language Arts - ABC Order (elem)	Put the coral reef theme words in (to the second letter) alphabetical order.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Geography - Reading a Map (primary/elem)	"Belize's coral reef is (north/south) of the Florida reef tract." Use a map to find the correct cardinal direction and then circle the correct answer.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Geography - Reading a Map (elem/ upper elem)	Label the oceans, continents, and coral reefs on this map.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Geography - latitude and longitude (primary)	Use a globe or map to find the latitude and longitude for each coral reef listed and enter the corresponding letter into the correct blank.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Designs (elem)	Center activity using pattern blocks, tangrams or pentominos.
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Crossword Puzzle (upper elem)
Learning Center: Coral Reef - Art - Animals (elem)	Directions for creating stuffed paper animals from the coral reef.
Center Sign: Coral Reef Science
Center Sign: Coral Reef Puzzles
Center Sign: Coral Reef Math
Center Sign: Coral Reef Language Arts
Center Sign: Coral Reef Geography
Center Sign: Coral Reef Art
Learning Center: Endangered Animal Using a Graph (elem)	Color the chart to show the statistics for estimated worldwide population for these endangered animals.
Learning Center: Endangered Animal Story Sequence (elem)	The map shows the route Tom and Sue walked through the zoo. Use the map to find the order of events in which they saw the animals.
Learning Center: Endangered Animal Matching (primary)	Draw a line to match each picture to the right word in this endangered-animal theme learning center.
Learning Center: Endangered Animal Mapping (primary)	Color and cut out the animal pictures. Follow directions to glue them on the map.
Learning Center: Endangered Animal Mapping (elem)	Color and cut out the animal pictures. Follow directions to glue them on the map.
Learning Center: Endangered Animal Greater, Less, or Equal (primary)	Write the symbol (<, >, =) in the circle that makes the number sentence correct in this endangered animal-themed learning center.
Learning Center: Endangered Animal Classification (elem)	Cut out the pictures and sort them into the correct classes on the next page. Glue them in place.
Learning Center: Endangered Animal Descriptive Writing (elem)	Descriptive writing is featured in this endangered-animal theme learning center.
Learning Center: Endanged Animal ABC Order (primary)	Put the words from the word bank in alphabetical order in this endangered animal-theme learning center.
Learning Center: Easter math counters	Math counters (eggs and rabbits) to use with our math-themed learning centers or a variety of other uses.
Learning Center: Easter - Subtract and Connect	Solve the simple subtraction problems to connect the dots into an Easter-themed picture.
Learning Center: Easter - Addition (primary)	Cut out the tiles and glue them in the boxes to represent the simple addition problems.
Learning Center: Verbs (primary/elementary)	Three great literacy center activities to teach verbs.
Learning Center: Using Electricity (elem/upper elem)	ABC order,crossword puzzle, and a glyph, all on the subject of the uses of electricity.
Learning Center: Spelling Activities (elem)	Directions for spelling centers with four different spelling center activities. The colorful pages include directions for the teacher on how to organize successful learning centers for spelling.
Learning Center: Recalling Major Events	Students recount the major events in a book they have read using a storyboard.
Learning Center: Personal Connections	Students writing about their personal connections to a book they have read.
Learning Center: Nouns (primary)	Three fun literacy centers help students understand nouns.
Learning Center: Contraction Action	Practice contractions with game boards and a review worksheet.
Learning Center: Chain of Events	Activity and writing exercise.
Learning Center: Adverbs (primary/elem)	Three great literacy center activities to teach adverbs.
Learning Center: Abbreviations 3	Months of the year
Learning Center: Abbreviations 2	Days of the week. Poster and four activities.
Learning Center: Abbreviations 1	Professional titles. Center poster and 4 activities
Learning Center: Summer - Mobile	Follow the directions to make a summer-themed mobile.
Learning Center: Summer - Ice Cream	Follow the directions to make an ice cream cone.
Learning Center: Spring - Flower Rubbings	Follow the directions to make flower rubbings.
Learning Center: Spring - Daffodil Art	Follow the directions to make a spring daffodil.
Learning Center: Halloween	Three activities (event sequencing, a Venn diagram, and an art project) to reinforce reading and following directions.
Learning Center: Endangered Animal Tiger Mask (primary)	Follow the directions to make a simple tiger mask.
Learning Center: Easter - Mixing Colors	Color each end of the pictured egg the specified color. Mix the two colors in the middle to get a third color.
Learning Center: Easter - Make a Bunny	Follow the directions to make an Easter bunny.
Learning Center: Christmas - make a candy cane	Practice reading and following directions with this "Make a Candy Cane" worksheet.
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