Posters – 5 Ways To Use Them

I recently updated my classroom phonics posters to match my classroom decor. There was nothing wrong with them – I just wanted an update to match my new themes.

That got me thinking about ways I could use them to teach about phonics.

BE THE TEACHER CENTER

My students LOVE to be the teacher! One of my most popular centers is also the easiest to prep for. Students get a fancy hand pointer and a bin of phonics posters. One student pretends to be the teacher, and the rest are the students (and they take turns of course). The teacher gets to look through the bin of phonics posters and choose which ones the lesson will be about. She displays the poster for her “students” and uses the pointer to teach the phonics sounds and words using the pictures. It’s incredibly simple, but makes great use of the extra sets of phonics posters.