1st grade word work centers

Do you reinvent the wheel every single week when it comes to centers, word work, stations.....whatever you happen to call them? Yeah, me too! I know better, I swear I do but it just never fails. I am here today to tell you that there IS A BETTER WAY! Let me begin by saying I am a big fan of Daily 5. I run my room about as closely to the Daily 5 model as possible but this is one area I just never could give in on. The sisters suggest having out materials for students to build words, write…

Word work in kindergarten, first grade, or even 2nd can be easy with these Daily 5 activities. Students use a variety of materials to work with words. Whether you are using this for centers, a hands on option for stations, or just some easy games to play with words during the day these ideas are a big hit! Organization is simple, there are NO COPIES to make, and your students will become better readers in no time. #kindergartenclassroom #wordwork #centers

Engage your students with a simple and effective sight words routine. Your students will love these fun and interactive activities that help support kindergarten and first grade sight words. These teaching tips make it easy to incorporate teaching sight words into your existing word work routine. Plus, get FREE sight words review books to use in your classroom today! Learn more here!

Use these science of reading based word work options in your word work station during your classroom literacy center time for your kindergarteners or first graders.

Magnet letter word building today! Visual directions are helping my word work center to run so much more smoothly this year! Link in…

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Simple ideas for Daily 5 Word Work. Perfect for my 1st graders!

In this post, I'm going to share TWENTY word work ideas for sight word practice in your classroom. Before I begin the fun, I want to quickly explain how my

My Kindergarteners have been rocking their CVC words this year. I am so proud of them. I found the best way to teach short vowels, is to expose kids to them in a variety of methods. We talk about them in whole group and in guided reading. Students get independent practice in morning work buckets ... Read More about CVC Word Work {Freebies Included}

This free Kindergarten sentence building and writing center is perfect for practice with making simple sentences for beginning writers!