Sight word wall at home

If you teach elementary students, you probably have a word wall, but a word wall doesn't meet the needs of all students. I'm sharing the reasons I stopped using a word wall and what I do instead in this post. Your second-grade and third-grade students may have more writing success with word wall alternatives like personal student dictionaries. Grab free differentiated word lists and read about the word wall alternatives that my 2nd and 3rd-grade class loved! #wordwall #studentdictionary

My son is six and learning to read. To learn his sight words, we use little cards and put about 10-15 in a baggie next to his bed. Once he knows them cold, we tape

Rainbow Words have been a fun addition to our classroom this spring. I made these sets as a request from our 1st grade teachers to get students ready for first grade. Our basal only requires 40 sight words in kindergarten and over 100 in 1st grade. That's quite a jump! If they are ready for it then why not go for it? Each week I progress monitor my class so I just added a Rainbow Word Assessment to my routine. Students read the list they are on and if they read through without any problems…

Turn early reading into a sight word game and you'll have a reader for life! A sight word game is a perfect opportunity for kids to practice sight words and build their reading skills. Sight word

...the word wall. When my eldest daughter was in Senior Kindergarten (5 yrs old) her teacher suggested that parents put basic sight words up on the wall at home. Apparently, repetitive and regular exposure to

Teaching kids to read is the core of any kindergarten curriculum. It's a privilege to have a front row seat to the wonder of going from not knowing any letters in September to actually reading in June. It's one of the things I love most about kindergarten. Watching kids learn to read can be a simply amazing experience for them and for us. What do our kids need to know to become effective readers? People have different opinions about the best way to teach reading, and when to teach reading…

Word walls are an important tool that students use to work independently during writing time. Help your students get more out of writing workshop by using a personal word wall folder. No matter if your students are writing independently or conferring with the teacher, they will always have the tools that they need to work independently.

Learning sight words does NOT have to be boring! Discover some great hands-on ideas on this list of 15 ways to practice sight words.

BEST list of fun ways to teach & practice sight words. Ideas for pre-school, kindergarten & first grade. Hands-on games & creative activities to do at home!

In order to assist my daughter with increased repetition of her Tricky Words, or Sight Words, I made her a word wall. My daughter has a word wall in her classroom at school that they practice from...