Word work

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

FREE word work mats for spelling, sight words, weekly word lists, and more! Just place these word work mats in a sheet protector for an instant write on/wipe off literacy center or sight word center! Great for small group reading word work, too! Plus, col

Word work is my FAVORITE literacy center. I love including a variety of activities. Here are 10 ideas for word work in the classroom,

Tired of the same boring ways to practice spelling words? Scribble spelling is a fun way for students to practice their weekly phonics patterns. They don't get sick of practicing them either! Download this free word work sheet today! #teacher #secondgrade #firstgrade #thirdgrade #wordwork #spelling

I have always struggled with spelling, and how to engage students in meaningful activities to practice their spelling words! I have tried just about everything under the sun, from rotating through teacher-selected word work centers, to a free choice spelling menu where students try to complete different activities throughout the week. Nothing seemed to work!

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…

Here’s what works for us! First up on Friday afternoon I stock this 5 drawer unit with the activities for the following week. This is a picture from last year. ...

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

Take your word work reading center to the next level with these low prep and engaging word work centers! Plus, learn how to organize and run the word work center!

Grab these NO PREP Spelling Pages your learners can use with ANY list of spelling words. Great for the classroom or at-home learning.