Colorful Resources & Ideas for Teachers with a Teaching Heart
A quote from the Journal of Educational Research: “The most convincing rationale for teaching sight words is that if they are well selected they will, because of their high frequency in printed materials, have high utility at all levels of reading development. Furthermore, they help to make possible a focus on meaning as well as […]
Thanks for all the great feedback on the Pre-Primer Packet (click here to see that)! Glad so many of you have gotten good use out of it. I am working my way through all of the Dolch words and just finished the Primer Packet (click here to see that). It is Dinosaur themed – many […]
Yep, here comes another FREE sight word printable… Just incase you missed the fun – Did you download this, this, this, and this? Ok, great… here is another fun sight word activity using the Pre-Primer Dolch Sight Words. This is extra fun because along with learning the sight words, you will be throwing in some math […]
Here is #4 of the free sight word printables… Did you download this, this, and this? Ok, then you are ready for this… It’s a Roll a Sight Word Game. Played with two players. Each player gets a color. They roll the dice, say the word that matches the roll, and color in a square […]
Are you noticing the theme??? Pre-Primer Sight Word Activities here and here… Below is another free sight word activity… I am getting ready to reveal a new Pre-Primer Sight Word Packet (then later packets for Primer, 1st, and 2nd) and just showing you some of the goodies through free samples. So here is a cover-up activity […]
Here’s a free activity sheet for you today. Remember how I said we are reviewing sight words with my daughter when I shared this CRACK THE CODE??? Here is another way we review! It is a cut, paste, trace, and draw activity. I made a set of these (which will all be available soon). This is […]
I made some sight word activities for my daughter to review her Kindergarten Sight Words. I figure I will add the first grade words as we go through the summer break. Here is a crack the code activity sheet I made her. She loves these now that she know her words pretty well. I have […]
Here’s an example where I actually saw something on Pinterest and then didn’t just pin it, I made it! LOL! Kindergarten Candy Land the Sight Word Edition. We just played it the other night as a family and even my third grader enjoyed it, although it is for my Kindergartener’s Teacher. I had to spice up what […]
Seven “Good to Know” Sight Words for Pre-K! School districts do not expect kids entering Kindergarten to know any sight words. However, if your child knows how to write their name, knows all the sounds letters makes, and can sound out simple three letter words with or without assistance; I feel that they are ready […]
I am always looking for different ways to practice spelling words! This activity I created could be used with spelling words, sight words, or vocabulary words. You print the pages and write the words you want on the apples. Students take an apple out of the bucket one at a time and write the word […]
