Word work stations

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

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

These tips and ideas for setting up your word work centers and stations in your classroom, this post is packed with amazing tips and resources for you! Click the pin to read how this teacher keeps her word work centers organized and sets up the perfect literacy station! Click the pin to read all about it!

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.

LEGO SIGHT WORDS - Make learning to spell high frequency sight words hands-on fun with these mats made to use with LEGO bricks! With two different styles to choose from, prepping for your literacy centers or Word Work stations is easy. Just choose the set of sight words you need, print and add some LEGO to build the words from #sightwords #legosightwords #kindergartenliteracycenter #firstgradeliteracycenter

10 engaging word work activities to support literacy instruction in a primary classroom.

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

I'm a fan of HGTV's House Hunters. I really like House Hunters International. Most of those episodes really make me appreciate the size of my kitchen and closets. House Hunters: Where Are They Now? gives you a chance to see what people did with their homes after they move in. We are over half way through the school year and I thought I might do a little Daily Five: Where Are They Now? post about my Daily Five journey with my class and some changes I've had to make. I am certainly not an…

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!