I have been trying to find a more durable way to make word rings for my class so that they have sight words on hand. At our Habitat for Humanity (my reason for being there could be a whole other blog site for me-you should check out my sister at http://sheendeavors.blogspot.com/ and see what all she does and why she makes HFH a regular stop for her!) I found a sample box for laminate countertops (odd, right?). They are strong and have a hole already punched in them-perfect for our Word Rings! I write our sight words on each card, attach to a metal ring and we are rolling! I can't tell you how excited the kids were to get these rings and they truly use them to help in their writing. |
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| We play Sight Word Search at small groups. I say a sight word and they race to find it first-they are fierce! |
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| We used this poem for our pumpkin unit, of course. Everyone has their own Poetry Journal. We add a poem to our journal every few weeks. Mrs. Meacham's Classroom Snapshots http://www.jmeacham.com/ has a detailed description of her Poetry Journals on her site along with a long list of poems and graphics for you to use. Some people are just incredible! She shares this and many, many other ideas that I can't stop myself from swiping! |
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| We use yellow to highlight sight words that we have learned so far, orange to highlight punctuation marks and green to circle rhyming pairs. I teach them how to master this skill in small group but soon they will be able to complete this job independently at a literacy center. |
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| We highlighted sight words in our Brown Bear, Brown Bear book. It is amazing to see how much confidence utilizing this skill gives a child. |
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 They can be found on http://www.scsk12.org/SCS/subject-areas/Kindergarten-Kove If your district has adopted the Scott Foresman reading series, this website will be your best friend! Also check out http://web.mac.com/donna.glynn/Kinderglynn and of course, http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/. |
Hey! Thanks for the shout out! I haven't blogged in a few days..this pesky job is getting in my way of having fun. I keep my eye out for your rings whenever I am in HFH or Neiman Marcus! Love you - jen
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jen-a-faire! I miss you!! Thank you for keeping an eye out for the laminate cards-I'm trying to get enough for several of us to use so I will need quite a few. Love you.
ReplyDeleteHey! Add me to that list! I wonder if you could get Lowes to donate some out of date samples? This is a great idea. My kids are SO hard on materials - these would last forever (even with some teeth marks! lol)
ReplyDeleteYou know, I had thought about that, also, because what must lowe's, HD and smaller places do with these samples once they are out of date? I will try some of the smaller places around here first and see what I can come up with. I am loving them-my strugglers are whipping them out to use right and left-I think it truly gives them a boost of self confidence and accomplishment. I'm about to scoot over and read your new posts, girl!
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