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

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...

Looking for a classroom freebie that will simplify your writer's workshop and writing center in primary grades? These free word wall cards cover a lot of common seasonal words, and there are 120 words total!

Play High Five Sight Words for a fun way to teach your child to read! Beginning readers will love this reading game!

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.

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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…

Whitney Berg | Activities for Kids 💕 on Instagram: "SIGHT WORD WALL 🙌🎉🫶 Okay I know this seems extra and you might be asking yourself, why create a sight word wall? 📝✨ It’s an easy way to help kids recognize words by sight (which is key for reading!), builds their confidence as they learn new words, and makes learning fun! Plus, having those words in constant view makes them stick! 💡 The more they see and interact with them, the better they get at recognizing and reading them. 📚 So…

Use these free printable sight word flashcards to help your preschooler or kindergartener learn to read. DIY these cards by laminating & linking them together