Hello darlings! Just a few more days until I leave 3 Teacher Chick and launch my new blog That Teaching Spark. The blog still looks yucky and I am just waiting on the designer for some finishing touches! She has been awesome! Make sure to check back for some amazing gift card giveaways, TPT Product giveaways, and crafty giveaways! This post is an overview of the Word Study Program I use in third grade. Stick with me though, because you could do the same thing in your classroom, you just need…

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! […]

Word Work is an essential part of language learning in the primary grades. I love to make this task FUN for my students while real LEARNING takes place. I've used this during our Daily 5 time of Worki

This post shares The Word Collector activities and ideas that incorporate vocabulary, theme, comprehension, One Little Word, free printables, and more!

Word work activities for ANY words! Word work is an essential part of language learning in the primary grades. Make word work FUN while LEARNING takes place! There are seventeen different word work activities included in this pack. They can be used for absolutely ANY word learning! Perfect for literacy centers or sub plans. A must have for Kindergarten- Third Grade! #wordwork #wordworkactivities #spelling #1stgrade #2ndgrade #kindergarten

Engaging word work activities for upper elementary grades can be hard to find. On this post, I will share three free word work activities to use with Jenga

Do you need parts of speech posters for your classroom? This post has several classroom décor resources to help teachers prepare an engaging learning environment.

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

Word work is a great way to get students working with words in engaging ways. Learn new word work activities that you can use to engage your students.

Help 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students practice decoding multisyllabic words with these 9 engaging activity ideas. These ideas make lesson planning and teaching multisyllabic word strategies to upper elementary students easier. Word sorts, word walls, syllable ladders, and more decoding multisyllabic words activity ideas.