I'm linking up with The Reading Crew to share some great freebies and enter to win some really great teaching bundles!
The freebie I'm sharing are my sight word mats. I love using Sight Word Mats- especially for workstations. I can easily change out the manipulatives and the students get practice with the sight words they need in a tactile way. Since multi-sensory opportunities are so important, this is one way for students to engage with sight words in a tactile way. They are also an easy to differentiate work station!
I like using small Sterilite containers with snap lids to store manipulatives. They are easy to store and stack!
Some other popular ideas to make sight words are:
gems
play doh
wikki stix
unifix cubes
noodles
Build it! Write it! Draw it!
I feel very strongly that students need multiple opportunities to practice applying the phonics skills they are learning. My students love these to practice reading in context! These can also be easily differentiated based on student need. My intervention groups like using them on "Wacky Wordy Wednesday" where we learn new word patterns. I've also used them at a word work work station. This bundle contains short vowel, long vowel, blends, and digraphs!
You can check out other great tips and advice from other Reading Crew members to get your school year off to a great start when you download our Back-To-School Resource E-book for some amazing back-to-school resources and enter to win a copy of all the products featured!
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