work is one of my favorite activities to do
during our literacy time.
answers to this week’s questions. J
Experimenting with words for learning and practicing a spelling pattern
(brainstorm a list of ways you can do this)
can learn words, they need to learn letters. I will start the year by working
on their names. We can do this in many ways. Each week we will also introduce
new sight words. My activities will include:
Play dough mats
Magnetic boards
Letter sorts
File Folder Games
Matching and sorting letters and words
Stamping
high frequency words (How often do you introduce new words? Do your students
have their own lists of words that they can work on? How will you keep track of
words that they already know?
or two new sight words each week starting in week two of school. We sing songs,
have games, and have flash cards to practice. Focusing on the word wall is very
important too. Students are required to read thirty sight words before first
grade, but my goal is much greater for them. This year, I think I will put a
word list in their take home folder each week for them to practice at home and
with me. We do regular assessments to test whether or not they have memorized
their sight words.
spelling patterns (brainstorm a list of ways you can do this).
don’t plan on focusing on at the beginning of the year. I need to think about
this more. I think the more phonemes students learn, it will increase the
learning opportunities and works that can be done.
our knowledge and curiosity of unique and interesting words. (What is the best
way to do this?)
real vs. nonsense word activities. So much of our learning in Kinder is driven
by VOCABULARY so we really have to seize every opportunity to teach students
all words, even the “big” ones. This year, I think I will have a word of the
week. Who said that a five year old can’t use “big” words? J
think about:
do I already have?
I plan to use for word work activities.
materials would I like to get?
I am sure I will create all sorts of stuff.
store them?
plastic tub that I put activities in large ziplock bags.
students work?
Table.
activities (coming soon) I created for the beginning of the year. Click the
pictures to download. If you do, please let me know what you think. Happy
hopping!
Give students magnetic letters or letter tiles and have the sort capital or lowercase letters, or letters in their name vs. letters not in their name.
Use these play dough mats to work on fine motor skills and letter formation. Students can use two different colors of play dough too…one for lowercase and a different one for capital letters. Start with letters in their name. Here are mats for all letters.
Students can use this center to practice writing their sight words or print out the sight words, tape them to a magnetic board and have students create the words with magnetic letters. They can also use them as a play dough mat. If you have stamps, give students a blank piece of paper and have them stamp the sight words. There are tons of things you can do with sight word cards!
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sspeller says
I love all the word work activities. I don't think you can ever have too many ideas to keep it fresh and exciting for Kinder kids… thanks for sharing!
Nicole says
Thank you for sharing!!
Heather says
Super cute and useful as usual! Thanks for sharing 😉
Heather
Kickin' it in Kinder
Ms. Mentzer's Kindergarten Class says
Thanks for sharing!! Word Work is my favorite part of the day!! 🙂
Michelle
Kindergarten Stars
Mrs. Ryan says
You are so kind to share! Thank you for your generosity! 🙂
Anonymous says
Thank you so much for all of the freebies. I love the playdough mats. Most kindergarten students love working with playdough and these mats will help to differentiate this activity.
Anonymous says
Thank you so very much for sharing!
Jen Bosson says
Krystal…you have hit it out of the park AGAIN! Thanks so much for sharing…can't wait for more on TpT! You save me so much time and headache as I am not creative enough to do the great things you do!
Jen says
Thanks so much for sharing. I have been doing D5 for three years and still have been changing things and adding things, this is awesome!
You asked us to share one of our favorite word work activities, this is mine. You talked about Vocabulary and you are right 5 year olds totally can use big words!! We call ours Fancy words (we use Fancy Nancy to introduce this)and each week I pull a "Fancy" word from a book we read during whole group (this is an activity from Patricia Cunningham). I tell them the word first, we start reading and when they hear the word in the story, they yell stop. We talk about what is going on in the story and what the word might mean. We come up with a kid friendly definition and add the word, definition, and a picture to our Fancy Word Journals. They love it and it is awesome when they hear the word again in another story or when someone uses the word. They have impressed many adults!!
Crayons and Curls says
I love it Crystal! Thank you for sharing your insight, ideas and awesome word work pack! 🙂
Cheryl
Crayons and Curls
bigfoot says
I am beginning daily 5 and was so unsure of my word work ideas. Thank you you are great. I will definitely check out any stores you have.
Angela
Learning with Mrs. Brinn says
Colorful boards!! They look great!
Arenia says
Everything is fantastic! I LOVE implementing fun learning into our school day…thanks for sharing all of your hard work with the rest of us. Not only to you get to share your passion and make our lives easier, you make our students' school day even more enjoyable with all of your great ideas!! I'm planning on using your alphabet play dough mats in my Spanish bilingual class by printing two 'n' mats and drawing in the tilde. 🙂
Will and KB's mom says
Thank you for sharing these great mats!!
Robin says
Thanks for the great ideas and the awesome mats!
Lindsay Michel says
I am practically in tears because I'm so excited I found your blog. I taught one year of 2nd grade and got laid off and now I have a job at a private Christian school teaching Kindergarten and you really are a saving grace! 🙂 I love the activity where they can write their site words in pencil, marker, crayon, highlighter.
Fran Kramer says
Crystal,
I miss you! Anyhow I just made a simple letter sorting packet for TK and Kindergarten that is perfect for the beginning of the year for those little ones who have never seen a letter in their life ( I had 11). It goes along with this post perfectly. My students also love the letter beads you can string on pipe cleaners to make words too. Have you seen those? Great post!
Fran@kindergartencrayons.blogspot.com
amaclin says
Thanks for the great freebie!
tiff says
Just what I was looking for…thanks for sharing! I am using your ideas this week to freshen up my Word Work Area!!!!