Creative Ways to Teach Sight Words in Kindergarten and First Grade

Teaching sight words in kindergarten and first grade doesn’t have to be boring! In fact, it can be fun, engaging, and meaningful with just a few creative strategies. Since sight word recognition is a key building block for early reading success, it’s important to provide a variety of ways for students to practice these high-frequency […]

Spring Break Packets For Elementary

We all know how important it is for our students to get a break from school. To relax and take their mind off of it and just enjoy being kids. Spring break is a great time to do this!  As important as the downtime is, it wouldn’t hurt for students to also get a little […]

Digital Sight Word Puzzles for Practice

We know how important sight words are in those early grades. They are crucial to developing reading fluency and expanding reading comprehension. It’s also a nice little confidence boost for beginning readers when they come across words they know!  To do this, we generally work on them in class and hand out our sight word […]

Beginner Sight Words | DRESS or T-Shirt Idea

Wearable Sight Words? Why not! Sight word and shape templates can easily be used to create your own sight word dress or t-shirt. Buy a white dress or t-shirt.  I found mine at Amazon. Use the templates to plan how you want your dress to look. Place the templates under the dress or shirt to […]