Word Wall!

I am SO excited about this:

Last year, I sorted my sight words into sets of 10 based on the order of introduction.  Each child started out with 10 red words  {you could really start with whatever color you want, it was just easier for me to do it in rainbow order!} when they learned those words, they got the next set of 10 and added them to their word ring at home and at school.  I decided that I wanted my word wall to correspond with the colors of the cards…so for the past several weeks, I have been working on this pack. But, here’s the BEST part….you can add your own words too! AND you don’t have to handwrite them OR print out labels!  You can type directly onto the PDF and print them out yourself.  Yay!!

The kids loved adding the new cards to their word rings, and it really helped me know who knew what words.  A quick glance at their sight word rings showed me how many words they knew.  I assessed them every week (I promise it only takes a few minutes!) so each child was learning the words at his or her own pace. 

This year, I am going to kick it up a notch and give them another visual incentive – in the form of an ice cream cone!

At the end of the year we will have an ice cream party to celebrate all of their hard work of learning their sight words! HOW FUN?!!

I also included in this pack a few different alphabet cards for your word wall.  I think it’s super important (especially in K) to have a picture cue for each letter as well as a properly formed letter.  I LOVE my fancy fonts, but for our littlest kiddos, they need to be simple – especially for the word wall.  

If you are interested, you can check it out {here!}