Well, hello . . . on a Wednesday nonetheless! Not my normal bloggin’ pattern these days, but I am trying to stick with my New Year’s goal of blogging more often. Let’s be honest. I kinda fell off of the wagon for a bit in 2014 (whoops). Well, I’m a climbin’ back on I tell ya!
On that note, I wanted to introduce you to a wonderful teacher who just started blogging and selling on TPT. She’s a fellow NorCal gal who is finding her Blogger stride. I have known Brittany Jones for years as her dad was my high school class advisor . . . small world, huh?? Well, I can’t tell you enough nice things about Miss Brittany. She has an infectious personality, an upbeat attitude that lights up any room, and an amazing passion for teaching that absolutely oozes out of her. Britt is definitely one to keep an eye on.
With out further ado, I bring you an introductory post from Brittany at A Kindergarten Love Story!
be a guest blogger on my sweet friend Kelley’s blog. I want to share with you a
little “get to know me” information before I dive right in and share with
y’all my three absolute favorite ways to reinforce sight words.
and I absolutely love it! Seeing the change and progress from the first day of
kindergarten to the last day is probably one of my favorite things about my
job.
teach. I have found that repetition, constant use, and manipulation of the
words is the best way to ensure that they really stick. Here are three fun and
different ways that I teach sight words.
magnifying glasses, the kids search on their worksheet for sight words that are
hidden all over the page. The words are extremely tiny and they can only be
seen with a magnifying glass. When they find a sight word, I let them use a
highlighter to circle it. Then I have them record all the words they find on
their sheet (a kindergarten common core standard). This is a quick,
fun, and easy to prep station that will be sure and delight your kiddos.
station to use during my language arts rotations. I copy the worksheet onto
cardstock and use a white color crayon I write a sight word in the middle.
The kiddos then have to use their watercolors and paint over the blank space to
reveal a hidden sight word. After they are done, they write a sentence
using that sight word. They love it because they don’t know which word they are
going to get, and they get to use watercolors, which is always a big hit in our
classroom.
no prep and gets the kiddos up and moving and grooving. All I do is take pieces
of scratch paper and put one piece on every desk. Then I give each of my
little guys a marker. The rules are simple. When the salsa music is on, they
dance and shimmy across the classroom. When the music stops, they freeze, read
the sight word aloud that I am holding up for them to see and then quickly go
to a desk where there is a piece of paper and write down that sight word as
many times as they can until the music starts playing again. It is absolutely
hilarious to watch because a lot of them get really into the dancing part and
sometimes don’t even realize the music has stopped. We keep playing and dancing
until I have gone through all of our sight words.
given you some fun and new ideas on how to teach and reinforce sight words in your
classroom. If you want more tips, pop on over to Kindergarten Love Story for a visit.
Where in NorCal are you? I'm in Santa Rosa! 🙂
We are both in Red Bluff. It's a speck of a town, but it's home. Love meeting other NorCal gals . . . thanks for saying hello!
I'm following your friend! Cute blog!
-Lisa
Grade 4 Buzz
Right on . . . Thanks Lisa 🙂 Merry Thursday to you!!
I teach first grade and love the Sight Word Salsa idea. I think I'll try it tomorrow. I think my kiddos will love it and it will help them get out some of their after Christmas energy! 🙂 Or is it the cooped-up in the classroom energy because of negative 12 windchills?
Another NorCal girl, I love it! We'll have to have her join in our next meet-up.
Cheers,
Renee
Fantastic First Grade Froggies