Hello Monday! I am exhausted from my fabulous birthday weekend!!! I am so blessed to have such amazing family and friends to surround me on my special day! Thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes! You all make a guy feel so special!
Here’s my story today….We are learning about apples. We were labeling the parts of an apple. We were discussing the inside of the apple and we were learning that it was the “flesh” of the apple. We talked about the flesh and I asked what the white stuff inside of the apple was called and my friend answered: “it’s the sh**!” PEOPLE! It was totally unintentional that he said it…but wow, I laughed hysterically. Seriously…I love kindergarten!
Last week, I shared about my literacy block kick off routine. Today I want to share our sight word routine. This is new for us this year and I was a little hesitant at first. But after the first week, I was sold. I am so impressed at how well the ‘staches are reading sight words already!
The whole premise of this routine is that the students get approximately 60 exposures to each sight word throughout the week! That’s right…60 exposures!
Day 1-
We introduce the word. I read the word, they echo. Repeat 2-3 times depending on the word.
Spell the word. Students repeat.
If possible, segment the word.
I use the word in a sentence. Class repeats the sentence. Repeat with 2-3 sentences.
Students use the word in a sentence.
Day 2-3-
Review the word.
Use the word in a sentence. Class repeats
Students use the words in a sentence.
Day 4-
Sight Word Grid
We create a grid of the words for the week. I have created a 4×4 grid and type the words in random order. I project the grid and we read the words. I then point to a word and one ‘stache reads the word and uses it in a sentence.
After we’ve reviewed words, the ‘staches go to their seats and I give them a mini version of the grid. We color the words according to a color code. The code is just whatever you want it to be. For example, if the words for the week are: to, the, in, blue, we would color all of the’s yellow, to’s red, in’s green and blue’s blue. The ‘staches take this grid home to practice the words.
Day 5-Graphing
I cut apart 2 or 3 copies of the large grid and place the words in a bag and shake! People, I shake my hips! Shake shake. Each ‘stache draws a word and reads the word. Then they glue the word on the graph!
It seems to be a lot and it is, but it goes quickly. I incorporate this into my literacy routine each day.
I have seen a marked improvement in our sight word skills compared to my previous years of teaching. I am excited to see how well our assessments go next week!
Our Sight Word 60 Creation has all the detailed instrucstion for each day compiled in one place for you, plus templates, word cards, parent letter, games/activites and more! It’s available on TPT & in the TKS Store.
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13 comments
Love your routine! Thanks for sharing!
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Can you tell me what device you are holding on your sight word video that displays the word?
An iPad
Love your routine! Teachers like you make first grade teachers SUPER happy!
Love it!! I may try this with letters now and sight words second semester with my pre-kers!
Love your sight word routine. I actually started using it this week, and I have seen an improvement already. One question I have though, is how many words do you introduce a week? Do you intro one new word, and then review three words for the other words, or do you introduce 4 new words a week? Please let me know thanks! higgystyx@yahoo.com
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Do you just have 1 word a week or multiple words?
We do 4-5 words per week. We follow my Sight Word 60 Routine. Here are the blog posts about Sight Word 60: http://thekindergartensmorgasboard.com/?s=sight+word+60
Hi Greg!
This will be our 4th week doing SW 60! We love it! I thought I read somewhere that week 4 is a review weeek, correct? Is there a post? Just needing ideas for reviewing!!
My district requires our kindergarten students master 100 words. We are on a 4 week schedule. 3 weeks of new words (4 words each week). Week 4 is review of the 12 words (and all of the words we’ve learned).
Do you have a list of the order of sight words for each week? I did not see it in the different posts. thanks
Yes, they are in my lesson plans that you can find in the Resource Center right here on the website!