No Prep Spring and Freebie

At this time of the year, we continue to work on beginning sounds and word families.  

These no prep sheets don't require any motor skills. 

If your student can't colour, use bingo dabbers to mark the correct answers. 

 We made our word family puzzles into a little book.

First we cut them up.

Then we put them back together in a little book.

You can get a sample of this package by clicking on the picture above.  Once you are on my TpT page, click on the preview button to get the sample for free. 

Spring No Prep Word Work

During my guided reading groups, my high group was ready to start working on word families.  I made up these sheets to practice some of the skills they learned.  I made two different versions to differentiate it for my students.  One version has blanks and the other has the words.  

I also made word family puzzles.  We practiced with the colour versions and then the children had to cut apart and put back together the pictures in a little book.

My middle group is working on beginning sounds.  We used real objects to practice and then worked with pictures.

 You can find all the sheets above in my Spring Word Work pack below.  It's on sale for 1/2 price until Tuesday.

Daily 5 Chapter 6 and Freebies

1. Experimenting with words for learning and practicing a spelling pattern (brainstorm a list of ways you can do this)

I start my literacy instruction by using a program on the computer called Balanced Literacy by Intellitools.  It has a little song for each letter and for each word family.  The kids love it.  They're the type of songs that you end up singing in your sleep.  At the beginning of the school year, I try and quickly test their letter knowledge everyday.  Here is the link to my assessment pack  (it's free).

2. Memorize 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?

This is the book that I use to introduce sight words.  Each week we do one list of words.  At the beginning of the year it might take longer than one week for each list but as the year goes on, it often only them a day or two to pick them up.  I also send home the weekly words on a ring for the children to practice at home.

3. Generalize spelling patterns (brainstorm a list of ways you can do this).

For this I use my Balanced Literacy program above.  Once we get to a specific word family I compliment it by doing many hands-on activities.



Once I start introducing sight words I like to assess the children as often as I can (hopefullly everyday).  Here are the forms that I use.  You can grab them free by clicking on the picture.

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