1st grade word work centers

Do you reinvent the wheel every single week when it comes to centers, word work, stations.....whatever you happen to call them? Yeah, me too! I know better, I swear I do but it just never fails. I am here today to tell you that there IS A BETTER WAY! Let me begin by saying I am a big fan of Daily 5. I run my room about as closely to the Daily 5 model as possible but this is one area I just never could give in on. The sisters suggest having out materials for students to build words, write…

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Word work in kindergarten, first grade, or even 2nd can be easy with these Daily 5 activities. Students use a variety of materials to work with words. Whether you are using this for centers, a hands on option for stations, or just some easy games to play with words during the day these ideas are a big hit! Organization is simple, there are NO COPIES to make, and your students will become better readers in no time. #kindergartenclassroom #wordwork #centers

Learning sight words is easy with this daily sight word routine. Perfect for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade, this weekly sight word routine during your morning work centers or word work centers. These free printable sheets will make learning sight words fun!

Simple ideas for Daily 5 Word Work. Perfect for my 1st graders!

In this post, I'm going to share TWENTY word work ideas for sight word practice in your classroom. Before I begin the fun, I want to quickly explain how my

Use these science of reading based word work options in your word work station during your classroom literacy center time for your kindergarteners or first graders.

Word work is my FAVORITE literacy center. I love including a variety of activities. Here are 10 ideas for word work in the classroom,

This free Kindergarten sentence building and writing center is perfect for practice with making simple sentences for beginning writers!