Two-Fer Tuesday: Steal Deals

Welcome to my first Two-Fer Tuesday Steal Deals! 

Since this is my first steal deal of the summer, I will keep it close to home and give an steal deal to my fellow teachers in my district! 

In my district, we have our own sight words we teach, which is a mixture of Dolch words and our curriculum adoption. In order to effectively teach sight words, students need to have access to the words at all times and they must be taught daily. Most sight words can't be sounded out phonetically, therefore it takes much practice for students to master. 

The products up for sale today are word wall cards specially designed for teachers within my district, but I also have Fry's first 100 word wall cards in my store as well.   

This is a picture of my word wall in my new, but old, classroom (tell you that story later). I placed it over my lockers this year, so I could use my huge bulletin board to hang anchor charts my kiddos and I create! Right now, those are all the words my future students should know coming into first grade. The previous teacher in the room, was gracious enough to share her kinder words. 

If you looking to spruce up your word wall...keep reading, you will love the deal that is to come!

The most important part of teaching sight words, is assessing your students and most all keeping track of it! Below is my new and improved "Sight Word Binder." In the binder, I keep all my students assessments sheets. Each student gets their own packet for the entire year. I've also copied a class set of each six weeks take home list and stored in protector sheets (pictured on the right side of the binder). The take home list states the students' score and the words that need to be practiced will be highlighted.

Not only will my students be able to clearly see the word wall and I will be super organized during assessment time, but they will have a fun way to practice their sight words at the Sight Word Cafe! 

The sight word cafe will first be taught and played at my guided reading table only on Friday's. It will be the special treat for reading and working hard all week long. Once students are able to role play correctly, I will allow this center as a choice during Fun Friday. This year, I am looking for a balance within my Fun Friday time...half educational (but fun) and the other half just plain fun (a kid being a kid). 

STEAL DEAL: Buy the Word Wall Cards & The Assessment Sheets and get the Sight Word Cafe Center for the 1st and 2nd Six weeks of school for FREE! Click the picture for the STEAL DEAL!

Kindergarten

First Grade