Hint! Think about how you could use these same techniques for teaching letters, numbers, vocabulary, and other skills that children have to master.
Spotlight on Reading (Vickie Spencer)
Use this idea to line up and learn. Turn the lights off and then pass a flashlight to one child. That child shines the flashlight on a word and reads it. She then passes the flashlight to another friend. Children continue reading a word and passing the flashlight to a friend until all have read a word and lined up.
Sight Word Selfie! (Myca Lopez)
Children walk around the room and take selfies with sight words they can read.
*Have them do this at home using their parent's camera. Parents send these to school and the class can read over them on the interactive white board.
Time Out Words
Make a chart with “Time Out Words.” Those are words that don’t obey rules like “are, the, one, etc.”
*I've also heard these referred to as "Outlaw Words" because they don't obey the laws.
Word Wall Ball (Lynn Urban)
Students earn a bead for each word wall word they learn and string it on a necklace. Once all word wall words have been learned, they earn a star bead. In the spring celebrate with a BALL! Students wear nice clothes and their word bead necklaces. Serve refreshments, and dance!
