Sight Word Stations: I am so excited to be showing off my newest FAVORITE time of day… watch out Center Time… you have been replaced! Let’s talk about Sight Word Stations and let you see Sight Word Stations in Action!
I am head over heels, absolutely in love, and completely committed to SIGHT WORD STATIONS!
Sight Word Stations
My kids are FINALLY interacting with sight words the way they NEED to be, the way they learn, the way they apply reading.
And the best part is, this pack gives me minimal prep time! And please know, I couldn’t even use all the stations from each week even if I wanted to. Each week has 14 stations, I used 7 this week! I am giving you too much… but in a good way.
I like having too many options so I can change out my stations for the needs of my student, incorporate sight words in other areas of my classroom like morning work or daily 5, or to keep interest. If I am tired of prepping and seeing an activity… I bet my kids are tired of DOING that activity!}
Here is How We Do Sight Word Stations:
I start off the week by going over the new sight words with my class on calendar. We say the words and talk about them. Next, we find little words, word families, or silent letters. Then, we talk about whether we can sound it out or not. Additionally, we use it in a sentence. We practice spelling it out.
THEN we have fun… We go to our self-selected stations. All my centers, stations, and choices are self-selected, but you can designate where to send students if you choose.
Here is Read, Build, Write
Students read the word on the left. They cut out the letters at the bottom and glue them to the middle column to make the words, then they write the words in the last column. This is a harder station, but it is also awesome for those smarter kids and for working with words during Daily 5 or Guided Reading.
And Rainbow Words ~ Watercolors
Students use watercolors to make the words. I ask them to say the letters as they paint them and read the word at the end.
Build a Word~ Dry Erase Marker
You could easily be letter tiles, beads, or other manipulatives,
Flip and Write
You are supposed to flip the circles and WRITE these words in the box, not color the box…
But you can play it this way as well if you need differentiation.
Here is Roll the Word
This is a whole table game. There are two die options. I include a pre-made die and these types of inserts. Students roll the die and read the word. The table mates can help. Then, they write that word on the graph. They can use pencils or crayons. The first word to the top WINS.
Here is a sensory table with the table tent showing.
I know you are going to ask what these boards are… they are pretty cool! You can check them out here!
Here is the travel pack that I am using here and here is the large mat here. {I got mine at Walmart for a cheaper price though!}
Here is the Magnet Word Station.
Students use magnets to build the words. We work at these stations for 10-20 minutes at least 3 times a week, sometimes 4. This gives my kids a chance to go to at least 3-4 stations a week minimum. Is each student doing each activity perfectly? Nope! Are they doing them independently? Absolutely.
And I am listening for them to be working with the words. After all, that is the goal, not making the graph perfect.
I love hearing them working at their tables and asking another student for help with a word when they need it. I love hearing them spell out each word as they write it or build it. I LOVE hearing them laugh and giggle when they go to a station they are so excited about.
Lastly, when I assessed my kids on sight words, almost all of my kids knew the words we are working on! Honestly, we are never going to get 100% from all our students, but every kid in my class learned at least 1 new word, many of them learned 3-5, and more than half learned all 6!
How can You get Sight Word Stations?
I broke all the bundles down into weekly stations
and I bundled the stations in one place and discounted them.
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~1
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~2
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~3
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~4
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~5
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~6
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~7
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~8
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~Bundled
and I bundled the stations in one place and discounted them.
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~1
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~2
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~3
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~4
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~5
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~6
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~7
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~8
Sight Word Stations PrePrimer~Bundled
You can choose which works best for you!
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Sight Word Games & Stations 10 Words (at a time) Editable Edition$15.00
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Sight Word Games & Stations BIG WORDS Editable Edition$15.00
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Sight Word Games & Stations {The Complete Dolch Bundle}Product on sale$135.20
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Sight Word Games & Stations {3rd Grade~Bundled}Product on sale$28.00
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Sight Word Games & Stations {2nd Grade~Bundled}Product on sale$32.00
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Sight Word Games & Stations {First Grade~Bundled}Product on sale$25.00
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Sight Word Games & Stations {Primer~Bundled}Product on sale$36.00
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Sight Word Games & Stations {PrePrimer~Bundled}Product on sale$25.00
I love that the sight word stations are interactive and have variety! lmarshall1389@gmail.com
My kinders are required to master 125 sight words. Needless to say, I am all about anything that will help accomplish that lofty goal! Your pack looks great; I hope I win it!
Tonya
teachertonyak@hotmail.com
I love the variety of activities, the independence these activities foster, and the easy setup. Wow what a difference this will make with learning sight words!
Tell me more about those boards please!
These are great. I know my kiddos would live them. These centers well definitely help them learn their sight words!
I LOVE the Rainbow Words! We NEVER get to do anything creative any more! My kiddoes need to learn 100 words by the end of Kinder, not including colors and number words. These centers are FANTASTIC!
Wow! I have been searching for something like this! Wow!
I'm always looking for new ways to practice our sight words.
I really like your rainbow words. I have never thought about using water painting the words.
I love how all of these activities are so hands on and interactive. Love them!!!!
Julie
I love these!! awesome job
My kinders would LOVE this. I love that you focus on independence, it's so important for the little learners. 🙂
Love them all….they are appropriate and inviting to kids!
All the activities look great! Would love to have this for my students. Thanks
OMG I need these!! love it
These are great ideas! Thank you for sharing!
I love that these stations are NOT seasonal! I'm always looking for meaningful centers for my students to use repeatedly.
I love that these activities are all engaging! Would love to win this, thank you!!! 🙂
lorepuckett at gmail dot com
I love that these activities are all engaging! Would love to win this, thank you!!! 🙂
lorepuckett at gmail dot com
I love your new creative ideas. How awesome to use watercolors. FUN!
kindergartenloves@gmail.com
These are awesome !! I have in my wishlist, but I'd love to win set 1!!!
Thanks so much
Connie (iteachkfl@yahoo.com
These look fun!
What an amazing pack! You really know what works to get your students engaged and excited!
Great ideas, easy to do and prepare! Thank you for your creativity:) kjo779@yahoo.com
I love how easy these are to prep! Thank you!
Mgnreynolds @ yahoo.com
I have been looking for different ideas to work on sight words! These would be amazing. Thanks for all your work…
I love having little prep and all the words my little kinders are supposed to master. Love it! joosterhse@mac.com
Oh my goodness! I love these activities! This would fit perfectly into my morning work routine! Thank you so much!
Deldreqka Scott
deldreqka.scott@gmail.com
I love how the students learn independent for their learning 🙂
All of this centers look great! I love that there is little prep too! I'd love to win! 🙂 rgooch@k12tn.net
I love these ideas ~ especially using the watercolors and the sheets you've created to make switching these out extra-easy for us. Thanks!
Great way to practice sight words!
these sight word centers would really delight my students. .Awesome work!!!
with 100 words to learn in kinder. I love the routine of these activities.
These look awesome and I love that they only take a few minutes to complete. I sure hope I win, as this is my first year in kindergarten and I only get my kids for half a day I really need something for them to do independently. Thanks!!!
So very practical and so very fun too! I would love to have this!
This is a great idea.
These are great! Did you buy your magnetic letters in that storage box or did you find one separately?
I got them together at really good stuff!
Thank you!
I love that these centers all work on sight words in different, exciting ways. This will help the students continue to learn without getting bored. 🙂
I love the easy prep! Thanks for doing the hard part!
These are fantastic! I love that they are all engaging and allow the kids to interact with the words in different ways.
-Andrea
alwayskindergarten@gmail.com
Wow! I love the variety of ways that you've included. This looks like a wonderful unit!
And you are only seeing half the stations! Haha
The stations look like a lot of fun and I have all the materials to set them up. Except for the pack, so I hope I can win!!
Kathy
imakteechur@gmail.com
I have been struggling to find fun, engaging and meaningful ways to help my students learn sight words! They are so tired of doing the same thing so this would be the answer to my worries!! I love this set!
This stations look great! My kinders will love them. I am new to kinder after teaching first grade for 10 years
THank you!
I love that the kids love them! tfrteach@aol.com
Oh my word, this is amazing!!!!! My kids love doing station work and this would be fabulous to have! I would love to win this! Thank you for all your hard work in creating meaningful activities for kids across the country! 🙂
I have these on my TPT wishlist! I like that they are easily used independently! mrsjprince(@)gmail(.)com
It would be awesome to win this!!! Thanks for the opportunity, my kiddos would love it.
iamericalee@gmail.com
Thank you for giving us a chance to win this great product!! hpangonas@gmail.com
My Kinders really need more sight word practice! I have been searching for something fun! This is awesome! I'd love to win it.
Regards,
Barbara
Thanks for the opportunity. I love the magnetic letters activities.
yvonneeyrg@gmail.com
absolutely genius!!
jill.ence@gmail.com
I LOVE< LOVE< LOVE it ALL!!!!!
This is wonderful !
This looks amazing! My kinders would love it!
Wow! This looks fantastic to use with my low 1st graders….did you do any for the primer and up?
Coming soon!!! Promise
This would be fantastic with my kinder and 1st grade RTI groups…we work on sight words ALL the time!!!
I would have to say that I really like the activities. I really do. But what I think I love is the ease of preparation. Thank you so much!
These are amazing! I would love to win the bundled pack 🙂
Everything is so organized. This would be great for my autism classroom. I am always in need of different ways to practice concepts.
These are great!! I am very excited to try this out. Thank you!!
I am the kindergarten Title I teacher at our school, working with the kiddos who struggle to read sight words as well as other reading readiness skills. I do a lot of different activities for the sight words, and they can't remember the words and/or get them mixed up. I find the students can work independently on the words, but if you aren't there with them saying the words, they won't learn what the word is. For example, they can make the words with magnet letters and write the words neatly, but they don't know what the words are. Last week I had them unscramble letters to make their sight words, and they could do that since they recognized the words, but several students were unable to read the words to me. With my time constraints, I'm lucky if I get to sight words. I do flashcards everyday as a review of them. Any suggestions on how to get the words to "stick"?
Free choice is key! I allow them to chose where they want to go. If they are working with the words, I am good with that. My girls love to water color but my boys like to flip and write. If they choose their area they are more invested. And you have a variety of activities it helps!
These are wonderful!! Any chance you would make a blank copy of each activity so we could add our own words? I have certain words I have to teach each week!! I love the activities and how they are independent for the students to do. Great job!!
April
Wolfelicious..blogspot.com
This pack is detailed in so many ways that there is no way to make it editable or such. But you can mix and match week to week if needed.
These sound like great activities to help my students practice and hopefully master their sight words.
Such great ideas! Love the watercolor paints!
You've shown a good variety of activities to help practice the sight words. Looks great!
These are great ideas for reinforcing sight words! I like the Doodle Magic Mats, and my kids would love these. Thanks for your ideas:)
Wow! These are great activities to use for learning sight words. I can't wait to try the first pack!
Thanks again for sharing wonderful ideas!
Maryann
brennemm@carlisleschools.org
I have the students do several sight word centers every week – these would be great for them! ashleykatep@gmail.com
Finding time to put it together is the KEY! Thanks for this awesome packet!
Time is def the key! I don't have time to do it all myself!
I looooove how many choices you have included in this pack!! 🙂
Breanne
breannesimons@gmail.com
These would be awesome to use! My kiddos LOVE center time, but I want & need it to be meaningful & not just busy work types of things. Thanks for the great ideas!
I love these. I always have trouble coming up with stations to do withsight words.We lack a curriculum, so I usually buy sets. Do you also do literacy and math stations? How long do you have?
Thank you for sharing these wonderful ideas! Very useful!
Thanks for the awesome activities and for sharing your work!
I love the versatility and the great many ways for students to practice these words! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this… would really be thrilled to win!! Otherwise, payday I will be making a purchase!! Thank you for the great ideas and sharing them with us!!!
This packet looks great! I am always looking for ways to practice sight words.
Jonelle
I love the sight word centers!!! I am hoping to begin working on them after vacation. You have some awesome ideas that seem to work great with the Kinders. Thanks for sharing. I would love to win them since I am a first year teacher and have spent all my money on class books for their use. Thanks again!! <3
I love these ideas!!! I need to get some small group literacy centers going and these are perfect. Thanks!
These are great. They are going to be in my basket. Thanks for sharing the ideas
I love that you can use these centers at any time. They would be great for centers or for guided reading groups and would be fantastic for intervention groups!
So many great ideas! I especially love the watercolor idea!
I love that these don't need a lot of prep and that there is variety to mix it up. I also like that it is for 10 min. Great ideas.
I LOVE that these stations are mostly tactile and stray from the ol' "worksheet" that all of us hate to see on our walkthroughs/evals. Great variety of choices for students!
I love that these are fun yet educational!
Where's the differentiation???? That's what we always hear …. You've got it spot on! Love all the activities but really love the rainbow write with watercolors Why have I never thought of that? Kids love to paint and it keeps them quiet and focused. Great job on another product that teachers and can use and save prep time with. Would love to win~kimchaiken@gmail.com
These are amazing! I was struggling with the very same thing and you have come up with the answer.
Awesome ideas! I have GOT to get those dice with inserts!
Catherine @ First Grade Top Dogs
What a great packet and giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win…dskindy@gmail.com
What a great way to work on sight words! I am crossing my fingers! campbella@scsk12.org
I love your ideas. This pack would be awesome.
I love the variety of hands-on activities to practice sight words! I can imagine this would be very fun and engaging for students!
Great ideas! My students are going to love these!
What a great variety! I love them all! They would be great for my ELL kiddos!!
This looks amazing, my students would love it!
These activities are so "active" for little ones! I never thought of painting the words:-) Thanks for the chance to win!
These activities are so wonderful. I'm in such a need for sightword activities to get the kids engaged and active.
Love your sight word stations! This would be perfect for my struggling first graders! Would love to win!
lhuhne@optonline.net
This is just what my kiddos need–thanks for the contest!
Love this!!!! My class will look forward to these stations rather than thinking sight word are boring!!!
These stations look great! Makes that rote memorization so much more engaging 🙂
Such great ideas! Thanks 🙂
These activities are great because we all want them actively learning , not just occupied. 😀
These are wonderful stations! Thanks for taking the time to make.
I love the differentiation. vhair61215@gmail.com
I love these bundles.. they would definitely help my struggling students! Thank you! gmpeluso@gmail.com
This looks great! Love that is already done!!
My kinders are really struggling with sight words this year and I love the variety of activities that you have.
Already done centers and we just have to add the words…….FABULOUS!
Thank you so much!
I love the variety of activities!! They look great!!!
So many fun ideas! I love the painting! I also love how you show which words are in which groups
What fantastic ideas! Thanks for the pictures. My kids will love the watercolors. Glad I found this post.
Great grouping of activities!
I love the water color writing.
Need to add some variety to my word work station!
Wow! This looks fantastic. I think the kiddos will really love the watercolours! Thanks!
I love how engaging these activities are. They are sure to keep my students on task! Lindsey4314@yahoo.com
I love how the children can be so independent at these stations! They also look like a lot of fun!
This looks wonderful! I was wondering where you got the magnetic letters. What a way for them to have a fun learning experience! Love it!
Engaging children to learn is always fun to see! Great job on your stations 🙂
So many different great activities to keep the students independently actively engaged
This would be a great resource to have as a first year teacher. I would love to win this! I love all of the engaging activities. I am really struggling to get a few kids to learn their sight words, and these activities would definitely help me.
asemelsberger@yahoo.com (forgot my email) 🙂
I love your sight word centers. They are creative, fun, and easy to prepare!!! I have been so boring compared to you…..this would bring excitement to my sight word center 🙂
I love these! So much fun and I can tell that the students love doing them!
nbrimley@graniteschools.org
Hi mary! So sad I do not have face book 🙁 but I have a pintrest and twitter account, would you consider adding those to your raffle next time? Thanks for all you share!!!! Wonderful stuff 🙂
Ironically I am not on twitter. Good thing we can all leave a comment to enter… But I will try to remember Pinterest next time.
You have so many great ideas to make sight work activities fun!
Love these stations! They would be perfect for my wide variety of learners!
Stephanie Marr
smarr31@gmail.com
My students would love these, they would be working away and think they were just having fun!
My students would love these. Thanks.
These look AWESOME!! My kinders love doing all of the independent activities! Thank you for the chance to win! Fingers crossed!!!
This is my first time visiting your blog and I absolutely love it!! Love all your ideas! I am student teaching this semester and the sight word stations would be really helpful to some of my kinders that are struggling! Thanks for the opportunity 🙂
I just love these sight word station ideas!