Word Work Activities

I introduced our word work activities today! We rotated through them like centers because I think that before they can use manipulatives for "educational purposes"  kids need a chance to play with them. Some of the centers allow for more play then others, but I did not have a specific skill or concept they had to focus on.

 Students used their week one word list from our spelling program and scrabble tiles to practice the words. They also made their names and other words they knew.

Students used wiki stix to make words, stick men, flowers, etc.

Similar to the other two stations, the used the foam letters to build words and made up a song when they found a sticky J in the mix! haha

Students used letter stamps to stamp words, their names, and a butterfly that they found in there for some reason....

I bought this game, BRAND NEW from a garage sale this summer for $5! It has word cubes inside with word chunks, blends, and individual letters. Students are encouraged to make words, but some of the weaker readers and writers decided to put the blocks together randomly. We will revisit this one, and use it during small group instruction.

The last station was Spellmaster. Its an older game where students choose a card with pictures on them, they find the letters to write the word that goes along with the picture. So if there is a picture of a cake the have to spell cake.

Most of these stations will be Word Work choices as we launch our full fledged Daily 5 in October!