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Hey there! I have officially reached that time of year where I am super busy testing students! This is the time of year where I tend to get a bit overwhelmed especially keeping my students busy with meaningful and engaging activities. I wanted to share with you an activity that I have my students work on at my writing center during testing. It is Sight Word Rainbow Writing , but with a twist! They not only rainbow write sight words, but they also practice writing the sight words on a rainbow using the different colors of the rainbow! It has been a huge hit and very effective! I promise it is much easier and much more fun than it sounds! The best part of all is that you get to choose the sight word you want your students to work on.  This activity is completely  EDITABLE  and allows you to type the sight word of your choice right into the worksheet before you print! Here is how the activity works: First, students rainbow write the sight word using crayons. Then, they write...

I can't believe I have my Spring Centers going in my classroom!! These are the second to last set of centers my students will be doing for the year! Time is flying by!! I wanted to share with you all some of my Spring Centers. There are 17 Literacy Centers and 21 Math Centers included in my Spring Centers Pack . Here is a peek at some of the centers included: Digraphs on a Log Students will sort pictures on frogs to the correct digraph on the log. It's Raining Sight Words Students get to read the sight word on the cloud and build the sight word with raindrops underneath the cloud. (editable) Ants Are Marching With CVC Words In this center, students will different build CVC words. Beginning and Ending Sounds Students will add the beginning and ending sound letters to the string on the kite to make the CVC word.  A Nest of Middle Vowels Students will match the picture on the nest to the bird with the correct middle short vowel letter.  Watering Words In this center, students wi...

Hi everyone! I hope the beginning of spring has been enjoyable and that you all had a wonderful and relaxing spring break! I am so excited to share with you something that I have been working on over the past few months... Sight Words Reading, Writing, and Sentence Scrambles!  I am always trying to find new ideas to help my students learn sight words and at this point of the school year I am really trying to find new hands-on activities that incorporate sight words into short sentences. These Sight Words Reading, Writing, and Sentence Scrambles have 50 different sight words included. T here are 2 books for each sight word. There is a mini book and a large book. The large book can be used as a book or individual pages. Both books have the same sentences, but different formats for you to choose the one that works best for you. You can also use both books of course! I find myself using both books and you will read more on how I do that below.  Each book has a focus sight wo...