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Sight words, sight words, sight words! This is something that we all work so hard on with our students. I truly feel sight words is one of the best uses of time we spend helping children learn how to read. I recently learned that sight words account for 75% of the words used in beginning children's printed material! The benefits of teaching sight words and students learning sight words are amazing. - Promotes confidence - Helps promote reading comprehension. - Allow students to take on the more challenging words. - Provides clues to the meaning of the text. - Enhances ESL instruction - Build upon each other and a foundation for reading more complex words. We go over our sight words so much that I swear I dream about sight words some nights! I hope my students do too! There are so many different ways to go about teaching sight words. The ideas are endless! I am always trying new ways to get those sight words to stick!! I wanted to do some activities with my students that i ncluded d...

I can't believe Halloween is already here?!?! If your class is anything like mine, they have been reminding you about Halloween since the beginning of September!! The anticipation for our Friday celebration is HUGE and we are so close to getting a much deserved and SUPER FUN day!!! There are so many incredibly wonderful and fun Halloween activities to do! Where do you even begin?!? I wanted to share with you some activities that I like to do with my students and the best part is that they are ALL for FREE!!!! If you have not had a chance to get some ideas and activities together, I hope this can help you out! #1 Favorite Candy Corn Students will get to taste different kinds of candy corn: regular, pumpkin, Indian, and caramel. They will choose which kind of candy corn was their favorite and make a large class graph.     Then they will record the data. Next, students will get to make an adorable craft of their favorite kind of candy corn using paint and Q-tips. After they make ...