Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Words on the Bus

I am ALWAYS trying to think of ways to help my kiddos learn sight words. They try so hard when they come to them to "use" their strategies like "Eagle Eye"ing the picture, "Stretchy Snake"ing the sounds out, and "Lips the Fish"ing to get their mouth ready but for many of those words they just have to remember them. Here is yet one more way to learn them AND they will have fun singing too!

I copy the pages on tag and laminate them and the words. I put Velcro on the bus and the matching Velcro piece on the word card. I keep all of the 2 letter word buses in one bag, the 3 letter word buses in another bag and so on. As we introduce our word wall words for the week, we add and practice singing our new words on the buses.

Here are the 2 letter word buses. I started making this file and it is already over 100 slides and I haven't even finished all of the 4 letter words we will learn this year. Plus, I am slightly ADD when it comes to making things and I usually have about 4 different projects I am working on at one time!


Please let me know if you have any questions. I would also LOVE a heart note letting me know if you want me to share the other buses with you when I finish. Or maybe leave me a heart note and share what is THE BEST activity you do to help with sight words.


11 heart notes:

Yvonnee said...

I LOVE this. What a great idea. Please share the rest. :) Thanks so much.

Constance said...

Cute idea!! Please share the rest when you've finished. Thanks!!!

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Anonymous said...

I just discovered your blog and absolutely love your activities. What a creative idea (Words on the bus) for learning/reviewing site words. Would love if you would share the rest! Thanks for all your great ideas and shares. Lynn

Pam said...

I love this and hope you will share the rest! Thank you for sharing your cute idea!

Megan said...

I would love to have the rest of the buses! Thank you so much for sharing your work.

Lori said...

These are great! I would love to see the rest! Thank you for sharing this great idea! I just found your blog and it is a new favorite!
Lori

Anonymous said...

This is such a great idea, thanks for sharing! I can't wait to use them with my students.
Carla

Donna said...

What a great idea. I can't wait to use them with my students!! I teach grade 2, but I have a large number of students who are struggling with remembering their sight words. Thaks again!!

Anonymous said...

These buses are adorable and such a great idea! Please share the others when you finish them. Your ideas are so inspiring!

Unknown said...

These are great!! Did you ever make the rest of the buses? Thanks for sharing!!