Sight Wordle - Simple Sight Word Center

Now that we've talked all about the Writing Center, let's move on over to one of my other favorites...the Sight Word Center.  Do you have a sight word center in your room?  I LOVE mine.  A special little center dedicated to nothing but sight words.  

This center is filled with TONS of options for the kids.  Playdoh & letter stamps, sight word rings & cards, games, sight word books....the list goes on.  I try not to keep out the same choices any longer than 2-3 weeks because, again, the novelty wears off.  I'll always bring back activities at different times of the year, but I like to change it up often to keep the kids engaged and excited.

Here's one of my favorite sight word center activities.  I shared this in Vegas during my "I Know it By Sight" presentation and thought you guys might want to check it out, too!  It's too simple not to try out!

The objective of this activity is to have your kids search for sight words.  I keep my Sight Wordles in a plastic sheet protector and have the kids use their Expo markers to highlight the words they find.

You can do this lots of different ways...

* have the kids search for words they KNOW {this would be great for a quick assessment!}

* have the kids search for SPECIFIC words {great for a review!!!}

*have the kids search for words with 2 letters, 3 letters, etc.

* have the kids search for words that rhyme with __________.

The list goes on....

This is one of my kids' most favorite sight word activities!  You can print off several at a time for more variety.  You can differentiate by lists.  The possibilities are endless!!!

When I taught 2nd grade, we used Wordles for EVERYTHING :)  

Never created one before?!  Here's a little breakdown....

Head to the homepage at WORDLE.NET. and click on the button that says CREATE.

Now you'll come to a screen prompting you to enter your words.  This is where you'll enter the list of words you want to appear in your Wordle.  Just because you type a word in more than once doesn't mean it will show up more than one time.  It will actually make the word LARGER.  SO, you might only want to type in each word once.  Then click "GO".

You'll be redirected to the next page where your Sight Wordle will show up and you'll probably notice that most of your words are missing.  WHAT?!?!?!?  

Don't panic.  Just click on the LANGUAGE tab and select the "DO NOT REMOVE COMMON WORDS" option.

Aha!!!  MUCH better :)

As you can see, the word "THE" is the biggest word on the page.  This is what I was talking about earlier.  I typed that word in several different times when creating my list, so that word appears bigger than the others....it won't show up more than once.  

You can play with the font, layout, and colors by playing around with the tabs.  SO many options!

And there ya have it!  A simple sight word center in just minutes!!!

 

Hopefully you'l be able to use this little idea in your classroom!!  Like I said, the possibilites are ENDLESS.  You could use this with any subject you teach or any skill you want to reinforce with your kids.  I love me a good Wordle ;)

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