Word Work - Sight Word Practice - High Frequency Words - Spelling Centers

Multisensory word work centers with recording sheets and visual directions - perfect for beginning readers and ELLs!

Use these word work centers again and again all year! Each activity can be paired with any high-frequency word list or spelling list. Just change out your words as students are ready for a new challenge!

Three visual direction page options, each with a different "step 1" of the activity, are included. Students may be asked to "say and spell", "say and tap", or "read and say each sound" before building the word with manipulatives. Choose the option that is the best fit for your word list and students! "Say and spell" is recommended for "red" or "trick" words. The other two options are ideal for phonetically spelled word lists.

Each hands-on word work activity also requires students to self-assess their learning as they cover the word, write the word on their recording sheet, and then check their word and fix any errors - a research-supported strategy!

Three visual direction page options and recording sheets for the following center activities are included:

• Stamp It! – Just add letter stamps and a stamp pad! Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, stamp, cover and write, and check and fix.

• Build It! – Just add magnet letters! Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, build, cover and write, and check and fix.

• Build It! (Option 2) – Just add lettered linking cubes! Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, build, cover and write, and check and fix.

• Build It! (Option 3) – Just add lettered bottle caps! Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, build, cover and write, and check and fix.

• Build It! (Option 4) – Just add scrabble tiles! Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, build, cover and write, and check and fix.

• Bead It! (Two Options) – Just add letter beads! Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, build, cover and write, and check and fix.

• Bend It! – Just add pipe cleaners! Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, bend pipe cleaners to form the word, cover and write, and check and fix.

• Type It! – Typewriter keys are included right on the recording sheet! Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, type, cover and write, and check and fix.

• Trace It! – Tons of options for sight word tracing with this center! Add sand or rice in a pencil case, a carpet square, or gel in a plastic baggie, or simply have students trace the word right on the word card. Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, finger trace, cover and write, check and fix.

• Make It! – Just add play dough! Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, roll playdough into ropes, form the word, cover and write, and check and fix.

• Roll It! – Just add dice, dry erase markers, and whiteboards! Students will say and spell, say each sound, or tap, roll a die, write the word the number of times rolled, cover and write, and check and fix.

• Write It! (Two Options) – Just add crayons! Students will say, spell, and write in three colors.

That's over 40 center activities in all and every center can be used all year long - just update your word lists as you go!

Need to differentiate your instruction? No problem! Keep out your materials and visual direction poster, but switch out your word lists between groups or provide each student with an individualized word list to work from.

Teaching Spanish immersion or dual language? Your download now includes every activity in both English and Spanish!

Teachers Like You Said...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied

"I use these for word work centers. Once I teach the different activities, all I need to do is switch out the words. My students love it, especially wikki stix and playdough."

- Briana A., 1st Grade Teacher

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied

'My students use this resource everyday for their work on words center choices during daily 5! It's very engaging! We love it!" - Laura G., Kindergarten Teacher

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied

"This makes centers so easy in my classroom! The students can look at the poster and know exactly what to do. The recording sheets make prep a breeze!" - Megan R., Kindergarten Teacher

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"This is awesome! I just print, laminate, and put in the station with the materials and I didn't have to repeat the directions over and over! Thank you for this!!" - Jannelle F., Kindergarten Teacher

Looking for printable word cards to use with these centers? You may be interested in checking out my Polka Dot Editable Word Wall.

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