Working with Words, Word Work, Making and Breaking Words, Making Words

Working with Pictures, Letters,

Sounds, & Words

I created student labeled Working With Word notebooks and folders for this coming 2007-2008 school year.

The pocket charts were $1 at Target. I cut them down to size (I got 2 pocket charts out of one), and then sewed up the cut sides.

The letter cards are printed back to back on cardstock (lowercase/uppercase) and then laminated and cut.

I inserted the letter cards into "9-Pocket Baseball Card Holders)" that are labeled.

Everything is put into a 3-pronged folder.

Below are two types of activities that can be used with the notebooks/folders.

In both cases, students get their letter cards based on the letters I write on the board.

They then listen to a series of directions that I call out and then make and write the word.

My students will help assemble their notebooks/folders (sorting letter cards, labeling letter pockets).

Word Family Word Work: Sample Lesson

Making Words out of Words: Sample Lesson

Other pocket chart sorts that can be done whole group, small group. These may also be recorded into the Working with Words notebooks.

Sorts
Concepts & Pictures	Letters	Words
Colors	Letter Features	Initial Sound
Shapes	Font Face	Rhyme
Seasons		Syllables
Initial Sounds		Word Families
Rhyme		Blends
Syllables		Digraphs
Word Families
Blends
Digraphs	Recommended Resources

Recommended Teacher Resource Books

Initial Letter Picture Sort

Teacher guides student through sort using pocket chart. Students then independently practice the skill of sorting pictures by initial letter sound independently.

Materials:

Pocket Chart
Teacher Cards - D'Nealian
Teacher Cards - Zaner Bloser "Style"
Student Cards - D'Nealian
Student Cards - Zaner Bloser "Style"

TIME SAVER NOTE: right click on the link, then click "save target as" to save directly to your computer - - this saves time, as these are large files!

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Rhyming Words Picture Sort

Teacher guides student through sort using pocket chart. Students then independently practice the skill of sorting pictures by rhyme independently.

Materials:

Pocket Chart
Teacher Cards
Student Cards

[right click on the link, then click "save target as" to save directly to your computer - - this saves time, as these are large files]

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Syllables Picture Sort

Teacher guides student through sort using pocket chart. Students then independently practice the skill of sorting pictures by number of syllables independently.

Materials:

Pocket Chart
Teacher Cards
Student Cards: #1 #2 #3

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ABC Letter Sort by Font

Give students opportunities to sort, recognize, compare, name, and classify letters. Upper and lower case letters are available for download below! Simply print, cut, and mount on index cards that have been cut in half. I make two sets. One for my felt board center, and the other for the pocket chart center. Sandpaper on the reverse side of the index card will allow the letters to stick to the felt board. I've also heard the Velcro works well, too.