Gumball Words & Other Literacy Centers for Kindergarten

Sight words activities for Kindergarten literacy centers
We're back from March Break, and are back at learning!

Here are my latest Literacy Work Stations:

GUMBALL SIGHT WORDS

Sight word activities for literacy centers in Kindergarten
Using a label-maker, I printed ten sight words and stuck them onto decorative gems. I added several gems that had no words on them as well.
Students took turns turning the dial until a 'gumball' came out. If it had a sight word on it, all students in the group printed the word onto their gumball page.
Sight word activities for literacy centers in Kindergarten
You can find the gumball page at Mrs. I's blog.
Sight word activities for literacy centers in Kindergarten
If the 'gumball' was blank, no action was taken...they were added simply to heighten anticipation :)

WRITE THE ROOM

Read the Room rhyming activity for Kindergarten
I 'hid' several rhyme cards around the classroom.

Students searched the classroom for the cards. When a card was found, students filled in the page to determine if the pictures rhymed or not. 

SIGHT WORD BOOK

Sight word activities for literacy centers in Kindergarten
I looked all over for a sight word book introducing the word am, & found this great one at http://www.kindergartenkindergarten.com/2011/08/sight-word-readers.html
Sight word activities for literacy centers in Kindergarten
You can find details of my sight word lessons here.
Sight word activities for literacy centers in Kindergarten

LISTENING CENTER

Sight word activities for literacy centers in Kindergarten
Students enjoyed listening to One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
Sight word activities for literacy centers in Kindergarten

WORD SEARCHES

Sight word activities for literacy centers in Kindergarten
I created several puzzles for students to practice their word-finding skills. 
One puzzle included all of our Sight Words to date, one was a list of the girls in our class, and one was made up of the boys in our class.
Sight word activities for literacy centers in Kindergarten
The FREE puzzle-making website I used to create these word searches is: Lakeshore Learning.

UPDATE 2015:
I have created bundles of month-long literacy centers, to make things easy for Kindergarten teachers!
The packs include literacy activities in these 5 areas of learning:
1)Writing 2)Listening to reading 3) Word work (sight words) 
4) Phonics/alphabet 5) Phonemic awareness
The packs are laid out, week by week, for the entire month. They include 5 stations for students to rotate through per week, with all of the components you’ll need for each activity.
Assessment tools are included to help keep learning on track and to keep your students accountable.
Learning is spiraled throughout the month, to help students build on their prior learning. 
Check out the first pack in the series {here}
Kindergarten Literacy Centers for the entire month of September

3 comments

  1. I love the gumball sight word idea. I am going to keep my eyes open for a gumball machine at the right price. I also like your king of ing crowns. My kids love hunting for "ings" - we draw a crown around them.
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  2. I love all your photos, especially the "king if ing" and the Seuss "fish". They turned out great. I need to do better with adding photos, lol. I am your newest follower.

    Joy of Life 2011

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