While Mississippi doesn't typically see a lot of snow in December, Tally Tales Literacy students are enjoying a special kind of SNOW this week! We have been reviewing sight words with special "Sight Word Snowballs!" This activity is easy to prepare, effective for skills review, and so much fun! Also, since we are using "snowballs," this is a great WINTER-themed activity that can be used throughout the next couple of months! Repetition is one of the essential components for h

In my last post, I shared a simple tip for supporting sight word recognition and spelling. If you missed it, you can access it here . Today's post, again, targets sight word learning. Sight words can be so challenging f or many young readers, so it's important to have a good collection of strategies you can use to help support them with these words. Fortunately, there are many effective strategies that are also extremely simple to prepare and use! Today, I am sharing one mor

This is an easy, hands-on way to reinforce sight word spelling and recognition for your young learners. You can use it as a teaching tool or center activity, and then it can be used laterfor reinforcement as well. In this post, I will outline the process we used to create our stamp books and share several important reasons why this simple process creates a highly effective learning experience with sight words! The materials and preparation are simple: Create a foldable using