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Snap Words Cards and Apps

Want to make learning sight words a SNAP for those hard to reach learners?

How about those young birthday kids who just lack maturity and interest in words?

Or those ADD/ADHD or special needs students who just need something
to catch there attention or keep their attention?

I found these incredible sight word cards a few years ago
hanks to an awesome Facebook suggestion.
I fell in love with the cards because
I saw the gains my hard to reach students were making using them.

But my students fell head over heals in love
because these cards made learning FUN,
engaging, and well- it made sense to them. FINALLY.

My words can not do these cards justice, so let me SHOW them to you.

Friends, meet the best sight word cards ever created for Kinders…

Meet SnapWords.

 Pretty cool right?

{And if these cards got your attention, imagine the attention they will get of your students!}

Let me show you a little more about these cards.

There are two sizes, the larger card is the teacher card.

The smaller size is the pocket chart card.

Both are exactly the same, only the size is different.

The sight word on the front is very visual… very appealing…
very meaning for the learner to gain understanding from.

More so, the back of the card contains a motion to teach your kinesthetic learners and a language connection. My own daughter, S, really connects with the sentence.

The best part is… ALL the elements tie in to really teach the meaning of the words.

I use the front to show the words. I also teach the motion and language with that word.

Then, I flip the card over {to the back that has the word without the picture support}

and we do the motion and language again.

I use both sides and so do my learners.

Why? Because although the visual side makes the words meaningful and connects knowledge in the little learners brains, we want these students to learn to read the words with plain text as well.

These cards are truly amazing. I have purchased a set for school and at home because I have seen how amazing they are!

And just when I thought I couldn’t adore SnapWords enough, they turn up the love with an app!

Here is an image of SnapWordsA app on my iPad.

This app doesn’t over do it with too many sounds or visuals…
it doesn’t want to or need to!

There are 3 parts to this game, all of which use the same words!

Part 1 is the learning part {glasses icon on the screen} is like a high tech flashcard review. It goes through a set of flashcards for you. Here is a recording of the learning part.

Part 2 contains the games that use the sight words.

This is the die icon.

There are 6 games students can play to work with the sight words.

Part 3 is a pencil cup icon to allow these learners to take a “quiz” over the words.

Here is a video showing you what this section is like.

{It is more interactive and FUN than a normal quiz. }

 I have been using these cards with S, my just turned 5 year old daughter.

Here is some actual data for you to sink your teeth into…

I started assessing her on January 8th and the last data point was assessed on January 27th.

This is S’s progress reading the back of the cards only… no visual clues.

She started off at 7 sight words and she is now at 30 sight words.

 But, I also assessed her on knowing either the back {without the visual cues}

AND the front {with the visual cues} without any help from me.

{Once she learns the picture and makes that visual, auditory, and motion connection, she quickly learns the back of the word soon after.}

She started off knowing 20 words (7 backs only and 13 fronts) and she ended knowing 47 words (30 backs and 17 fronts.)

That is in 21 days and doing these cards about 3 times a week.

I promise to add pictures and videos of S and me using these cards soon.

{It is a snow day for us and she is at her Grandmother’s house sledding down the hill.

Snow in Georgia is more than rare, so we are taking advantage.}{I am going to take advantage of this myself and grab another list or
two of cards since S is reading everything since I started using these cards!}
{Here} is a link to their store…Happy Shopping.

SnapWords is so kind and has offered to give away one set of the teacher cards

{the larger set of the flashcards} to one lucky winner. Enter below.

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And for those who want to know which words are in which list, click the picture below or {here.}

Teaching High-Frequency Words in Kindergarten

When learning to read and write, learning high frequency words quickly and purposefully can make all the difference. In this blog post, I will go over my best tips for teaching high frequency words in Kindergarten so they actually stick! Want to read other phonics tips? Check out this blog post!

What Makes a High Frequency Word?

A high frequency word is a word that doesn’t tend to follow typical rules of letter sounds, especially the letter sounds that beginning readers learn. They are also words that appear most frequently in their beginning texts. Teachers call them all kinds of things – sight words (because you know them by sight), snap words (because you know them in a snap), trick words (because they don’t tend to follow the simple sound rules of English) or high-frequency words (because they appear often in texts). You can decide these words based on the words your students struggle with in their reading, or your curriculum might dictate what words to teach.

How Many Words Do I Teach?

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This will depend on your grade and school’s curriculum. Developmentally, for kindergarten, I don’t think it makes sense to explicitly teach and practice more than 1 word per week. Does that mean I am not modeling and teaching other words as they pop-up? Of course not! My school focuses on 25 words for the kindergarten year (although I go beyond this when doing 1 word per week) and 100 words for first grade (which includes the 25 from kindergarten). You can find words from different curriculums like Fountas and Pinnell or lists like the Dolch lists. However, you find the words, the order you teach them should be purposefully chosen based on the reading and writing your students are doing.

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High Frequency Word Practice

Teaching Students to Read High Frequency Words

When I introduce new high-frequency words in kindergarten I first show the word to my students and I read the word and then have them read the word. We repeat this three times. Then, I try and include a movement for the word and use the word in a sentence to try and help them remember it. There are some great resources for this like eyewords or child1st.

Next, I highlight the parts of the word that are trick. For example, in the word “are” you only hear one sound /r/ but the word has a and e in it. Every word needs a vowel! It’s a good chance to teach the rules of sounds that we have in English. For example, in the “have” we hear three sounds /h/ /a/ /v/ but in this word, there is also a silent -e. Immediately following this, I have my students read this word in context using a poem and an emergent reader. I also have them practice writing the word.

Outside my classroom is a tool to help practice reading the high-frequency words – a password (FREE!). After practicing a sight word for a week, that word becomes our classroom’s password. Children must read the word when they enter the room. I purposefully have them practice last week’s word so that it continues the practice a little longer.

Teaching Students to Write High Frequency Words

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Immediately following the direct instruction on the sounds and spelling of the high-frequency words, I have my students practice tracing it in my emergent readers. To continue practicing writing multiple high-frequency words in kindergarten, I have my students play Roll, Read and Write where they write or trace 6 different high-frequency words depending on the roll of a dice, or similarly, Spin, Read and Write!  I also have them play Tic, Tac, SNAP where they each take a snap word and practice writing it to get three in a row. I also like to give my students the chance to physically build the words with playdough, wiki sticks, magnetic letters, or letter pieces. It is also always fun to give them some shaving cream or sand to trace the words in for some extra kinesthetic practice!

Reading AND writing practice

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Whenever possible, I try to combine practice of high-frequency words in kindergarten to include both reading and writing. I choose these activities for a phonics center or literacy small group. For example, if there is a game that includes mostly reading the sight words, like the board games or bingo games, I have my students trace the word that they land on in some sand or build it with wiki sticks before “earning” the spot.   I also like games like Find It, Trace It, because they have to read the high frequency words before tracing them.

Resources to readers and writers

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The key to a high-quality instruction of high-frequency words in kindergarten is transfer to reading and writing. It won’t happen overnight, and it won’t happen with one go at the word. We can provide tools to support this transfer to our students’ reading and writing. I give all of my students word walls in their writing folders and I have a class word wall that our snap words get added to every week.

If used regularly and purposefully, this word wall can be a great link between learning the words and using them independently. They know they can use the resource if they are stuck on the spelling of a word or if they see a word in their text but aren’t sure what word it is, they can check to see if it is a word they have learned. It’s a powerful thing to see my students getting up to check the word wall with their texts or their writing.

Conclusion

Teaching high-frequency words in kindergarten purposefully and effectively can significantly boost your students’ reading and writing development. They need explicit instruction, multiple and repeated modes of practice, and tools to support the transfer to their reading and writing.

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Short poems about children in kindergarten

Kindergarten, kindergarten!
The kids are in a hurry to get there.

I’m going to the garden to see –
What grows in such a garden?

Maybe pears, grapes?
I’m always glad to see them!..

– Don’t be ridiculous, uncle! –
The kids tell me.

And ten of them shout:
“We are growing in the garden!”

2

My friend Toma and I
We go to kindergarten together.
This is not what you are at home!
This is a school for kids!

3

I will wake up my mother.
I’ll put on my own pants.
I’ll wash myself. And I’ll drink tea,
And I won’t forget the book.

A job is already waiting for me.
I have to work hard!
Eat porridge, take a walk,
Sleep, have fun!

4

Before dad, before mom
I learned to get up.
I am the most obedient in the morning,
It’s time to go to kindergarten!

5

We are in a hurry. At the appointed hour
Good home meets us.
Favorite toys are here,
Friends are here and girlfriends are here.
I’m going, I’m going,
I’m leading my younger brother,
I’m undressing on the go –
We have a lot of things to do in the garden!

6

I love my kindergarten.
It’s full of guys.
One, two, three, four, five…
It’s a pity that we can’t count them all.
Maybe a hundred of them, maybe two hundred.
It’s good when we’re together!

7

My dear mother
I’ll kiss you goodbye.
Hello, hello, kindergarten!
I am very happy to see everyone!

8

I’m skipping to kindergarten
My friends are waiting for me
I’ll read a book with them
I’ll play with them

I’ll draw and take a walk
I’ll have a wonderful time
Well, tomorrow I know for sure
Again I will come to kindergarten!

9

Kindergarten – second home,
Here we rejoice, make friends, play,
Sometimes we quarrel,
But we quickly forget about it,

Teachers will teach us everything,
New discoveries every day,
Kindergarten – I love it so much,
It is for joy, for knowledge and development!

10

In my kindergarten
Nice and cozy
We’ll put things in order
It’s not hard for us at all!

Lovely – expensive to look at
Clean and spacious!
To be praised in the future
We work hard!

11

In my kindergarten
Every day is full of worries –
Now we read, then we sing
On holidays we dance,

In the kindergarten my friends,
It’s fun to play with them,
Mom, dress me up!
It’s time for us to run to the kindergarten!

12

In our garden, on the shelf
All the fun is countless.
Bears, houses and Christmas trees
Even the ball is huge.

They teach us order in the garden,
They teach us to sing and dance,
Make our beds
And water the flowers!

13

I walk to kindergarten
Along the path with my mother.
I’m always glad to go to the garden
He’s my favorite!

The boy Sasha is my friend,
We love to play together,
Our cheerful teacher
Helps us in everything!

14

Today we drew
A horse in the kindergarten,
We played catch-up,
We read a fairy tale.

I learned a lot,
I’m tired of running and jumping,
It’s good that we have
A break for a quiet hour!

15

I am going to kindergarten for the first time,
I will make friends there.
Let’s have fun playing,
And learn to read.

Wow, how big I have become!
I clean the toys myself,
But for now,
my mother is seeing me off to kindergarten!

Congratulations to kindergarten graduates: beautiful poetry and prose

Congratulations to kindergarten graduates are no less important than wishes to high school students finishing school. Toddlers, full of self-importance, will be happy to hear warm parting words from their parents and caregivers.

In recent decades, kindergarten graduations have been held in the format of a gala matinee with beautiful dresses and gifts. Traditionally, these events are held at the end of May.

Short congratulations

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Dear guys, congratulations on your first graduation in your life! Let the school please you from the first days; rejoice in new knowledge and friends, please teachers and parents with your successes and excellent grades. May all your dreams come true!

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Guys, I congratulate you with pleasure! Be diligent students and wonderful people. Good luck!

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Sun, congratulations on your graduation from kindergarten! I wish you new discoveries and knowledge, fun matinees, excellent grades. May the school bring you a lot of joy and new friends!

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Congratulations on completing a fun and entertaining journey in kindergarten! Ahead of you is no less interesting – the school path. Be diligent, diligent and kind, then all knowledge will be given easily, and the time spent at school will be remembered only by joyful events!

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Beautiful congratulations in verse

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Today you are graduates,
Ahead are books, backpacks,
And a school desk, notebook,
You have a lot to learn!

Let the school bring joy,
New knowledge and honor.
Well, now – let’s congratulate you,
Let’s say with love: “Good afternoon!”

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Native, familiar kindergarten.
It’s time for you to say goodbye to him,
And set off on a long school journey.
Your favorite kindergarten is happy for you!

Be kind, friends,
Study well, don’t be lazy,
And hurry to the lessons,
You will be met by the school bench.

Let them solve
Complex tasks, examples.
In success you do not know the measure,
Discoveries for you – an hour after an hour.

What they taught you in the garden,
Don’t forget guys,
Be good people,
May everything work out for you!

Photo: pixabay.com

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Kindergarten lets you go
Into a new interesting world.
Help you at school
What the garden has taught.

In the mornings, don’t forget:
Breakfast to be hearty,
And be friendly with exercises,
So that you have enough strength for the lesson!

There are only “A”s in the backpack
For everyone to bring,
And the teacher will certainly
Praise you for your success!

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Our beloved kindergarten
is seeing you off today.
We, dear guys,
Congratulations on your graduation!

Although we are sad today
To part with your group,
We want school
to be called Skazka for you.

So that your school teacher
Be like the Fixies Grandfather:
Wise, kind and calm,
Any rebus helped to solve.

So that, like Ivan Tsarevich,
You solved all the problems,
And friends, like Mila and Kuzey
Luntik, surrounded you!

Be kind, guys,
And you study perfectly!
Let the school give you
Only joy, by all means!

Photo: pixabay.com

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From the island “Kindergarten”
Your ship is sailing.
What’s next for the guys?
School island welcomes you.

Let only joy, laughter,
Interesting discoveries,
Good friends, success
They will meet you, give you wings.

And on wings-sails
You guys will fly,
You will visit the snows
of Antarctica, and in the desert.

You will know the whole world,
Read all the fairy tales,
And learn to count,
How an artist paints.

May your path be kind,
Knowledge feeds the minds.
Well, always in kindergarten
They remember you, love you, miss you!

Unusual congratulations in prose

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Make your lessons as fun as kindergarten games; textbooks and notebooks delight you just like your favorite toys; and good grades will become sweeter for you than sweets and lollipops! Happy holiday guys!

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Your spaceship from the planet “Kindergarten” today enters the orbit of the planet “School”. Let this new wonderful world give you many exciting discoveries, good friends and interesting knowledge. Happy holiday!

Photo: pixabay.com

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I wish that the first graduation in your life will be the beginning of a long and exciting journey to the school country. Be polite, diligent, good-natured, and then you will definitely succeed!

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Let the porridge in the school cafeteria be as tasty as the porridge in the kindergarten; school days will be as interesting and fun as playing with friends in your group. Happy holiday guys! Good luck!

How to congratulate on graduation from kindergarten

Yesterday’s kindergartners are future schoolchildren. We offer gift ideas that can complement verbal congratulations to kindergarten graduates.

• A beautiful set of first-graders – the perfect solution for a present for a little graduate.

• A school backpack with a set of notebooks with original covers is also a great gift.