Do your kiddos love to Write the Room? I know that it was a favourite center in my class and a staple for learning all the words! Here are 10 ideas to keep your Write the Room center going all year long…..
1. Sight Words
There are sooo many of those important little words that our kiddos need to learn and Write the Room is a fun and active way to introduce and review them.
2. Seasons
Write the Room is a great way to introduce seasonal vocabulary.
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3. Holidays
These Write the Room sets are always a favourite!
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4. Names
There is something so motivating about using student names in just about any activity. I have done this using names of characters from our favourite books too!
5. Beginning Letters and Sounds
Get your students familiar with all the letters and sounds. There are a ton of ways to do this….
Students can write the room for:
-letters: students record the letters they find to practice recognition and printing
-words and/or pictures all beginning with the same letter/sound: reinforces specific beginning letter sounds (works for ending & medial sounds too)
-pictures of objects beginning with different letters/sounds : students print the beginning letter of each picture
6. CVC Words
Reading and spelling CVC words is an important skill as students learn their letter sounds and begin blending them together to make words. It takes practice! Write the Room is an engaging way to do it.
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7. Blends & Digraphs and more….
Practice all the phonics rules with Write the Room activities…. silent e, r-controlled vowels, soft and hard c & g, plurals, drop the e- with ing…. you get the idea!
8. Number Words
I won’t go off on a tangent on all the ways we can Count the Room… but we can sneak in some math vocabulary with number words, days of the week and months of the year.
9. Syllables
Dividing words into parts helps students decode and spell words. Syllable practice is a great fit for Write the Room!
10. Themes
Write the Room is a great way to introduce vocabulary for any themes or units you are covering. It is also works as a review or wrap up to a unit. Students can write the room and then use all the words they have gathered to write about what they have learned.
I hope these ideas have inspired you to think of some new ways to use Write the Room in your class! My editable set below is totally programable with all the words… use it with the ideas above or any of your own! Click below to see it in my TPT store.
