Bumpity Bump Word Wall Word Practice

We started our small group guided reading notebooks today!  One of the things we do in the notebook is word work. Here is one of the ways we practice sight words...

  I got these plastic canvas sheets at the craft store for $0.59.

I cut the pages in half and each student uses one sheet.

Place them under the page in the notebook.  

Use a crayon to write the week's sight words.

Crayon is best because the student can press down very hard; there is a lot of drag and resistance as the crayon bumps along the plastic canvas.

When the student writes, she can feel the bumpiness of the plastic canvas,  giving the word practice a kinesthetic component.

My students love this and beg to do more!

Hope this will work for you, too!
~Nikki