POKEMON Sight Words

Are you interested in using Pokemon with your kids? Last year, I added a bit of Pokemon characters to my Brag Cards and kids just fell for it! This year, with the Pokemon Go Craze around the world, I thought of changing my sight word system with Pokemon style.

This works after you have assessed the students with sight words. I have broken down Fry's 1,000 words into 4 levels from level 1 being the easiest to level 4 being the hardest. In each level, there are 10 lists. Each list consists of an assessment page, and 5 pages of sight words broken down into 5 words per page.

What I do with the assessment page is do pre/post test with the kids during the word study time. You can choose to do either one or do both. Once the assessment is done, I give the booklet to students and they can practice these words during the word work time. On Friday, I work with students to see how many words they have mastered. They can color the lock icon on the page as soon as they master each word. Or they can put a sticker.

If students master everything in the list, then they passed it and can earn the Pokemon Badge card. Just like my brag tag, I print this in a wallet size so that it looks like a card.

When students master the 10 lists in each level, they can 'capture' the Pokemon. This is my version of certificate for successfully mastering the words.

I think of these cards as prizes, but if you have some sort of incentive system in your class, that works well with this booklet. In each list, I have made two versions of cards: one with a crown and one without a crown. If you have used my Brag Card system, you already know how to use this. If you don't , it's quite simple. When students get the card with the crown, then the student has earned a chance to claim a prize from you - whether that be a tangible prize like a toy or choosing a reward coupon.

You can get this product at my store by clicking here.

I hope this will motivate your students to learn and enjoy it! Feel free to email me for questions or concerns!

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Classroom Management in First Grade

After implementing too many strategies and have had both success and failure with them, I have decided to create my own (which is not new among teachers). Every day, my students come to me with all kinds of toys that they dearly love. Of all, their favourite was collecting cards that had their favourite characters. Then, I thought, why not create cards and give to them as rewards? Although a bit of labour is needed(yes, you need to print, and laminate the cards), it's cheap, and most of all, kids love them! 

Instructions

It's very simple. In this packet, you will find various card designs. Select one, and just add any kind of caption to the card in the space provided. That's it! Once you are done, you can print them. It's best if you select 9 cards and then print so that the final product can fit into a card page protector. There are two types of cards: one with a crown at the top right corner and one without it. I occasionally give the crown cards and students can get special rewards. I use intrinsic rewards such as Teacher's Assistant: Be the helper for the day, Line Leader: Leads the classroom line for the day, Show and Tell: Bring an item to show off, Book Picker: Pick the CD book or read aloud for the day, Computer Dibs: Be the first one on the computer (for AR test). I got these rewards from Seusstastic Classroom Inspirations. You can click here to go to her blog. 





















I use these to organize my cards. If kids wish to use them, they can earn these sheets. Some kids want to carry them every day and I let them do that as well. I bought my sheets from here: click on the picture or the title to go the site. 

9 pocket page protector

This is what final product looks like!

I hope you find this useful! This definitely motivated my students and they were truly excited to get these cards. You can grab this by clicking the picture below.

Happy Holidays!