Resources & Updates
Word Bag Game
This game is a good introduction into morphological word families and word study
Phoneme Walls
Phoneme walls are more effective than word walls in developing students' decoding (reading) and encoding (writing) abilities.
Fishy, Fishy
At Words in the Wild, we make reading a full-body experience, but…HOW? Here’s a free download of a game teachers can use to embed essential literacy skill practice in a large-body movement game to engage every learner, even (and especially) your wiggliest!
Supporting Handwriting with Real Script: Take-Aways from Action Research
Check out what our teaching fellow learned about a unique handwriting intervention, Real Script, through an action research project.
Mindful Minutes
Can 1 minute really make a difference? We think so! Check out this list of mindful minutes specially curated by our teaching team.
5 Strategies to Build Students’ Vocabulary
We share 5 strategies to build vocabulary, along with a free download for a simple daily gratitude practice to give your students the opportunity to practice using the word “grateful” in a meaningful context.
Going on a Picnic
This simple, yet effective game helps students notice meaningful patterns in words. Every teacher needs this in their toolkit!
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Student Goals
Use our free goal-setting templates to help students set their own learning goals. Two forms show examples for daily short-term goals and bigger, long-term goals!
Roll-A-Base
Roll the dice to generate words using morpheme bases in this exciting game! Teachers will love this easy to use, print-ready resource while kids strengthen spelling, writing, and decoding skills, while building morphological awareness.
Build-A-Word
This fun and fast-paced game helps students practice forming words using one base at a time…
Water Cycle BINGO
We created Water Cycle BINGO to use in our small group, WordLab. This game is perfect for differentiated instruction…
Story Starters - Garden Edition
Engage your child’s imagination with our Story Starters!
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Memory Match
Practice noticing word parts and see how many matches you can make.
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