Word Cards

These are the word cards that I talked about in my last post. As a refresher, a word card is a flash card with a single word on it that is used to help the students.

Every child in the class has his/her own set of word cards. The words in each student’s stack are different based on his/her reading ability and grade level. Since I am working in a special education classroom, the students are not reading at grade level. Therefore, their words are either a year or two behind their actual grade level. For instance, a second grader is most likely learning the words a first grader should know.

The teacher took the time to make unique sets of word cards for each student, but I think they are a great investment of time. The word cards can be used as a testing method like I did the other day or they can be used by the student to spell words correctly. Instead of asking the teacher how to spell a word, the student can look in the word cards. Also, the student can test himself/herself.

I think this is a great idea because the students each have a list of words that they should know, be familiar with, and know how to use, sitting in front of them while they are doing work. This is a useful tool that I will consider using in my future classroom.