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Write the room activity for short a words

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This write the room activity is perfect for helping your learners read and write short a words!

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Looking for a way to help your learners master those short a words … and move at the same time? Write the room is your answer!

Write the room has been around for a while, and there are many ways to do it. Here’s my way!

  • Print words on separate cards. Post them around the classroom.
  • Students put a recording sheet on a clip board and grab a pencil.
  • To do the activity, students move around the classroom and find the cards. They write them in the corresponding spaces on their recording sheet.

write the room recording sheet

I did this activity with my Five after he got home from morning kindergarten.

First, I posted the word cards around our kitchen and living room using painter’s tape. Then I gave my son the above printable on a clipboard.

write the room recording sheet

I showed him how to find a card, unscramble the word , and write it in the corresponding box on the printable.

write the room recording sheet

He was immediately engaged and got right to work!

write the room recording sheet

The beauty of the activity is that your learners can find and record the words in any order. But as it turned out, my Five wanted to find each one in order from 1-12. Since he didn’t have other classmates who were doing the same activity, he was free to do it his way. 🙂

write the room recording sheet

If unscrambling words is too hard for your learners, not to worry! There are two easier levels included in the download.

write the room recording sheet

Ideas for using “write the room”

  • Make it one of your year-round literacy centers. Each week, switch out the words your students will write. Make sure you have enough clipboards for several students to do the activity at one time.
  • At home, use this as an extension of the phonics activities you’re already doing. Keep it on hand for days when your learner is having a hard time sitting still.

How to differentiate

The download comes in three levels! Choose the one that works best for your learners, or print each set of cards on a different color of cardstock. Let students know which color cards they should be finding and copying.

  • Level 1 simply has your learners find the picture and its spelling on the wall. They copy it in the corresponding box.
  • Level 2 has your learners find the word (without the picture clue) on the wall. Then they copy it in the corresponding box.
  • Level 3 is what my son did – find the word using the picture clue, and then unscramble the letters to spell it correctly.

Have fun!

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37 Comments

    • Kate Dowling

      Hi Susan,
      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. I just tested the link and I was able to open the file. Please be sure you download the file and open it in Adobe Reader. Then print from within Adobe Reader. If you don’t already have the latest version of this free program on your computer, you can get it for free here: https://get.adobe.com/reader/.

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  2. Kavitha Nathan

    Hi

    Thank you for helping all the parents to make their kid read easily. really love your products and helped in better way for my 4 year old. Request to post write the room for short e and short u if you can. Thanks a bunch

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  3. Codi O'Brien

    I love your products and enjoy finding new ways to teach, and new activities to try with different classes! The write the room activities are great for my more active kids and I love how excited they get when turned lose to find them!

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