If you would like to differentiate for children who are more confident with phonetic spelling you could ask them to write the name of the picture they choose on each page. After gluing on the pictures they answered the question by writing “yes” or “no” on the line at the bottom. I instructed them to choose 2 things they did like and 2 things they did not like. If you wanted to give them more practice you could cut these apart and staple 6 or 8 together – or whatever you’d like.Įach child chose 4 pictures and glued one on each page.

I folded this in quarters and made a small 4 page book. Then I printed off this sheet and made a copy for each child. That was a skill I worked on all year, but inevitably many kids cut off half the picture if I didn’t give them a cutting guide. I put a dotted line ring around each picture to help children cut them carefully without cutting off any of the picture. I gave each child a page of clipart and we talked about which of these things we liked and which we did not like. We made a simple little fold up sight word book. After repeating this several times I demonstrated a booklet we would make, but I left out the materials for children to use at the reading center. I was sure to read the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ while showing the class those words because these were newer sight words. Then I put another picture into the chart and called on a different child – this time asking him/her to read the question alone, and choose the answer. Then we read the question as a group, I loved hearing the children make their voices go up at the end of a question! I called on one child to come up and choose the word ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to answer the question. Then during whole group time I put one of the children’s pictures into the pocket chart, right after the words ‘Do you like’ and before the question mark. I also made some cards saying yes and no – which were the words I was trying to emphasize and reinforce. Then I printed the sentence ‘Do you like’ and a question mark on sentence strips. I introduced this activity by giving each child a small piece of paper – about 3 x 4 inches, and asking half of the class to draw one thing they liked, and the other half to draw one thing they did not like. After doing the calendar this month almost all children recognize the word ‘no!’ Check out my post from last November if you aren’t familiar with the poem/book – No green grass, no blue sky, etc. I always thought that the beginning of November was a perfect time to reinforce a few simple sight words.

Kindergarten sight word list by month