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Wheel of Names

 Good morning everyone!  I hope you have been battling through and hanging in there with teaching the way it is now!  REMEMBER - YOU MATTER - and the impact you are having is still as strong as ever!  KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND:)!!

I am not sure if you have seen the website Wheel of Names, but if you haven't CHECK IT OUT:)!!  My fellow bookstagrammer and I use it all the time for random name picks, giveaways, etc.. BUT recently,  one of our Kindergarten teachers, Mrs. Willers, asked if I would created "spinners" for her of their sight words.  BRILLIANT:)!!!


Basically,  I made two spinners with eight words on each one; one spinner has the words lower case, the other spinner has the first word capitalized.  I did this for each list that they have (currently I have made 10 of the 30).  The kids can then use these for practicing their sight words:)!!

It's SO easy to use!  You just type in, or copy and paste, the list of words that you want and then the spinner is automatically created!  You can then "share" this link for the words for kids to spin on their own.   What a great way to practice sight words, and a little different than the traditionally word rings that are usually send home OR in addition to the rings;)!

You can click HERE to see the lists and what exactly Mrs. Willers had me do - SO FUN!!

Take care all - remember how special you are and the impact you're making even though it feels otherwise - the kids NEED us now more than ever - and YOU need to take care of yourself as well - our mental health is so very important!

Happy Monday -

Mrs. I:)




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