Resources & Updates

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Phoneme Walls

Phoneme walls are more effective than word walls in developing students' decoding (reading) and encoding (writing) abilities.

Words in the Wild 10/18/23 Words in the Wild 10/18/23

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!

Words in the Wild 4/26/23 Words in the Wild 4/26/23

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.

Words in the Wild 3/29/23 Words in the Wild 3/29/23

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.

Words in the Wild 11/21/22 Words in the Wild 11/21/22

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.

Words in the Wild 8/17/22 Words in the Wild 8/17/22

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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Words in the Wild 2/15/22 Words in the Wild 2/15/22

Base Race

Our new resource is perfect for educators and word-curious families to help kids practice putting morphemes together to make new words!

Words in the Wild 12/8/21 Words in the Wild 12/8/21

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!

Words in the Wild 11/14/21 Words in the Wild 11/14/21

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.