Have you seen the spelling folder I made for my 2nd grader? Well, my Kindergartner did! And she has relentlessly begged me to make her a Kindergarten Spelling Folder…so here it is!
If you teach Kindergarten, this foldable spelling resource is a lifesaver!
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A Peek Inside Our Kindergarten Spelling Folder
This spelling folder has many of the same spelling resources as our 2nd grade folder. Several things have been modified for Kindergarten.
- Number Words (1-20, then by tens to one hundred, thousand, and million)
- b and d letter reversal reminder (using the image and word bed)
- Color Words
- Alphabet & Phonics Sound Chart – for consonants, short vowels (in red), and digraphs
- Sight Words are included from Dolch PP and Dolch P {plus a few extra words} in a bigger font – I made sure all the sight words from Reading the Alphabet and Learn to Read are in the folder, too!
- Handwriting Visuals (I’ve included print and D’Nealian)
- Days of the Week
- Months of the Year
- 2D Shape Names
- 3D Shape Names
- U.S. Coin Names
Of course, the needs of your Kindergartner may be different. Feel free to print, cut, and paste (or staple) to create your own spelling folder that better match your learners’ needs. Several links to free spelling printables are included in the file to help you differentiate better.
If you have an advanced Kindergartner, you might prefer the spelling folder for 1st and 2nd graders.
Making Your Kindergarten Spelling Folder
These step-by-step directions are from my 1st/2nd grade spelling folder post, but they’re exactly the same for the Kindergarten Spelling Folder. I think it helps to have the directions here, too.
Start with two folders. I love the colored file folders, but manila folders also work. Be sure to cut the tabs off each folder so they will fold up nicely for easy storage.
Place one folder into the other on one side {like you see in the above picture} and either glue or staple them together. To save on time, I pulled out my long-arm stapler and stapled them.
Staple or glue it well so it won’t come apart when you fold over the sides. If you use glue, I highly recommend rubber cement! Be sure to give your folders time to dry, too.
Print out, cut, and paste {or staple} the printables you want to go on each side. I did not put anything on the very back of our spelling folder, but you could.
The front cover pages include a boy and a girl with “K” for Kindergarten. Paste the cover on the front. Learners can color the picture to match themselves. Learners’ names should be written on the “name” line.
For a few days, spend just 2-3 minutes looking at the folder and talking about how to use each section. Give them time to practice how to use each section with your help, too.
Your Kindergartner can use it for writing time, spelling time, or even reading time! As a quick word of caution, this is just one tool. Please don’t require that your Kindergartner use the folder for every word they need to spell or read. It’s okay to let Kindergartners use other resources, including their own invented spellings.
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Enjoy teaching!
~Becky
Beth Zeh says
You are amazing, and I really really like your resources! Thank you so much!
thisreadingmama says
Well, thanks! I’m glad you enjoy the resources here! I sure enjoy creating them. 🙂
Farzana says
Great resources! Thank you for sharing! I teach special ed reading and math to 4-5 graders. Please advise which resources could be useful. Appreciate all your hard work, and freebies too! 🙂
thisreadingmama says
Hi there! I don’t know your students as well as you do, but I have all my free printables listed by category. Maybe you can find some things that will work for your learners. https://thisreadingmama.com/free-printables-learning-activities/
Haji says
What a great idea! My preschool twins are practicing their writing and this will save me from having to spell words twice! I will definitely be using it and adding more common words they use on an everyday basis.
thisreadingmama says
Awesome!
Christina says
Do you have any resources for learning spelling with c versus k? My kindergardner is using saxton phonics in school. She just learned k with i,e,y. And c with a,o,u, and constenents. But I am at a loss for ideas to reinforce. I’m also confused because I keep thinking of words that do not follow this rule like koala and kangaroo.
thisreadingmama says
Yes, I have a couple of songs and chants that might help to reinforce -> https://thisreadingmama.com/spelling-k-sound/
Christina says
Thanks! I’ll check it out. It’s “interesting” as I re-learn some of these rules as an adult. Or possibly learn for the first time. It’s almost embarrassing that I’ve needed to search for help with my kindergardner’s academics! 🙂
Koly says
Hi,
What you have looks very good. Thank you for putting it together. I can use these for my son. I’ve been trying to subscribe but not able. Once I click on subscribe button, it takes me some active host page and asking for password which I don’t see was an option to setup at the time of subscription. So, I’m stuck there. Can’t access to your products. Can you please help me?
Thanks,
Koly
thisreadingmama says
Hi Koly! Thanks for subscribing! The password was set up by me. You can find it in the email I sent you. From here on out, it will always be in the bottom of your newsletter. Sometimes the password changes, but I’ll always let you know ahead of time. Hope that helps!
Malenia Carroll says
Hello! I’m so excited to be here! I just stumbled upon your site and already feel some relief for my son and his anti-sight word attitude 😉 ! Ha!
Would you recommend laminating these pages? I’m just wondering if anyone has and if they like it better that way or not? I know my son, and know he’ll write all over it and that may keep me from printing it a million times.
thisreadingmama says
That’s a GREAT idea! You could even laminate them and put them on a ring to make a flip book instead of a folder.
Christina says
Do you have any resources for spelling words with double consonants on the end, that I could add to this spelling folder?
thisreadingmama says
You know, I don’t. But that’s a great one to add to my list!!
Christina says
Thanks. That would be awesome! My kindergartner can read those words ok, but when spelling she never knows if there is a silent consonant on the end! I’ve found a few things online about FLOSS(Z) rule. But no “simple” visual that shows the rule without a lot of words (which she can not read) to explain the rule. Then there are EXCEPTIONS to the rule of course! So I can understand how it can be so confusing to a 5 year old!
Noelle says
I’m not sure I understand how to use the folder. It looks like something I would use as the teacher to check off whether my child has accomplished each task? How does the kindergartener use it? I do love your resources and just trying to figure out how to teach my soon to be kinder girl. I started homeschooling my son in 1st grade but had already learned (or taught himself) all the basics so my job is fairly simple in directing him. I’m a bit nervous with the foundational stuff!
thisreadingmama says
This is a folder my Kindergartner uses. If she’s writing a sentence and it’s a word from the folder, I will ask her to look it up and spell it. We’ve also used the phonics chart several times to sound through words to spell them. The days of the week has come in handy for math.
Saraswathy says
Thanks so much for sharing. Its really helpful for the beginners. Appreciate your effort and great work!!!!
thisreadingmama says
You’re welcome! I’m so glad you find it helpful for your beginners! 🙂
Tila says
Thank you so much for these. I’m going to give it a try with my 2nd grader who is a struggling reader.
thisreadingmama says
You’re welcome!
Brenda says
I am having problems opening the spelling folder freebies.
thisreadingmama says
See if any of these tips help -> https://thisreadingmama.com/downloading-printing-help/
MICHELLE HUBKEY says
I am so excited…I am a kinder teacher and I was going to begin looking for a resource exactly like this for next year and this just kinda fell into my lap!! Great for me and thank you so much!! I do have a question. Have you found that it is better to use the Sight Word chart that already has the words listed or have the kids write new words as they learn them? My original plan was to have the kids write them, but your already printed one looks so nice. Maybe the kids could highlight new words..any thoughts?
Thanks,
Michelle
thisreadingmama says
I used to have my kids write the words, but I found that often they wrote too large and we ran out of room quickly. This has been a better solution for us.
Melissa Lopez says
We used this today and my daughter wrote 7 very creative stories in her journal using this folder. She said she didn’t want to stop and asked for more words so I will be printing the next level. Thank you so much for your amazing resources. She went from writing one sentence every day in the shortest way she could (I like birds.) to today filling the entire page with descriptive sentences (On January 18, I went to the snow and saw a red dog….)
thisreadingmama says
That’s AWESOME! Thank you for sharing your good news with me! I’m doing the happy writing dance for you and for her. 🙂
Debbie says
Thank you so much! I just made one for my daughter who is starting K this week and she was SO EXCITED! She has been asking me endless questions about kindergarten and one of the repeated ones was “what will I learn”? So this really helped her visualize it and also feel happy that she already knows some things. I was worried she might be overwhelmed but she wasn’t at all! And I can see how it will continue to be helpful.
thisreadingmama says
Awesome! I’m so glad to hear this will be helpful for her. 🙂
Jeanette Atkinson says
This is an awesome resource, particularly for use with diverse learners. The only thing that I wish was included was some examples of clocks and telling time. But even without that, I love them and will continue using them.
thisreadingmama says
You are more than welcome to add clocks and telling time to your learners’ folders. 🙂 I can cards for that here -> https://thisreadingmama.com/telling-time-matching-cards/
Louisa Rodrigues says
I really appreciate and respect the work you put into this. Thank you for sharing this!