Rainbow Words

My first project of the summer is to get all our sight word stuff organized and ready to go for next year.  We are still following the same routine as we did last year, introducing two new words a week. But this year we are bundling them together into color groups.  These are called Rainbow words.  We are doing it a little differently then other formats.  In the usual format the kids start out with a group of words and remain working on it until they pass (being able to read and write them). When they pass they get a new set of words.  Having done this format in my previous school I found that some of the kids never got passed the first set of words and therefore were struggling with the same six words the whole year.  This year we are going to continue to introduce two words a week.  The students will be tested monthly on the words.  If they pass them they earn a color in the rainbow.  The goal is that by the end of the year they will have earned the whole rainbow.  We are still introducing the words whole group so that all the students are exposed to them.  They may not be able to read and write all the words from the first month but they are still being exposed to the other words they may need.  We will also be able to differentiate word work by what color words the students are working on. 
I made up the word wall cards with polka-dot frames to add a little cuteness to the whole thing.  I posted it on TPT for free so please feel free to use them in your own classroom!  IF you want different ones I am happy to make those up to so let me know.