| Learning sight words is an important part of learning to | | | | 12. Circle smaller words within words using white |
| read. | | | | boardmarker on laminated word cards. |
| Sight words are service words. They are not meant | | | | 13. Children go outside and practice writing their words |
| to be sounded out. Learning these words helps the | | | | withchalk on the concrete. |
| reader to maintain reading fluency without getting | | | | 14. Practice handwriting by tracing over words |
| caught up on meaning. | | | | usingwhite board marker on laminated sight word |
| I like the Dolch Sight Word List, but there are many | | | | cards. |
| other lists available. I like to pop them onto cards about | | | | 15. Place sight word cards in alphabetical order. |
| 12cm x 6cm. | | | | 16. Flashlight words turn off lights flash a torch |
| Use these cards to have some fun with 30 FUN | | | | onwords on display for look and say. |
| SIGHT WORD GAMES AND ACTIVITIES | | | | 17. Children make their own word wall/dictionary |
| 1. Play Battleships with sight words on a grid with a | | | | usingphotocopied small sight words and scrapbooks |
| partner oras a class. | | | | labeled with aletter of the alphabet on each page... can |
| 2. Play coin toss - words on floor - children take turns | | | | be added tothroughout the year. |
| totoss a coin onto a word and say that word. | | | | 18. Play tic tac toe, here I go, where I stop I do not |
| 3. Have a box of small blank mini cards or paper you | | | | know -children say the word that you stop on. |
| canpurchase great sized post it notes these days | | | | 19. Cloze - children find the missing wordwithin a |
| (approx | | | | sentence. |
| 10cm x 2 cm) on hand at all times so that children | | | | 20. Play musical words - children pass words around in |
| canwrite down words from word walls, charts etc and | | | | acircle until music stops - that child says the word - |
| thentake the card back to their writing. It is also handy | | | | canbe played with 1 or more words. |
| towrite words on when doing writing conferences. | | | | 21. Go on a word walk / drive - find words around the |
| 4. Play who am I? for example, I am yellow, I have 5 | | | | environment -signs etc. |
| letters, and Iend in ___. | | | | 22. Make words using play dough. |
| 5. Make a letter twister chart with chalk on a | | | | 23. Make words using string gluing. |
| concretefloor, children place their feet and hands on | | | | 24. Make words using letter tiles -scrabble pieces. |
| the lettersto spell words. | | | | 25. Make words using stencils. |
| 6. Around the World Sight Words - flash a word - first | | | | 26. Make words using alphabet stamps. |
| playerto say word out of that pair moves on to the | | | | 27. Make words using magnetic letters. |
| next personto make a pair and another word is | | | | 28. Play stepping stones - place words on the floor |
| flashed, etc, etc. | | | | andchildren walk over them saying the word as they |
| 7. Play Hangman using the word card words. | | | | go to getto the other side of the stream. |
| 8. How quickly can you find a certain sight word in | | | | 29. Beat the clock - how many times can a word be |
| individualreading books during small group reading. | | | | writtenin 1 minute etc. |
| 9. Play dominoes using same end letter/ beginning | | | | 30. Children write their words in list form and then |
| letter. | | | | writeover the words 2 or more times using different |
| 10. Circle letters within words using white board marker | | | | colorsto create rainbow words. |
| onlaminated sight words cards. | | | | There are so many way you can make teaching and |
| 11. Play Chinese Whispers - say a word - pass it | | | | learning sight words fun - I am sure you can think of |
| around. | | | | more as well. |