Sometimes they use my favorite sight word apps, other times they play hands on games. I have a sight word learning center in my classroom that is devoted to giving my students tons of opportunities to practice sight words in different ways. Over the years I’ve learned that many of my students learn best through hands on activities. Some learn from music and videos while others learn from listening to read alouds. It’s pretty easy to recognize that our students all learn in different ways. One of my favorite ways to encourage new readers to practice sight words is to have them build the words in different ways.Ĩ Engaging Word Building Activities for Students to Practice Sight Words To be fluent readers, our students have to recognize sight words instantly. Then ask them what that sight word is and have them say a sentence with the word in it.Sight word instruction is really important in early childhood.
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Plus it’s editable so I was able to type in my own sight words that we were working on for the week.Īlthough I said above that flash cards were boring, there are some fun ways to use your sight word flash cards. What I love most about this activity was that it not only works on sight word recognition, it also helps students with their fine motor and cutting skills. This activity is created by one of my favorite kindergarten teachers! Students cut out all the letters at the bottom of the work sheet and build the sight words above. My students were able to practice reading with expression while they read sight words we had already learned! Sight Word Cut and Spell – Created by Sweet in Kindergarten In kindergarten, we talk about trying to read with expression and not read like a robot. This activity is a perfect way for students to practice their sight words as well as their fluency! Included in this resource are many different strips filled with sentences or parts of sentences that include many sight words. Sight Word Fluency Strips – Created by A World of Language Learners When we played, my students were so engaged and a little rowdy! They couldn’t wait to find the next rainbow for their unicorn! The teacher calls out a sight word and students use their unicorn fly swatter to tap the sight word rainbow! This game is super fun and engaging for students! You play by setting out sight word cards that have rainbows on them. Read more about this sight word activity here.Ĭhasing Rainbows – Created by Literacy with the Littles This game has become my students absolute favorite way to practice sight words! They beg me to play it each week with our new words! I pull an equity stick and that student tells the class the word and a sentence with that word in it. The game is a version of freeze dance and when the music stops, students go to a sight word that is taped around the room. This is a game I created to get my students and their wiggly bodies moving around the room while we practice our sight words. Students flatten out the Play-Doh like a pancake and use a toothpick to write the word in the Play-Doh.Partners create words and take turns making a sentence with that word.Students look to the word wall to create the sight words you’ve already learned.Students have flash cards of their sight words for the week and create them using Play-Doh.Here are my favorite ways to use Play-Doh. There’s something about it that makes learning feel more like play and less scary. Play-Doh always gets my kids super excited and ready to learn. Show students a few words (or sit in front of the word wall) and ask students to write one word or a sentence with the word in it and then share with the group.
This works best when you’re sitting in front of your word wall as students can look to the word wall to find the sight word to write. You say a sight word and students write it.Extension: Choose one or two students to use the sight word in a sentence.When students say the word all together, the students who don’t know the word are hearing it and learning from their classmates. Students give a thumbs up when they know it. You (the teacher) writes a sight word on your whiteboard.Whiteboards are an awesome tool when teaching sight words because you can use them in many ways! Here are my favorite ways to use whiteboards when teaching sight words. Sight Word Activities That Aren’t Flash Cards And, although I do still use them for some things, I have found many other more engaging ways to teach sight words! These games use different styles of learning so learning sight words are accessible to all learners. When I first started teaching, I relied on flash cards to teach sight words. Some words can’t be sounded out, others can be, and a lot of learning sight words is just about memorizing.
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