More Activities to Reinforce and Teach Sight Words

Bean Bag Toss

Materials: One shower curtain liner divided into 20 boxes with a er!anent !ar"er Bean Bag Words on large cards Attach the words to the shower curtain with ta e or rubber ce!ent before the ga!e is being la#ed$ %ut the s!all nu!bers on the corner of the cards$ &ivide the class into 2 tea!s$ 'ach tea! will ta"e turns throwing the bean bag to a s(uare$ )f the student can read the word the bean bag lands on* the tea! gets the nu!ber of oints on the card$ )f the student !isses the word* the other tea! gets the chance to sa# it$ The tea! with the !ost oints wins the ga!e$

Around the World

Materials: Word +ards All the students sit in a circle$ ,Or the students can re!ain at their des"s$- One student stands behind one student who is sitting$ The teacher flashes the! a sight word$ Whoever sa#s it first !oves on to the next student$ The student that !a"es it bac" to their own des" or starting oint is the winner$ This is a rett# o ular ga!e* but the little ones love to tr# to sto so!eone who is !a"ing it .Around the World./

Tic Tac Toe

Materials: +hal"board with the tic tac toe board drawn on it Word +ards &ivide the class into 01s and O1s tea!s$ Write words in the tic tac toe s aces$ Ta"e turns having a !e!ber of the tea! co!e u and selecting a s ace to read$ )f he is correct* the# !a# ut an 0 or O for their tea!$ )f the# are incorrect* the other tea! gets to send a la#er to the board to tr# the sa!e word$ 2ou can "ee score if #ou want$ 2ou can alread# have these boards !ade u on overhead trans arencies to save ti!e and "ee the ga!e !oving if #ou are using a variet# of words* li"e the sight word list$ 32ou can also give ever#one a blan" co # of the tic tac toe board* and ut the list of words on the board$ 4ave the! lace the words where the# want in their board$ As #ou call the words out* #ou will have to sa# if it is an 0 word or an O$ The first one to tic tac toe is the winner$

Wordo
Materials: Blan" .Wordo . cards with 5* 67* or 28 bloc"s$ +o # of words being studied 4ave students fill in the card with the words that #ou are wor"ing on$ Tell the! that each card will be different and to tr# to !ix u the words the# are using$ %la#ing the ga!e is 9ust li"e B):;O$ +all out the words and have the students s ell it out loud with #ou and then !ar" their s aces$ This will give those who are unsure of the word so!e extra hel $ The first one with a row covered calls out the word .WOR&O./ <et the winner be the one who calls out the words the next ti!e$

Baseball
Materials: Sight words of = levels$ Ma"e the! on different colored cards and have the t# e of hit that each re resents on each color osted so!ewhere that ever#one can see it clearl#$ %laces in the roo! !ar"ed as 6st base* 2nd base* >rd base* and ho!e late$ &ivide the students into 2 tea!s and let the! na!e the!selves$ &esignate one tea! as ho!e* and the other as visitors$ Mix u the cards$ One child goes to the ho!e late$ &raw out a card$ Match the color to the t# e of hit the# are tr#ing for$ )f the student can read the card correctl#* the# !a# !ove according to the t# e of hit$ ,A single ?!ove 6 base* a double @ !ove 2 bases* a tri le@!ove > bases* and a ho!erun@go all the wa# to ho!e late$- Ma"e sure that #ou have so!e stri"e out cards in the word cards also$ )f the student is unable to read the word* it is considered an out$ After > outs* the next tea! gets to .Bat.$ Aee the score so that ever#one can see$

'rase Rela#
Materials: Word lists on the chal"board Write on the chal"board two colu!ns of words that are a roxi!atel# e(ual in difficult#$ Write as !an# words on the board as there are children in the rela#$ +hildren are divided into 2 tea!s* and stand in two lines at right angles to the chal"board$ At the signal* the first child in each line oints at the first word in his res ective colu!n of words and ronounces that word$ )f his ronounces it correctl#* he is allowed to erase that word$ The ga!e is won b# the side that erases all the words first$

Tea! Sight Word Race

Materials: A grou siBe set of sight words The children are divided into 2 tea!s$ 'ach tea! ta"es a turn atte! ting to ronounce a word turned u fro! a ile of sight words$ )f one tea! !isses* the o osite tea! then receives a chance to ronounce that word in addition to their regular turn$ Score is "e t on the nu!ber of words each tea! ronounces correctl#$ &o not have !e!bers sit down when the# !iss a word* but have each tea! !e!ber go to the bac" of the line after each tr# whether successful or not$ This enables all !e!bers to gain e(ual ractice and does not eli!inate those eo le who need ractice !ost$

The 4ead +hair

Materials: ;rou siBe cards Mar" one chair in the circle as the .4ead +hair.$ %la# begins when #ou flash a card to the erson in the .4ead +hair.$ A child can sta# in his chair onl# until he !isses a word$ When he !isses a word* he goes to the end chair and all the children will !ove u one chair$ The ob9ect of the ga!e is to tr# to end u in the .4ead +hair.$

Which Word WinsC

Materials: news a er* highlighter* word list Sit with #our child and loo" at a news a er to see 9ust how often sight words o u in rint$ As" #our child to choose a sight word fro! the list and an article fro! the news a er$ <oo" for the word together$ 4ighlight and count the word each ti!e it a ears$ Tr# the sa!e thing with a second sight word$ Which word a ears !ore oftenC

Sing a Song of Sight Words

%ractice sight words b# singing the! to a fa!iliar tune or !a"ing u #our own$ )f #ou run out of words before #ou get to the end of the song* 9ust start at the to of the list again$ So!e songs to tr# include DTwin"le* Twin"le* <ittle StarE and DRow* Row* Row 2our Boat$E

Fu! On )t/
+o # sight words on index cards ,one word er card-$ Ma"e a second set of the sa!e words$ Scatter one set faceu on the floor* leaving about a foot between each card$ %lace the other set in a stac" facedown$ Turn over the first card in the stac"$ 4ave #our child read the word ,offer hel as needed- and then 9u! on the corres onding card on the floor$ Turn over the next card and have #our child read it and 9u! to that word$ +ontinue until #our child has 9u! ed on all of the words$ Mix u the cards and la# again/

)n the +u board
O en a cu board and ta"e turns with #our child* finding and reading sight words$ Tr# the ones on the list first* then include other sight words #our child is learning$ Aee going until #ou run out words* ti!e* or things in the cu board$

Rainbow <etters
Turn sight words into rainbows/ As" #our child to write a sight word on a er in big letters$ Gsisng different@colored cra#ons* #our child can then trace around the word again and again* reading the word each ti!e$

Read M# Bac"/
DWriteE a sight word on #our child1s bac"$ +an #our child guess the wordC Trade lacesH let #our child trace a word fro! the list on #our bac"$ +ontinue ta"ing turns tracing and guessing sight words$

On the Run

'at at Foe1s/

The next ti!e #ou1re going so!ewhere with #our child* la# a sight word ga!e$ )t1s eas#H 9ust have #our child find as !an# sight words as he or she can on billboards* signs* and so on$ )f #ou don1t have a sight word list with #ou* invite #our child to read the DlittleE words$ 2ou can la# this ga!e in a car* on a wal"* even in line at the grocer# store/

Bee /
+hoose a icture boo" to read aloud$ Tell children that whenever the# hear the word Bee / it !eans #ou1ve left out a word$ The# need to guess what the word is$ Read the stor# a second ti!e* this ti!e letting children chi!e in on as !an# sight words as the# "now$

Bee /

;a!e 6 Ma"e u 6 or !ore ga!e boardsI use #our own creativit#$ ) li"e to !a"e !ine as interesting as ossible$ )t is a good idea to !a"e so!e ga!e boards with fewer s aces and so!e with !ore$ Then #ou can ic" and choose which board #ou want de ending on the a!ount of ti!e available for la#$ )n a s!all grou * the students roll the dice to see who will go first$ Then* each students ta"es turns doing the following$ $ $ Student rolls the dice$ The teacherJ ara sa#s a word that the student should tr# to s ell$ )f the student s ells the word incorrectl#* the teacher shows it to the student for a few seconds* then hides it$ The student atte! ts to s ell the word again$ Gsuall# the student gets it$ )f the student s ells the word correctl#* the# !a# !ove the nu!ber indicated on the dice$ While the next student is rolling* the revious student should write the word heJshe 9ust s elled on a er$ After la#ing one round of this ga!e@@) often have the students write each word on their list three ti!es* write sentences with the words on their list* andJor add the words to a .s elling noteboo". that ) have the! "ee $ ;a!e 2 Kor a s!all grou of two students* allow the! to la# tic tac toe* either with colored chal" on the board or with colored encils on a er$ Or* #ou could urchase co!!erciall# !ade tic tac toe ga!es with !ani ulative ieces$ Before a student can lace an .x. or an .o. on the grid* he or she !ust s ell a sight word correctl#$ Other ideas: This next idea is !ore of a general ti than an actual ga!e$ 4ereLs the ti : diligentl# search at bargain stores and tag sales$ Often* #ou can ada t alread# !ade ga!es$ A colleague of !ine bu#s s!all* round tag sale stic"ers and uses the! and a er!anent en to change ga!e boards$ She has shelves of outstanding !aterials that cost her next to nothing$

B):;O/
Aids never get tired of B):;O$ )t a!aBes !e/ A cou le of neat ideas: ,6- Gse non@toxic bingo !ar"ers on hotoco ied bingo boards$ ,2- Gse colored encils to x out words on the hotoco ied cards$ ,>- Bu# !agnetic bingo chi s and a !agnetic wand$ The child who loses at B):;O can be the one to ic" u the chi s afterward$