Helpful Resource for working with your kids at home

Ways to practice sight words at home

 

 I came across this great resource tonight. I thought I'd pass this along to you at home. It might be a fun way to 'liven' up your spelling word practice.  There's some great activities that I hadn't thought of that I hope to implement in our classroom.  If we have time in the next few days, I might bring them outside to practice their spelling words in the snow! :)

 

Paper Plate Toss: Write sight words on paper plates. Use like Frisbees to throw after reading the word.

Concentration: Make a duplicate set of word cards and play “Concentration”

Go Fish: With a duplicate set of word cards play “Go Fish”

Tic –Tac-Toe: Write words in the tic-tac-toe spaces. Take turns selecting a

space to read. If read correctly, an X or O is placed on the space until someone wins. 

 

Word-O: This is played just like BINGO. Fill in a card with the words that you

are working on. Call out the words and mark  the  spaces. The first one with a card covered calls out the word "WORDO"!

 

Word Hunt: Look for target words in books or in the newspaper. If using the

newspaper your child can highlight or circle the word ring words that he/she finds

 

 

SNAP: You put the sight words you want them to practice on flash cards and put the flash cards into a jar (maybe like an oatmeal jar). Also, you write theword SNAP! on a a few flash cards and put them in the jar also. The kids can play in partners or in groups of 3 or 4. They take turns pulling a card out of the jar. If they can say the word on the card automatically with no struggle, they get to keep the card. If they struggle, they have to put it back. If they pull out one of the cards that says SNAP!  They have to put back all of the cards they've drawn.

Play coin toss – Put words on the floor - children take turns to toss a coin onto

a word and say that word.

Play who am I? For example, I rhyme with bed, I have 3 letters, and end "d". Children go outside and practice writing their words with chalk on the concrete (or in SNOW considering it's January!)

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Flashlight words - turn off lights. Tape words on the wall or ceiling. Use the flashlight to shine on the word then read.

 

Children make their own word wall/dictionary using photocopied small sight words and scrapbooks labeled with a letter of the alphabet on each page... can be added to throughout the year.

Make words using play dough.

 

Beat the clock - how many times can a word be written in 1 minute etc

Play stepping stones - place words on the floor and children walk over them saying the word as they go to get to the other side of the stream. Make words using letter tiles

-scrabble pieces

Make words using stencils.

Make words using alphabet stamps.

Make words using magnetic letters

Delicious Words -Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat

 

Good Clean Words -Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other surface that can

be cleaned safely

(Reference: Schoolworld.com)

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