Slap it

Slap! Call out a word and first person to slap it, adds it to their pile..... vocabulary, sight words, math facts... so many possibilities!    Idea from Chalk Talk                                   

Such a simple idea!  Find it here.

Track the Progress

Track your child’s progress. As your child learns additional sight words, punch a hole in the top corner of each mastered flashcard and keep them on a loose-leaf ring (found at office supply stores). Your child will be able to see his progress as he accumulates flashcards and the ring will also keep the cards from getting lost. Don't forget to continually review the sight words that have been mastered as well as the ones you are learning!

More tips

Create your own sight word flashcards. Each family has different words that may be common or important. Ask your child for sight word suggestions such as a family member’s name, a favorite food, or a favorite store. Use the blank flashcards included with the sight word flashcards to make personalized sight word flashcards for your child.

Tips

Make it fun. Although learning sight words requires memorization, you can play simple games with the cards that will help make this learning fun. For example, spread the cards face down on a table and let your child pick one card at a time by saying, “Eeeny, meeny, miney, mo. I’ll pick a card that I know!” Direct your child to pick the last card he touches as he reaches the end of the rhyme. Playful elements such as the silly rhyme and allowing your child to pick his own card will help keep your child engaged and having fun. Info found at School Sparks

Tips

Customize the cards. As you introduce each sight word, draw an outline in red around the entire word on the flashcard, highlighting the shape of the word. Since sight words are visual in nature, the red box gives children another way to visualize the word and remember how it looks.

Tips for learning sight words

Get physical. Another way to reinforce new sight words is to teach your child a verbal cheer for each word. Start by labeling each letter as “high” (b, d, f, h, k, l, t and all uppercase letters), “medium” (a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x and z) or “low” (g, j, p, q and y).

Say aloud the sight word and then say the name of each letter in the word to create the cheer. Direct your child to reach above his head for “high” letters, put his hands on his hips for the “medium” letters, and put his arms down at his sides for the “low” letters. Repeat the cheer several times until your child can join you in saying the names of the letters while he looks at the flashcard and moves.Using body movements while learning the sight words will bring the words to life and add another dimension to learning. Rather than just seeing the word and saying it aloud, your child can “feel” the word as he moves his body. Found at School Sparks

Tips

Introduce three sight words at a time. Begin with the first sheet of Dolch pre-primer (preschool) sight words and choose three words. Show your child one flashcard at a time, saying the word clearly and asking your child to repeat the word after you. Put the first flashcard face down and repeat the process with the second and third flashcards.As you review each word, remind your child to try to remember what the word looks like. I would tell my kindergarten students to “tuck the word in their brain.” This phrase helped the children understand the concept of committing something to memory.

Info found at School Sparkshttp://www.schoolsparks.com/blog/sight-word-flashcards-and-tips-for-early-reading

Tips for Sight Words

The easiest way to introduce your child to sight words is through sight word flashcards. These sight word flashcards are based on the list of Dolch sight words, which is a nationally recognized list of words children need to know to be able to read quickly and comfortably. The worksheets include all Dolch pre-primer (preschool) and primer (kindergarten) sight words.

M&Ms

We resorted to some bribes today as we practiced our popcorn words! Each correct word equales one M&M! Worked great! :)

Sorting by ABC order

Using your flashcards, have your child put their sight words into ABC order.

Sight Word games

I found this idea here. Take your flashcards and hide a gingerbread man or a santa under one of the words. Have your child read and pick worrds one at a time until he finds the gingerbread man or santa! Click to picture to go to the link to print your gingerbread man or santa.

Flashcards to print

You can print these fun and colorful flashcards here

Spelling Bee

Have you child say the sight word out loud and spell it in spelling bee style (can c-a-n can). Then ask her to spell it with her eyes closed. Use your flashcards for this activity.

Color By Sight Words

A great resource for a color by sight word flashcard activity. You can download them here from 1+1+1=1

Spiders

Using the fun of Halloween, we practiced our sight words. I purchased a black spiderweb from the craft store and we have a vase of random Halloween-things including some spider rings.
With their flashcards, I quizzed the girls on their sight words.

For each correct word, they hung a spider ring on the web. Sometimes they had to read one word other times they read 3-4 words at a time.

We had fun decorating for Halloween and reviewing our sight words!

The Words I Know

Have you child sort her flashcards into two piles: Words I know and Words I Don't Know
Then practice the "Words I Don't Know" a little extra this week