Fishing For Sight Words

I found this great Sight Word game here. Click the link for directions on how to play

RAN board

This is called a RAN board. It is a method of memorization that repeats the item/word to be learned. Feel free to edit with your current sight words. Only put 4 words on a board. This is good practice.

Beads

We have some letter beads at home. Today I asked the girls to spell out their sight words using the letter beads. I placed the flashcards on the table and they got to work. Only problem is that the beads are all capital letters while the sight words are all lowercase. It caused a few problems but works well for the most part.

Once the sight word was spelled. I strung the beads on some elastic thread. I tied a bead to each end (I found this was the easiest way to secure them)

Now we can use our beads to practice our sight words! I like how the girls can see each individual letter for each word. I left a little space on the elastic thread so we can slide the letters as we spell out the word.

Poster Board

Today I put together a tri-fold poster board with the letters of the alphabet. As we learn our sight words, we will write them under the beginning letter. This way the kids can look at the board to remember the spelling of their sight words and we can use it to practice as well

Post Its

Write your current sight words on Post It notes. Tell you child to "Go get the word 'am'". Continue getting one word at a time. Play over and over!

Spelling Boxes

Use this link to create a worksheet of your current sight words. Worksheet below has 8 of my daughter's sight words. Using spelling boxes help build phonological awareness by breaking the words into letters/sounds and they teach your child to recognize the number of letters/sounds in the word.

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