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100 sight words for 1st grade4/16/2024 ![]() These 10 online games to teach sight words are FREE and super interactive. We read them in sentences, practice them with music and movement, do art projects, and more! 10 Interactive Online Games to Teach Sight Words to Beginning Readers I tackle sight word instruction from all sides. It requires so much repetition and practice, yet all of our students need those things in different ways. Sight word instruction can be really challenging in the classroom because you have a classroom filled with students who learn different things in different ways at different paces. I love using these online games to teach sight words in my classroom. ![]() These words have to be memorized, which means they require a lot of repetition and practice. Food fun - many snacks have letter options (Cheez Its and pretzels to name a couple)- let your child "play" with their food and make their words.Sight words and high frequency words are an important part of teaching new readers.Sensory fun - put some shaving cream on a counter or area that can be easily cleaned and allow your child to make their words this way.Word Detective - have your child be a word detective and go on a scavenger hunt for their sight words- they can be all around- in letters, newspapers, books you read together, in stores, on menus or food labels- be creative for where you look and have fun!.Tic-Tac-Toe - take turns playing tic-tac-toe with your child, but you each use a sight words instead of x's and o's!.Go Fish - print off two copies of the flashcards and play the game with your child's sight words!.Memory Match or Concentration- print off two copies of the flashcards and play the game with words instead of pictures!.Then read off the words and have your child find them on the board and see if they can get "BINGO!". BINGO - make a bingo board and fill in the board with your child's sight words (depending on their age, your child could do this for additional practice writing their words, or you can fill in a board for them).Magnetic letters - have your child use magnetic letters to make their words.Stamps - if you have alphabet stamps your child can stamp their words out!. ![]() Playdoh - have your child practice making their words in Playdoh.Sidewalk Chalk - have your child practice writing their words on the driveway or sidewalk in chalk.Skywriting - have your child make the letters of their words by putting their arm straight out and having two pointing fingers make large movements to form each letter in the word, saying them aloud as they "write" them.Some games you can play or activities that you can do at home to help your child learn sight words include: You can also play several games with the words to help your child learn the sight words! You can use the flashcard files to print off for additional practice for your child. ![]() The attached files have the sight words that can be downloaded for your child to practice at home! These files include the words that are expected to be learned in kindergarten, first and second grade. Beginning in kindergarten students will be working to learn to read and write sight words. When your child comes to a sight word in their reading they should not attempt to sound them out (many cannot be sounded out, for example the words "the" or "was"). Sight words are words that should be able to be recalled quickly as they will help your child's reading to remain fluent and will help to maintain comprehension of what has been read. Sight word recognition is a very important skill in order to help ensure reading success.
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