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Sight Word FunGo Fish! Duplicate a set of high-frequency word cards.Each player receives 7 cards and then follows the standard playing rules for Go Fish. The goal is to have matched pairs. (Example: Player #1: “Do you have from?”. If player #2 does not have the requested card, player #1 must draw a card and play continues.HopscotchUse sidewalk chalk and create a hopscotch grid. Write a high-frequency word in each square. Child must be able to read a word before hopping or jumping into each square.Swat!Each player has half the deck of Sight Words.One at a time, a player will put down a card.Swat the card with your hand and read the sight word.The player who swats the card and reads the word correctly first “wins” the card.The player with the most cards is the winner of the game.ConcentrationCreate two of each high-frequency word cards. Lay the cards face down on the floor or table. Players take turns trying to match identical words. Every time a card is turned, the player must read the word on the card.The player with the most pairs wins. Tic-Tac-ToeDraw a Tic-Tac-Toe boardWrite the sight words in the Tic-Tac-Toe spaces. Take turns selecting a space to read. If the player is correct, they may put an X or O. If they are incorrect, the other player tries to read the same word. The winner is the person that has three in a row.Rainbow LettersHave your child write a sight word on paper in big letters. Using different-colored crayons, your child can then trace around the word again and again, reading the word each time.Read My Back!“Write” a sight word on your child’s back. Can your child guess the word? Trade places—let your child trace a word from the list on your back. Continue taking turns tracing and guessing sight words.On the RunHave your child find as many sight words as he or she can on billboards, signs, and so on. You can play this game in a car, on a walk, even in line at the grocery store!Magnetic MagicUse plastic letters. Make the word, read the word. Encourage them to make the word, read the word, cover the word, write the word, check the word, read the word. (Children may peek at the word if necessary while they are learning to write it correctly.)BANGMaterials: a coffee can or bowl index cards with a sight word written on each 3 index cards with Bang! written on themHow to Play: Mix up all the cards and put them in the can/bowl. Take turns drawing out the sight word cards from the can and trying to read them. If you can read the word within 5 seconds, you get to keep the card. If you can't, your partner tries reading it, and if he/she reads it correctly he/she gets to keep the card. If neither of you get it right, the card goes into the "Don't Know It, Yet" pile on the floor. When a Bang! card is pulled out of the can the student who drew it has to return all their cards to the can. The Bang! card is placed in a separate pile on the floor table . The game is played until all the cards are drawn, and the player with the most cards wins. ZAPMaterials: large craft sticksmarkers - to write the words on the sticksa timerHow To Play: Write one word on the end of each stick. For every 25 sticks, add three ZAP sticks. The players take turns pulling a stick out of a cup. If they can read it, they keep it. If they can't, they put it back in the cup. If they get "zapped" they put all of their sticks back in the cup. At the end of a set time (about 5 minutes), the winner is the one with the most sticks. Sight Word Board Game(See attached for game board)Write sight words on the path.Roll the dice and move along the path reading the words when you land on them.Use pennies, dice or a spinner from another game to advance on the game board and cheerios. Post –It BingoWhat You Need:pad of Post-It squares (3x3 or smaller)pencilsset of 9 or 16 sight words to practice, written on index cards (See the list below for ideas)one piece of paper per player (Note: Instead of paper, you could simply use a flat surface, such as a cookie sheet or the kitchen table.)a set of bingo markers, about 10 per player (plastic chips, bottle caps, paper clips, coins, macaroni, M&Ms... be creative and have fun!What You Do:Prepare the game. Each player writes the sight words on Post-It notes, one word per note; players check each other's notes for accurate spelling. Once the prep is done, players arrange their notes in a square on the construction paper or flat surface. If you're playing with 9 words, you should arrange them in three rows of three. For 16 words, four rows of four. Finally, put the stack of index cards in the center of the playing area, face down.Play! The first player turns over the top index card and reads the word aloud. Players mark their matching Post-It note with a bingo marker. Once everyone’s done marking, the player shows the card to all gamers, so they can check their work to be sure they’ve got a visual match. Player puts card in the discard pile. Play continues in this manner until a player has marked an entire row on their Bingo “board”. The winner yells "Post-It Bingo!", then the oldest player checks the discard pile to be sure all the marked words have been called.Water Word PlayWhat You Need:Sidewalk chalkPail of water6” damp spongesStopwatchSeveral energetic first gradersWhat You Do:Find an empty, clean spot of pavement, perhaps on a driveway or local playground.Have your child help you write out some common first grade spelling words like, "with" or "there" or "that." (There are many possibilities. Take ideas from her spelling homework!)Dunk the sponge in the pail of water, and take turns throwing the wet sponge at each word. See how long it takes to "melt" away the sight word.For an extra twist, you can challenge your child to some “selective” melting too—for example, only vowels, or only first letters. Mix it up any way you want as she starts getting better at reading.Once the word is completely gone, put your kid's memory to the test and see if she can remember how that meltaway word was spelled. If she's not sure, pull out that chalk and those sponges again. Be prepared for hours of fun!Sight Word JengaWhat You Need:Blank wooden rectangular blocks, available at toy stores or teacher supply storesPermanent markerLists of sight words and vocabulary What You Do:Use the permanent marker to write one word on each of the blank blocks. Sight words (like "the", "always", "anything", and "every") are great to use. You can use the sight word list above, or use words and vocabulary from your child's spelling lists or favorite books.Stack the blocks up into a tower.Players will take turns. On each turn, a player will pull out one wooden block from the tower. If the tower does not fall, the player must then use the word written on the block in a sentence.The objective of the game is to pull out as many word blocks as possible without knocking the tower over. The first person to make the tower fall loses that game.Island Hopping with Sight WordsWhat You Need:Colored chalkStretch of pavementA few index cards and a permanent marker1-8 first gradersStopwatchWhat You Do:On one end of a paved surface, use your chalk to draw a circle big enough for a few kids to stand comfortably inside. For fun, invite your child to decorate it a bit, perhaps with drawings of palm trees or shells. This is “Shelter Island,” and it’s your home base. The object of the game is for each child to hop across a stretch of pavement to land safely on the island. Here’s the catch: the area all around may look like plain concrete, but today, it’s “Crocodile Sea,” and there are going to be the fearsome snapping of toothy jaws all around!Now draw a series of roughly circular 12-inch blobs between you and the island, leaving about a foot between each one. Each blob is an “island hop” that can guide a lively first grader to safety. On each “island hop,” have your child help you write a sight word that he's studying. (Your teacher may have given you a list; if not, see below for common first grade words.) Draw enough blobs so that there can be several routes to the island, but try not to make any route longer than about four hops (at least at first).While the kids finish decorating the island and practice some hopping, take a minute to scope out some routes. On your index cards, write out five or more different routes of about four words each that a child can hop continuously before getting to the island.Time to get to the island! How fast can your child make it? Can all his friends make it, too? Pull out a card, call out a route, and let the leaping begin! If your child needs coaching on words, that’s fine: the whole idea is to practice those sight words … and get home safe for dinner too! ................
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