Sight
words are important for students to master, especially Kindergarten students.
Being able to quickly read and recognize sight words improves reading fluency
and automaticity. Plus many sight words don’t follow the rules and make it hard
to sound them out.
Each
day during Reading Workshop, students complete Word Work. This is where they
practice recognizing, reading and writing their sight words.
Here
is a list of our favorite word work activities:
Rainbow
Writing
Bumpy
Writing
White
Board Writing
Write
the sight words with many different utensils (pencil, crayon, colored pencil, and highlighter)
Sand Tray Writing
Use Playdough
Letter
Magnets
Wikki
Stix
Write a Sight
Word in a Sentence
Sight
Word, Word Search
Dice Roll a
Sight Word
Spin a Sight Word (using spinning tops)
Find a
Sight Words in a Chapter Book
Writing
the Sight Words Spooky (use black paper and white crayons-so simple, but the
students love it!)
Alphabetize
the Sight Words
Magnifying
Sight Words-here
Sight
Word Scrabble (integrates Math with addition practice)
Letter
Bead Stinging Sight Words
QR
Code Scanning-try this!
I am
always nervous that my students may be bored, however even the simplest ideas to practice never seem to tire them! And of course the more
practice the better! When students are confident in sight word reading,
they become more eager and confident in their reading all together!
