Please work with your child on their sight words. Have them practice their lists everyday. It is very important that they learn these sight words or “jump out” words. They are critical to reading not only because they are used so frequently, but also because many of them cannot easily be sounded out or illustrated. … Because they are used so often it is important that readers be able to recognize these words on sight.
Activities to help learn sight words:
1- It takes just 5 minutes to set up Sight Word Sticky Note Match. Just write the words on sticky notes and have your child cover the words on a dry erase board!
2 – Grab your alphabet stamps and some play dough for this simple sight word activity.
3 – Write the words on sticky notes. Then have your child write them in sand.
4 – Teach sight word songs. We are big fans of the collection of the sight word DVD’s and CD’s from Heidisongs. Listen to them as you’re driving to school.
5 – Write the words on sticky notes. Then have your child swat each sight word with a fly swatter as you name it!
6 –Do fun actions with your sight words with This Reading Mama’s free action cards.
7 – Write sight words in play dough with a stick or wooden skewer.
8 – Try chanting sight words in a variety of different ways – like a robot, a cheerleader, and more! You can get free sight word chants on TPT here.
9 – Make a sight word memory game. Just write each sight word on two different index cards. Then turn the cards over and invite your child to find the matches.
10 – Print these free sight word cards and build the words with letter tiles. When you join This Reading Mama’s free email list, you’ll get lots of free sight word cards! Learn more here.
11- Learning is always more fun with dice! Grab these free rainbow roll & write pages for a variety of sight words. Kids roll a die, check the key at the top of the page, and write the word in a particular color.
12 – This is such a creative way to practice writing sight words! Find the words with a magnifying glass and write them on the lines. Get the freebie here.
13 – Print and play sight word blackout.
14 – Simply write your child’s sight words on a piece of paper and have him stamp them with alphabet stamps.
15. Grab the play dough, a sheet protector, and a dry erase marker. Your child can build the word with play dough and write it on the lines below. Get the freebie here.
16 – Grab these free color-by-sight-word pages.
17 – Get some colorful craft sticks and write the words with a permanent marker for some simple sight word puzzles.
18- Sight Word Showdown is both simple and genius! Just grab a stack of index cards and write each word twice. Then follow the directions in this post.
19 – Write sight words in muffin tin liners and play a simple game of Three in a Row.
20 – Bury magnetic letters in a sensory material. Have children dig out the letters to build words.
21 – Make a sight word parking lot. Draw tiny parking spots on a piece of poster board, and write a sight word in each one. As you name the words, have your child park a toy car in each spot. Learn more here.
22- Practice writing sight words using a dry erase marker on a dry erase board.
23- Write sight words on craft sticks and provide some magnetic letters for this portable sight word activity.
24 – Where’s the bear? Write the words on paper cups and hide a small bear or other tiny object. Your child guesses where the bear is hiding by naming the word on the cup.
25 – Go on a simple sight word hunt by matching the sticky note sight words to the words on a clip board. (This one’s a favorite at our house.)
PINK LIST
like
see
can
I
the
PURPLE LIST
my
is
here
at
look
BLUE LIST
a
come
in
likes
and
GREEN LIST
has
he
we
to
go
YELLOW LIST
did
but
for
then
she
ORANGE LIST
have
little
said
am
not
RED LIST
got
put
big
went
too
GOLD LIST 1
this
her
by
they
walk
on
going
get
want
us
out
play
GOLD LIST 2
your
you
I’ll
I’m
it
of
down
me
where
off
let
them
GOLD LIST 3
three
I’ve
can’t
she’ll
he’ll
we’ll
let’s
be
came
make
when
made
GOLD LIST 4
away
blue
find
funny
help
two
one
red
run
yellow
up
jump
GOLD LIST 5
all
are
black
kind
first
brown
walk
so
into
good
four
eat
do
or
GOLD LIST 6
must
new
ran
saw
our
no
please
now
ride
say
yes
pretty
GOLD LIST 7
soon
that
there
under
well
was
white
who
will
ate
with
what
GOLD LIST 8
after
again
an
any
as
ask
take
once
old
let
may
stop
GOLD LIST 9
every
fly
know
live
thank
open
could
some
round
think
were
over
GOLD LIST 10
from
give
had
him
his
how
just
always
around
because
don’t
been
GOLD LIST 11
before
sit
sleep
write
best
tell
or
made
both
pull
buy
their
GOLD LIST 12
call
cold
wish
work
myself
many
right
sing
these
those
long
read
GOLD LIST 13
upon
which
fast
does
first
would
clean
why
it’s
green
found
five
use
hurt
GOLD LIST 14
very
wash
gave
goes
about
if
ten
cut
warm
small
grow
own
show
full
GOLD LIST 15
better
try
together
keep
bring
carry
draw
fall
hold
never
only
shall
done
hot
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today
start
six
pick
far
laugh
light
much
seven
drink
eight