This game is great because often the word is on the board for a while so students see it for an extended period of time. If they get it right they can keep it and replace it with a new word. You put one word in each of 6 spaces and students take turns rolling the dice and reading the word on that number. You can find the board in many sizes and essentially just need flash cards and a dice to play.
One of my favorite easy games is called Roll Say Keep. I heard about the "snap" game at a PD at the beginning of this year, planned to try it, and completely forgot until I saw this post. Word finder- give students a highlighter and let them highlight every time they see a certain sight word(s) in text and count them (obviously, you have to copy the book pages so they're on regular paper). Give students a sight word flashcard and have them write their own sentence using that word.ħ. With really small groups, like a group of 3, I might show the card to everyone at once and give it to whoever says it first.Ħ. At the end they count their cards and depending on the group I try to have them beat each other or with more touchy groups just focus on having them get more cards than me. If they say it within 3 seconds, they keep it. With others, I go around the circle and quickly show one child at a time a word. With some groups I do the traditional Around the World game with the sight word flashcards. I do a few variations of Around the World also (bonus- I often have students earn this game with good behavior, even though it's really just more academic practice ). You say a word, then they have to find that word, trace it with their finger, and say it again.ĥ. Word Hunt- Have several different sight words posted around the room. For example, I might set out word cards for "she" "we" and "be," review the words, and then show the sentence, "_ are going to play." Students write down which word makes sense in the sentence and then you review together.Ĥ. I do this when they know the words fairly well but need more practice. Mystery Sentence- similar to cloze sentences, but I give them a choice of 3 sight words to choose from. Practice it a few times taking away different letters or letting a student choose the missing letter.ģ.
For example, you write "t_e" and they write "the" on their boards. Missing letter- you write the word with a missing letter, they try to write the whole word. In a span of 2-3 minutes they've heard it said and spelled 20+ times.Ģ. After we spell, write, and say it many times, I ask them to use the word in a sentence. What's this word? How do we spell it?" I know it sounds boring but I don't have any problems getting my kids to participate, especially if I'm using an excited tone of voice (especially easy for the young ones). T-h-e (they say the letters while they spell them). I make it more "fun" by allowing them to write on the table with a dry erase marker (IF your table is a darker color, it will erase right off- check first) or by letting them do different color crayons on a tactile board. I have my students practice writing them, saying them, spelling them over and over.