Tell your child what the word is, then have them repeat it back to you. Write a sight word on a note card or flash card in clear lowercase letter handwriting.Try this quick 2 minute technique to help your child remember any sight word they have! These boxes will help children visualize the words in their mind so they can retain them.ĬLICK TO VIEW EXAMPLE OF WORD BOXING Trace It and Tap It! After you have written a sight word on a piece of paper, carefully draw a box around each letter. Word BoxingĪnother technique to help a student remember words it to “box” the letters. It will only take a few minutes and kids will feel proud to master their words. Use these as flashcards to go over their sight words each day. Using any color will help the word stand out visually and in your child’s memory.
Have your child color the paper to give it a blue background. Write only one word per piece of paper or notecard. Once you’ve chosen a few words, write them clearly in large, thick lowercase letters on a piece of paper or notecard. Remind them sight words often don’t follow the spelling and sound rules, they can be tricky! Paper Color Words for Flash Cards: Any more than this before your child is ready will just overwhelm and frustrate them. Start easy!įocus on only five words for a week. We’re learning them so we can enjoy a good story! As much as possible, point out sight words when you see them so your child can see their role in stories. Sight words have an important job because without them a lot of books and writing would not make sense. This item is a digital download and is nonrefundable.The most important aspect of teaching sight words is teaching kids WHY they must memorize these whole words. You have the option to purchase multiple licenses (at a discount) for each additional person/classroom with whom you wish to share this product. Inspired Elementary® products may not be used for commercial use, including platforms such as Outschool. That means that copying or sharing any part of this product with another teacher, grade level, school, department, district, etc…is strictly prohibited. ***Just a friendly reminder that this product is for A SINGLE USER ONLY. Want more sight word practice? Check out my SIGHT WORD ACTIVITY BOOKS! This is a fun way to mix math into sight word practice!!!Īlways, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your. Then they total up the number of tallies. Tally & Total: This is a favorite…students count the number on each letter tile of the sight word and write tallies.
Pattern It: Students get to have fun being creative and coming up with a pattern to design the sight word being practiced. Trace & Write: students practice tracing the sight word, followed by writing it two times. They can draw different colored lines to match, or circle in different colors. Match It: Students have to discriminate between different fonts/sight words to find matching pairs. 40 “Write It” strips – copy on the back and students write the sight word in a sentence.40 Sight Word Activity Strips – one for each Dolch Second Grade Sight Word.Sight Words I Know student success tracker page.SAVE BIG and get the SIGHT WORD ACTIVITY STRIPS BUNDLE! Students add to their Sight Word Rings ALL YEAR LONG and celebrate their success one word at a time! Sight Word Activity Strips are a FUN and FUNCTIONAL way for students to practice sight words!