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Showing posts with label Sight Words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sight Words. Show all posts
Monday, February 18, 2013
Roll and Read: Rocket Words
I made these roll and reads to go along with the sight words I send home with my students. The student rolls the dice and then reads the words in that column as fast as they can.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Sight Word Bowling
Bowling Balls 2
Bowling Balls 3
Bowling Balls 4
Instead of having the number they get on the ball I just have them roll a 10 sided dice and then record that number.
Bowling Balls 3
Bowling Balls 4
Instead of having the number they get on the ball I just have them roll a 10 sided dice and then record that number.
Click HERE to get a copy of this and other games from The Florida Center for Reading Research.
Here is the back side where they added up their points using tens and ones.
Adding Up Points
Here is the back side where they added up their points using tens and ones.
Adding Up Points
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Mystery Sight Words
If your students were like mine and came into first grade needing A LOT of practice with sight word and number recognition. Here's the perfect activity!!!
All you need to do is color the sight word you are working on to fit in the 120 chart and then call out the numbers to the students to color in. When they are finished they can turn it sideways to see what sight word they have made. To make it a little more tricky as the year goes on, make the words in a color pattern or call out the numbers saying ten less than, ten more than, 5 less than...etc.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Whole Group Games
Sight Word Scramble
(my class favorite)
This takes a little room rearrangement and is high energy but FUN! You will need to print off two copies of a rocket word list with enough sight words for each student to have one, you want multiples of each word and a copy for yourself so you can call out the words. Have the students move their chairs in a circle, leave one out. There will be a student standing in the middle. Hand out one sight word to each student and have them sit in their chairs, pick one student to be in the middle. Go around the circle to review the sight words and make sure that all students know what they have. The teacher calls out one of the sight words and the students with that sight word have to run and switch chairs with someone else that's up. The student in the middle also scrambles to find a seat. Each time there will be a student left in the middle. Keep playing by calling out different sight words. It gets really fun when you start calling out two or three sight words at a time. After a couple rounds I have the students pass their cards to the right so they have a new sight word to remember. I'll do this three or four times depending on how long it keeps their interest.
Here it is in The Mailbox magazine.
Click on the picture to read and print this idea.
Here it is in The Mailbox magazine.
Click on the picture to read and print this idea.
Secret Sight Word
Separate the class into groups of four according to the level sight words they are working on. Print out a rocket word list for each table and enough pennies(or any other manipulative) for each student to have their own. One student has to think of a sight word and discretely write it down on a dry erase board. When that student is ready the other students at the table try and guess which sight word it is by putting their penny on one of the sight words. When the students have all guessed a sight word the dry erase board is turned over. If the students were correct they get a point. The students take turns picking a secret sight word. The first student to twenty points is the winner or play until you're out of time. The sight word boards can be changed when a round is over.
Read and Tally
Separate the class into groups of four. Each student needs to be able to see the wipe board. The teacher writes a sentence on the board, each group needs to discuss what it says, the first group to read the sentence gets a tally mark. Which ever team raises their hand first gets to be the first team to try and read the sentence. If they don't read it correctly their team does not get a point. Each student can only read the sentence two times so the really good readers will only get to read it twice and then will have to help their teammates read.
Around the World
All the students sit in a circle (or in their desks) One student stands behind another student who is sitting. The teacher flashes them a sight word. Whichever child says the word first will move on to the next student. The student who makes it back to his or her own desk or starting point is the winner.
Tic-Tac-Toe
Divide the class into two teams of X's and O's. Write sight words in the tic-tac-toe spaces. Team members take turns coming up and selecting a space to read. If the child reads the word correctly, he or she may put up an X or O for his or her team. If the answer is incorrect, the other team gets to send a player to the board to try to read the same word.
An easy alternative to save time and keep the game moving is to have several tic-tac-toe boards made up with words ahead of time on overhead transparencies.
Another alternative is to give each child a blank copy of the tic tac toe board, and put the list of words on the board. The children can place the words wherever they want to on their board. As the teacher calls the words out, she will have to tell the children if the word is an X word or an O word. The first child to get tic-tac-toe is the winner.
Erasing Relay
Write two columns of words on the board that are approximately equal in difficulty. Include as many words on the board as there are children in the relay. Children are divided into 2 teams, and will stand in two lines at right angles to the chalkboard. At the signal, the first child in each line points at the first word in his respective column of words and reads that word. If he or she reads the word correctly, he or she is allowed to erase that word. The game is won by the side that erases all the words first.
Word Wall Bingo
Each child has a bingo card with six blank spaces. The children write one word wall word of their choice in each space. Then the words are removed from the wall, placed into a container, and pulled out one by one. If the word that is pulled out is on a child's Bingo card, that word may be covered with a marker. When the entire card is covered, a child can yell "BINGO!"
Word Wall Bingo (small group)
This game is done in a small group of 5-7 children. Sight words are written on either 9 word or 15 word cards (cards are laminated so they can be re-used). The teacher picks a word from a box, reads it and uses it in a sentence. If the word is on their card, the children put a marker on that word. The winner is the first child to completely fill his/her card.
Wordo
Materials: Blank "Wordo " cards with 9, 16, or 25 blocks. Copy of words being studied
Have students fill in their cards with the words that they are working on. Tell them that each card must be different and to try to mix up the words they are using. Playing the game is similar to BINGO. The teacher calls out the words and has the students spell it out loud and then mark their spaces. Spelling the words out loud will give those who are unsure of the word some extra help. The first child to cover an entire row calls out the word "WORDO"! The winner can call out the words the next time.
Baseball
Materials: Sight words at 4 different levels (from simple to more difficult). Make them on different colored cards and have the type of hit that each color represents posted somewhere thateveryone can see it clearly.
Designate different places in the room as 1st base, 2nd base, 3rd base, and homeplate. Divide the students into 2 teams. Designate one team as the home team, and the other as the visitors. Mix up the cards. The children take turns going to the homeplate. Draw out a card and let the child attempt to read the word. If the student can read the card correctly, he or she may move according to the type of hit. (A single: move 1 base, a double: move 2 bases, a triple: move 3 bases, and a homerun: go all the way to homeplate.) Make sure that you have included some strike out cards and walk cards among the word cards. If the student is unable to read the word, it is considered an out. After 3 outs, the next team gets to "Bat". Keep the score so that everyone can see.
Team Sight Word Race
The children are divided into 2 teams. Each team takes a turn attempting to correctly read a word turned up from a pile of sight words. If one team misses, the opposite team then receives a chance to read that word in addition to their regular turn. Score is kept on the number of words each team reads correctly. Have each team member go to the back of the line after each try whether successful or not. This enables all members to gain equal practice and does not eliminate those people who need practice most.
Click HERE to get more fun classroom games.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Spelling Battleship
Directions: This is a two player game. Each player needs a battleship game board and a spelling list they are working on (it needs to be the same list for both students). They need to sit across from each other with a shield between them. Before playing each student needs to fill in one side of the game board with six of their spelling words going across (one letter per box). When they are finished filling it in play begins. The first player needs to guess a coordinate such a (1,A) and the other student has to tell them if they hit a letter or not. If it's a miss they need to mark it on the other board to keep track of what they have called. If they hit a letter, they can keep playing until they miss or guess the word. The student needs to say... you sunk my and then the word they have sunk. When a word is sunk they need to mark it off on their list. When all the letters in a word have been hit, that word has sunk. They take turns playing until all words on one board are sunk. The first player to sink all the words wins.
Battleship Game Board
Click HERE for a road trip version of the battleship game.
I also just discoverd this free download on TPT with the same idea just bigger coordinates: Battleship
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Rocket Word Games
Concentration:
Directions: Print off 2 of the same rocket word lists you are working on. Cut the sight words apart. Mix the cards up and turn them over, words down. Take turns flipping over and saying the name of two cards. If they match you get to keep them, if they don't you have to turn them back over. Play continues until all cards are taken. The person with the most cards wins.
BANG:
Directions: Print off two or three rocket word
lists your students are working on and a set of bang cards. Shuffle the cards and have students take turns taking a card, one at a time. If the student can read the word on the card, then they may keep the card. If the student picks-up a BANG card then they have to put all of their sight words back into the pile. The student with the most sight word cards at the end of the game is the winner!
I Spy Sounds:
Directions: Print off three different rocket word lists. Lay them out face up on the table. One player says I spy a ... and then makes the sound of a letter he sees. He has to keep going with all the sounds in the word until the other player guesses the word. They have to see how many words they can collect in 10 minutes.
Click HERE for the game of PIG.
Roll-Say-Keep
Print off one or two rocket word lists. Make a pile and place one card in each space. The student rolls the dice. If they can read the corresponding card, they get to keep it and replace it with a new card from their pile. You can play in partners and the student with the most cards wins.
Click HERE to get a copy of the game board.
Snap
Requires at least two players
Print out 2 sets of rocket words.
Deal the cards out equally between all the players. Each person takes a turn to put a card on a central pile face up so it can be seen. When a card is laid directly on top of a matching card, the first person to put their hand on top of the pile and yell "snap" gets to add the whole pile to the cards in their hand. The aim of the game is to have all the cards. Build it up the same way you do for Concentration.
Hangman
You need: paper, pen or pencil, rocket word lists
Requires at least two players
Choose a word the child has already been working with. Make enough lines across a page for each letter in the word to have a line. The child starts guessing what the word is letter by letter. Any letter they call out correct, write it on its correct place on the line. Any letter wrong, write it above the "man" and begin to draw a hangman. If the child gets the word before the hangman is completed, they win, but only if the man is drawn first. Make sure the child can tell you the word at the end.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Roll a Rocket Word
Roll a Rocket Word Directions:
You will need a 10 sided dice. Have the student roll the dice. The student needs to say and write the word that corresponds to the number on the dice. Whatever word reaches the top first is the winner. Each Roll a Rocket Word corresponds to the Rocket lists I send home.
If you don't have a 10 sided dice you can spin a rocket word with a pencil and a paper clip.
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 1 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 16
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 2 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 17
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 3 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 18
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 4 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 19
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 5 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 20
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 6 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 21
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 7 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 22
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 8 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 23
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 9 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 24
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 10 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 25
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 11 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 26
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 12 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 27
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 13 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 28
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 14 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 29
ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 15 ROLL A ROCKET WORD LIST 30
Rocket Word Lists
Here are the Rocket Words I send home with the students:
ROCKET WORD LIST 1 ROCKET WORD LIST 16
ROCKET WORD LIST 2 ROCKET WORD LIST 17
ROCKET WORD LIST 3 ROCKET WORD LIST 18
ROCKET WORD LIST 4 ROCKET WORD LIST 19
ROCKET WORD LIST 5 ROCKET WORD LIST 20
ROCKET WORD LIST 6 ROCKET WORD LIST 21
ROCKET WORD LIST 7 ROCKET WORD LIST 22
ROCKET WORD LIST 8 ROCKET WORD LIST 23
ROCKET WORD LIST 9 ROCKET WORD LIST 24
ROCKET WORD LIST 10 ROCKET WORD LIST 25
ROCKET WORD LIST 11 ROCKET WORD LIST 26
ROCKET WORD LIST 12 ROCKET WORD LIST 27
ROCKET WORD LIST 13 ROCKET WORD LIST 28
ROCKET WORD LIST 14 ROCKET WORD LIST 29
ROCKET WORD LIST 15 ROCKET WORD LIST 30
-Have your child practice the words each night for 5-7 minutes.
-Return the sheet below when your child has mastered (reads without hesitation) each sight word.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ROCKET WORD LIST 1 ROCKET WORD LIST 16
ROCKET WORD LIST 2 ROCKET WORD LIST 17
ROCKET WORD LIST 3 ROCKET WORD LIST 18
ROCKET WORD LIST 4 ROCKET WORD LIST 19
ROCKET WORD LIST 5 ROCKET WORD LIST 20
ROCKET WORD LIST 6 ROCKET WORD LIST 21
ROCKET WORD LIST 7 ROCKET WORD LIST 22
ROCKET WORD LIST 8 ROCKET WORD LIST 23
ROCKET WORD LIST 9 ROCKET WORD LIST 24
ROCKET WORD LIST 10 ROCKET WORD LIST 25
ROCKET WORD LIST 11 ROCKET WORD LIST 26
ROCKET WORD LIST 12 ROCKET WORD LIST 27
ROCKET WORD LIST 13 ROCKET WORD LIST 28
ROCKET WORD LIST 14 ROCKET WORD LIST 29
ROCKET WORD LIST 15 ROCKET WORD LIST 30
Rocket Sight Word Directions:
-Cut apart the word cards.-Have your child practice the words each night for 5-7 minutes.
-Return the sheet below when your child has mastered (reads without hesitation) each sight word.
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_______________ is ready to be tested on
level _______ Rocket Words.
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