25 Ways to Teach Sight Words!

I'm going to share with you some fun and engaging ways to teach sight words.  I mentioned in this post, that I LOVE teaching sight words!!  There are numerous reasons, but one of them is the essential fact that learning sight words is just a hop, skip and a jump away from reading fluently!

Edward William Dolch, in 1948, created a list of words that he believed to be essential for all students to learn first! Many teachers have found this to be true.  Unfortunately, not all words can be sounded out.. so confusing!  But, when you teach your kiddos sight words, and the simplicity of recognizing them by sight, they stand a better chance at becoming fluent readers!

Here are 25 Ways to Teach Sight Words:

1. Word of the Day

Consider a word of the day or week.  Students can write a sentence with the word and add it to the class chart before, during a lesson or even as an exit ticket.

2. Sight Word Search

These Kindergarten Sight Word Searches are a great review of the sight words.  You can find these sight word searches here.

3.  Sight Word Songs

Click the picture to watch!

My students LOVED these!!!

4.  Sight Word Practice Pages

I blogged about these here.

5.  Sight Word Make a Match on Starfall

This can be played individually on the computer, on an ipad, or whole group with an interactive board.

6.  Use a doodle sketch or whatever you call these... 

These would be perfect to review sight words during small group time.  Anything that keeps your students engaged and is hands on is perfect for reviewing sight words.

7.  Spelling Practice on ABCya.com

This is a fun game to practice whole group, small group or individually with a smart board, computer or ipad.

8.  Another fun interactive way to ask your students how to spell a word.  This game is also on ABCya.com

9.  Playdoh Sight Words

This photo came from Mrs. Bremer's Class blog.  She found a freebie to use for making sight words out of play doh. Fun!!

10.  Sight Word Necklace

This idea came from Kinder by Kim.  She says to wear a sight word necklace and as your kiddos enter the room they have to tell you the sight word.  Great idea!

11. Literacy Centers

There are so many fun ways to incorporate sight words into literacy centers.  This activity is in my Fall/Halloween Math & Literacy Centers.

12.  Interactive Sight Word Sentences

If you have an interactive board-- this is one of the easiest centers to make!  I would simply insert a picture per page, and separately type up the words in the sentence.  Then, I made sure to mix them up and save the entire flipchart.

13. Sight Word Sentence Building Pages

This particular page is from my Apple Unit.

14. Simple Sight Word Books

I LOVED making these books!  The student had to put the sentence in the correct order, match the picture, then read it to a few friends, to me or silently.

15. iPad Sight Word Games and Resources

There are so many iPad sight word games.  Just try googling it and see what happens!!!

15.  Morning Messages

Before each reading lesson, we always had a morning message.  I would pick a few students to come to the board and circle/underline some of the sight words that were found in the sentence.

16.  Using Sight Words with Crafts

PS- I cannot for the life of me remember where this idea came from.. if it was you, feel free to comment below!

17.  Tree Maps

Tree Maps help teach your students/child how to write a paragraph.  It all starts with the sight words.  "Bats can fly.  Bats have wings.  Bats are creepy!"

18. Flashcards

Let's not forget flash cards!  Repetition is key.. so there is nothing wrong with bringing these bad boys out here and there!

19.  Sight Word Songs to Review a lot of Words

Click the picture to watch!

20.  Homework Checklist of all Sight Words to Parents

This comes from my Read like a Rockstar Pack.

21.  Sensory Bin

This would be so much fun for building sight words.  Stick a little recording sheet at the center and call it common core (haha).

Picture is from Mess for Less.

22. Sight Word Sticker Books

This was another idea that came from Mrs. Bremer's Kindergarten blog.  Give them a sticker for each word they can read.  Over time they will be able to fill the entire book!

23.  Water Color Sight Words

This comes from Sharing Kindergarten.  Kids love to paint, so this center is a no brainer for student engagement.  What a fun center!!!

24.  Magnetic Letters

We can't forget those magnetic letters!

This is a perfect hands on activity for those kinesthetic learners.

25.  Websites: Pinterest & the SightWords.com

Lastly, I almost always have to mention Pinterest.. I am such a visual person and it helps me to get ideas, inspiration, tips, tricks, etc.. with the millions of pictures. I just started a board for Sight Words.  Be sure to follow it!

Make sure to check out www.sightwords.com.  They have so many games and resources for FREE-- yup that's right FREE!!!

I hope you found some great ideas to implement into your own classroom.  Be sure to check out my newest sight word unit below!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kindergarten Sight Word Practice

Teaching sight words is one of my favorite things to do.. I know.. seems crazy but there are so many fun ways to do it (spoiler alert.. I'll be blogging about some fun ways to teach sight words soon).

While creating my home school curriculum, I was in need of a hands on activity to introduce each sight word...

So, I created these Sight Word Practice Pages:

These are perfect for introducing each word, reviewing the word, homework, literacy centers, and could be used for so much more!

These are also perfect because they meet the needs of every type of learner. Read it: Auditory, Write it: Kinesthetic, Find  it: Visual, and Build it: All 3! 

Step 1: Read it.

I thought it might be fun for your child/students to highlight each word as they read it aloud.

Step 2: Write it.

What they say is true.. practice makes perfect!  Continue to practice sight words with repetition.

Step 3: Find it.

(Self explanatory)

Step 4: Build it.

This step is essential for Kindergartners-- they need something that is hands on.  These pages are perfect; they meet almost all levels of learning and reache all types of learners.

You're done!

If you like my newest creation and want to use it in your own classroom click the picture below to grab it.

PS- If ya stuck around.. I'll give this away to the first three people who leave a positive comment below (with email).

UPDATED--- Kindergarten Sight Word Searches!!

It is my goal to analyze some of my older products and spruce them up a bit over the next few months.  Even if it just means adding cute clip art!!  Well, my Kindergarten Sight Word Searches have needed to be updated for some time now. However, it seems every time I am able to work on something, I start a new project..  So, today I finally decided to go back and make these things a bit more pretty!

I also was thinking about some of the wonderful feedback I received.  I always create things based on what I need for my own classroom... So I didn't personally want to make another pack of sight word searches just yet.. instead I added 12 blank thematic pages.  That way, all you have to do is add the words you are working on.

Don't they look so much better!!!

Remember, if you have already purchased this pack you can go download it again for FREE! I LOVE that about teachers pay teachers!!!

Click the picture below to check them out!

Sight Word Book Pointers from Hobby Lobby!

While shopping at Hobby Lobby for my daughter's first birthday party, I came across these adorable little eyes.  They were in the party favor section.  

While assembling the party favor buckets I realized these would be perfect for reading sight word books.  Occasionally I have a few kiddos who jump over words, or read a little too fast.  By the time the story is over, they don't know what they just read...

Please ignore my old nail polish...

I just had to share this adorable find!  I know all those little kinder boys would love using these goofy eyes to point at the words when reading.

And for those of you that read my last post.. I was offering my January Math Journal Prompts to whoever could guess my daughter's birthday.  Welp, only 1 person guessed and she was wrong.. (it's the 2nd of Feb.) but I sent them anyway!

Happy 1st Birthday to my precious baby girl!