Sight Word Practice Ideas

Flash Card Games

(write the words on index cards, post-its

popsicle sticks)

1. “Finders Keepers” Lay cards on table, face up.

Ask the student to find a given word. If they

find it, they keep it. Keep going until all cards

are picked up.

2. “Who has more?” -Give flash cards to student. If

they read the word within 3 seconds, they

keep the card. If not, you keep the card. The

goal is that the child has more than you at the

end of the game.

3. “Concentration”-  Using double copies of the

words, take turns turning over two cards at a

time, trying to make a match. The player must

read the word correctly to get the match.

4. “Go Fish” - Using double copies of the words,

pass out all but 5-6 of the words. Put these in

a stack, face down, on the table. Look for

matches in your set of cards (each player

must be able to read the word or the set goes

in the stack on the table). Take turns asking

each other for cards to make matches. The

person with the most matches at the end is

the winner.

5. “BINGO” - Draw a simple Bingo card (5 boxes

wide and 5 high) and put sight words in the

boxes. You may need to repeat words to have

25 words.  Say a word and let your child find the word on the card.  Use beans or cereal as tokens.

6.  Use magnetic refrigerator letters to make sight words and practice reading them.

7.  Make words out of play-dough

8.  Place sigh words around the house and let your child go on a scavenger hunt.

9.  Make a Tic-Tac-Toe board with the sight words and play Tic-Tac-Toe anywhere!

10.  Put the flashcards on the wall and turn out the lights….let your child use a flashlight to read the words!

11. KABOOM!  Include a “KABOOM” card in your flashcards.  Your child keeps every word they can read.  When they get “KABOOM”, they lose all cards and start over!