Tricky words can also referred to as sight words and will be taught throughout our Letterland curriculum. The list for these will come home later this year!
ABC Order - Write your words in alphabetical order
Rainbow Words - Write your words in three colors
Ransom Words - Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or magazine and glue them on a paper
Pyramid Words - Write your words adding one letter at a time
Delicious Words - Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat
Good Clean Words - Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or cookie tray
Dirty Words - Write your words in mud or sand
Pasta Words - Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits cereal.
3D Words - Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words
Magazine Words - Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word
Cheer Your Words - Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words
Sound Words - Use a computer microphone to record your words and their spelling
X Words - Write two words having one common letter so they criss-cross
Choo-Choo Words - Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colors for different words.
Silly String - Use yarn to make the letters in your words
Back Writing - Using your finger, draw each letter on a partners' back, having the partner say the word when completed
Telephone Words - Translate your words into numbers from a telephone keypad
Flash Writing - In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in the air
Newspaper Words - Search a newspaper page from top to bottom, circling each letter of a word as you find it
30 Second Words - Spell your word as many times as you can in 30 seconds
Popsicles - Make words using popsicle sticks
Secret Agent Words - Number the alphabet from 1 to 26, then convert your words to a number code
Etch-A-Word - Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words
Memory - Make your own deck with 2 of each word then find the matches
Go Fish - Use the same deck from memory with 2 of each word and play this classic game
Bingo - Download a sight word bingo sheet online or make your own
Scavenger Hunt- Hide words on notecards/sticky notes around the house, have your child cross the word off on a master list once they find it