As an intervention teacher, I’ve had several groups of students who needed help learning sight words. I’ve tried several different strategies over the years and I’ve settled on a routine that has proven highly effective for sight word intervention.
I look at their latest sight word tests and choose words that all the students in the group are struggling with. We practice one word a day. I created sight word practice pages, flashcards, and coloring pages for each word. We practice reading and clapping the word. While they work on the pages, I encourage them to read the word aloud each time the see it or write it. When they finish they have free choice for sight word practice.
I thought I’d share some of our favorite ways we practice our HFWs.
1. Make Sight Words Out of Magnet Letters
2. Make Sight Words Out of Wooden Letters
3. Write Sight Words in Rainbow Letters
4. Make Sight Words out of Letter Beads
5. Build Sight Words with Blocks
6. Let them Discover New Ways to Practice
When they finish their sight word pages, though, I let them choose their own way to practice their sight words for the remaining time. I introduced several activities but I encourage them to ask if they think of another way to practice their words. Sometimes knowing they thought of a new idea makes the activity more fun for them. The more engaged they are, the more practice they get.
7. Use Flashcards to Write Sight Words Everywhere
Plus…
I’m working to put together sets of sight word practice and coloring pages that I made for my students. So far I’ve put together a set of the 40 Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Words and 26 Dolch Primer Words {Part 1}.
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This is on the other side of the one he is coloring above. |
Each coloring page has only the focus word. The students search for the word and for each letter in the word.
I’ve been gathering fun ideas for high frequency words on Pinterest.
Where can I find those blocks? They look really nice!
The blocks came with our Bridegesnmath curriculum. I’m not sure where else you can find them.