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Did you know that sight word practice can boost the confidence of a child? Imagine being an early reader who is about to read a page. When you look at the page, you soon realize that you can easily identify over half of the words on the page because they are sight words that you know. Your confidence will not only go up, but you will want to read even further!
Now imagine being an early reader who knows half of the words on the page. That means you only need to slow down your reading to focus on decoding new or challenging words. How exciting and encouraging is that?! Your brain won’t have to work so hard and your frustration will be less because of how many words (pssst… sight words) you can easily read.
That is why sight word practice is so important for early readers. Not only do sight words make up most of a reading page, but they are words that students will be exposed to daily for the rest of their lives.
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Giving students exposure and practice with sight words will help them become more fluent readers, build their confidence, become better writers, promote reading comprehension, and the list goes on.
Do you like to add sight word practice to your day? There are so many ways to have students practice sight words and I am excited to share with you some of my favorite sight word practice worksheets.
What is great about sight word worksheets is that they can be used in so many ways. You can add them to your morning work, centers, small groups, whole group instruction, early finishers, homework, and so much more!
I love when you can practice so many different skills that all relate to the same thing and especially when it is all on one page! That is exactly what this sight word practice worksheet has.
This sight word worksheet is packed with different activities all about the focus sight word. Students get to practice spelling, tracing, writing, rainbow writing, identifying, reading, problem solving, and building the sight word. This is all while also working on letter formation, handwriting, and fine motor skills.
You can add this activity as a sight word review after learning the word, add it to your morning work, homework, and more!
You know how much I love a mystery! Of course, I was going to find a way to include a mystery puzzle in our sight word practice!
This sight word worksheet has students tracing and writing the sight word. Then, they cut out the puzzle pieces and build the sight word to reveal a mystery picture. This picture that they reveal is important because it will help them read the sentence.
By adding the sight word to the sentence to make it complete, students get to practice reading the sight word in context. When sight words are used in context, students often begin to understand their purpose and how sight words are used. This then leads to an increase in reading fluency and comprehension.
Exposing our students who are early readers to sight words is so important. The more exposure they have, the more those sight words will stick.
Think of how many of your students may recognize a McDonald’s sign. I am sure that they have driven past one or have eaten there many times. Because they have been exposed to the McDonald’s sign many times, they now know what it is when they see it.
I like to think of these sight word hats as the McDonald’s sign! Okay, so it may not be quite like that but I can only hope!
These sight word hats get to be worn around the class all day which gives students exposure to the sight word they are learning ALL DAY LONG. Students might not be able to see their own hat, but seeing their classmate’s hat and saying the word to themselves when they see it will give them so much practice and exposure to the sight word in just one day!
Now that we have gotten through the first 3 sight word practice activities, I wanted to let you try them out! You can grab a sight word practice page, a sight word puzzle, and a sight word hat for FREE below.
Do you notice how proud students are when they get their own book? Especially if it is a book or mini reader that they can read on their own or retell the story using the pictures.
These sight word books are not only packed with interactive sight word activities, but they will give your students lots of pride after they complete them!
You can add any sight word of your choice to these books because they are editable. Just type the sight word of your choice and the book will be created instantly!
When you open the book, students will get to practice tracing and writing the sight word. Then, they will search the boxes to find and color the sight word. On the next page, students get to practice writing the sight word in order of the colors of the rainbow. They also get to do some problem solving by writing the missing letter or letters of the sight word to make it complete.
When they turn to the next page, students will get to unscramble and write the sight word correctly. Then, they will sort different words by whether they are or are not the sight word. Last, it is time to practice reading the sight word in context. You can even have them find and circle the sight word in each sentence.
I was able to add some mystery puzzles to our sight word practice, but I also needed to add some sight word mystery pictures! I must say, I love working on mystery pictures myself. Not knowing what the mystery picture is going to be until the end is so much fun!
Have you tried some mystery pictures in your classroom? They are one of the most requested activities and my students truly can never get enough.
These sight word mystery pictures have students reading and writing the sight words. Then, they use the color code to color the sight words in the boxes the correct colors to reveal a mystery picture.
What is even better is that this activity is editable. You can pick the sight words you want to include in each mystery picture. This will allow you to be able to differentiate the activity with your students!
I love the way these sight word printables turn out in the end. They instantly bring a smile to everyone’s face and they are just so pretty!
Students start by rainbow writing the sight word on the clouds.
Next, they begin to write the sight word on each ray of the rainbow. The first ray will have the sight word written in red. The second ray will have the sight word written in orange. The third ray is yellow and this continues in the order of the colors of the rainbow until it is complete.
Not only is the end result pretty, but students don’t even realize that they have written the sight word about 50 times!
Having a worksheet that can be used in more than one way is always a teacher win! This sight word printable can be used in multiple ways.
You can have students trace, write, and rainbow write the sight words. You can also slide this sight word printable into a paper protector and have students practice tracing and writing the sight word with a dry erase marker. Add another fun twist by having students build the letters of the sight word with playdoh!
Adding dry erase markers and playdoh to this one sight word worksheet will get students so excited and eager to do the activity!
What are some of your favorite sight word activities that you like to do in your classroom? I would love to hear! Leave me a comment below and share with me!
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These alphabet books will have students dive deep into learning about each letter of the alphabet while eager to see what activity they get to complete next!
