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Reading Racetrack Sight Word Activity
Vroom! Get your learners reading as fast as race cars with an engaging Dolch sight words. As class members read the assigned words, they move along a race track to mark their progress.
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First Grade Reading: Sight Words
Introduce your first graders to 10 new sight words with this vibrant PowerPoint. Words include: always, because, call, and more! Each word is on its own slide with a corresponding picture and an example sentence. Tip: After teaching...
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Introduce Word-Form Recognition
Sound out sight words using these word cards and word-form recognition strategies. As you point to each word, scholars sound out the letters silently instead of segmenting the sounds aloud. Show them how you do this by mouthing the...
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Reading Functional Weather Sight Words
Sight words, word recognition, and flash card drills are the mode for teaching that is outlined here. To increase weather vocabulary and content specific word recognition, kids with special needs work through flash card drills. The...
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Practicing Sight words
Review sight words with readers. They will look over their sight words and come up with sentences for each of them. They also review the alphabet and identify unfamiliar words.
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ELA High-Frequency Sight Words
Read high frequency words and rearrange scrambled sentences in order to make proper sentences with pupils. They will also practice oral fluency by reading a word assigned to them. These activities reinforce reading fluency and vocabulary...
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Word-Form Recognition Accuracy
What word is it? Build fluency with sight words using this sounding out strategy which enforces silent reading techniques. There are more than enough words included here on index card templates, but you can use this idea with any set...
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Dolch Sight Words in a Story
Learners read a story with 220 basic sight words. They discuss why the words are important to identify and utilize them in their own writing assignments.
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Dolch Sight Word Booklet
First and second graders expand their vocabulary by reading a word recognition booklet. In this English vocabulary activity, learners utilize a booklet of 220 basic sight words which they read over everyday and are quizzed on the...
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Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading
Over the course of five periods, scholars create a poetry portfolio. They begin with a reading of the poem, Firefly. With a focus on vocabulary, learners reread the poem then look for sight words and other skills.
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Lesson 11 BL Group
Three different groups work simultaneously in this lesson. One group works on sight word review by holding up common words on flashcards and passing them around in a circle. Another group reviews word blending by pulling graphemes out of...
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Reading With Expression, Fluency, And Accuracy Makes Reading Fun!
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of reading expression strategies. They listen to the teacher read different sentences with and without expression and discuss the difference, then in pairs read an "I Can Read" book using their...
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Language Arts: Scavenger Word Hunt
Participate in a scavenger hunt to find objects beginning with a particular letter sound and take digital photos of them with your scholars. Using software, they find word pictures beginning with particular letters and locate picture...
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Reintroduce an Irregular Word
Some words are tricky. Can your scholars quickly recognize irregularly spelled words? Write the word was on the board (or any irregular word you'd like to practice), touching each letter as scholars segment the phonemes. Explain that the...
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Primary Grades Vocabulary Instruction With Word Wizard Dictionary
Elementary schoolers discover that the world is at their fingertips as they acquire new vocabulary. Several suggested activities and strategies are provided here, building new reading and oral vocabulary.
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Sight Words
Learners practice sight word recognition using dolch word lists, or high frequency words. They' mastering of these words helps with reading skills, and builds reading confidence. This worksheet combines sight words with money recognition.
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Rainbow Writing with Dolch Words
Students read and decorate three Dolch sight words. In this literacy lesson, students write three Dolch sight words on a paper. They outline the words six times with the color of the rainbow.
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Sight Word Line-Up
Students use sight words to correctly line up. They are given a card and are to match it up with the set taped to the floor. They read each card and show it to the class before they move to their destination.
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Language Arts: Solch Sight Words
First graders recognize Dolch sight words on cards and texts. They practice the selected words by creating short sentences. After reading different fables, 1st graders create their own illustrations to accompany the stories. Once they...
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Multisensory Sight-word Strategies
Learners engage in a instructional activity that uses sight word strategies in order to increase reading comprehension. The skills are applicable to rote skill, math facts, formulas, etc... The instructional activity includes sample...
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Snake and Sight Word Board Game
Learners practice sight words. Game begins with the first student rolling a die and moving the number of spaces shown on the die. If they lands on a shaded square, he or she turns up a card and reads it aloud.
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Word-O for Fluency
Primary learners look, say, write, and read their high frequency words while playing the game Word-O. This game aids in reading fluency. Consider this for a center activity or small group. This game can also be played independently....
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“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating phonemes and...
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Sight words fill in the blanks
In this sight words worksheet, 2nd graders fill in the blanks to sentences with the option of four sight words for each sentence. Students complete 11 multiple choice questions.