• High Frequency Words
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    Click for a copy of the Rainbow Reading Sight Words List.  We will learn to sound out and write the words in class.  Practice reading them for homework.  
     
     
     Sight Word Activities
    • Make sight word flashcards and hang them on your refrigerator.  Review them daily.
       
    • Play "Hide the Words". Hide the words around a room.  Child has 3 minutes to find the words.  Child must bring words to you and read them.  Child keeps all of the words read correctly.  Let your child trade each known word for a treat.
       
    • Make 2 sets of word cards and play memory.  When your child turns over 2 matching words, he/she must say the word to keep the pair.
       
    • Write 2 or 3 sight words on a sheet of paper.  As you read a story to your child, have him/her make a tally mark by the word every time you read it.  Talk about how many times the word was used in the story.
       
    • Play BINGO with the words.  BINGO template
       
    • Make 2 sets of word cards and play go fish. Your child must be able to read the words to ask for cards :)
       
    • "Read" the newspaper or magazines and highlight sight words.
       
    • Build sight words on the fridge with magnet letters.
    • Build sight words with play-doh.
    • Put a sight word on each door in your house. To enter or exit the room the child must read the word correctly. Swap out the words as your child masters them.
    • Spell sight words in the air with your finger.
    • Search for sight words on signs while driving in the car.
     
     
     
     
     
     

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