Second grade sight word activities
48 Fun Sight Word Activities That Work
Teachers are always on the hunt for great sight word activities. Sight words are any words readers recognize automatically “by sight”—for fluent readers, that’s almost all words! High-frequency words, the most commonly occurring words in written English like those on the Dolch list, are often thought of as the most crucial sight words.
It’s a myth that blindly memorizing every letter in a sight word is the only way to learn it. The science of reading tells us that linking sounds and letters is the most effective way for kids’ brains to learn any word. Many common words are easy to tackle using beginning phonics skills (like “at,” “can,” “him,” etc.), so staying true to a strong phonics curriculum is one way to support kids’ sight word learning. Even irregularly spelled words have decodable parts, e.g., kids can use the sounds of “s” and “d” to help with “said,” even if the “ai” is unexpected. Experts often call these words “heart words” to call out for kids that they should learn the unexpected word parts “by heart.
” (If all this is unfamiliar to you, it can feel overwhelming, but you’ve got this! Check out teaching guru Jillian Starr’s explanation for more help.)
Check out these low-prep and engaging sight word activities for both teaching and practicing words.
1. Map it and drive it
This is a genius way to introduce words with appealing materials: Say the word, represent each sound with a LEGO brick, write letters for each sound, and “drive” to read it.
Source: @droppinknowledgewithheidi
2. Smush play dough for each sound
Set up a routine that works for any word. Play dough squishing for each sound is the ultimate multi-sensory component.
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Source: @playdough3plato
3. Map words with a magnet wand
It is so super-satisfying to drag those magnetic dots around! Watch the video below for lots of tips on introducing a word using this process.
Source: @warriorsforliteracy
4.
Make a mini bookLots of handy info in one place for your little learners.
Source: @hughesheartforfirst
5. Tap it, pop it, learn it!
Hardwire those words in kids’ brains with this comprehensive word intro routine. (You had us with the pop its!)
Source: @hellojenjones
6. Find and swat words
An oldie but such a goodie. Find a word in an array and WHACK! Swat it with a fly swatter!
Source: @kids_play_learn_laugh
7. Flip word pancakes
Serve up sight word pancakes while practicing spelling them aloud.
Source: @bee_happy_teaching
8. Wear heart word bracelets
Make kids feel like sight word VIPs.
Source: @teachingmoore
9. Search for sight word balls
Write sight words on ball pit balls with a chalk marker or dry-erase marker. Kids can race around hunting for balls to read and toss in a basket, or hunt through a big tub of balls for a certain word.
Source: @preschoolforyou
10.
Start a sight word bandLoud but oh-so-fun! Feel the rhythm while tapping and reading sight words stuck to homemade percussion instruments.
Source: @earlyyears_withmrsg
11. Drive on a sight word path
This is one of many fun ways to use magnetic tiles for learning! Kids love “knocking down” word tiles with a toy car as they read each one.
Source: @travisntyler
12. Use sticky notes to inspire sight word sentences
Have kids stick words on items that give them ideas for sentences. “My Mom said to wear a helmet!” = so good!
Source: @kinneypodlearning
13. Write words on a sensory bag
So easy: Fill a zip-top bag with a small amount of kid-safe paint, seal well, and have kids practice “writing” sight words with their finger or a cotton swab.
Source: @makeitmultisensory
14. Wear a sight word crown
Wear your word proudly and practice reading others’ words. Fun in person or virtually.
Source: @mrsjonescreationstation
15. Play a magnetic-tile board game
We love new ideas for ways to use magnetic tiles for sight word activities. Easy to set up and fun to play.
Source: @twotolove_bairantwins
16. Spell words to a familiar tune
Get sight words stuck in everyone’s head, in a good way. We’d add a line for chanting the sounds in the word!
Source: @saysbre
17. Feed a word monster
Nom, nom, nom.
Source: @ecplayandlearn
18. Search for the pom-pom under sight word cups
Read all the words as you try to find the cup that hides the prize.
Source: @la.la.learning
19. Play sight word KABOOM
This classroom classic is perfect for sight words. If you need a refresher on the rules, Jillian Starr covers them.
Source: @essentiallykinder
20. Roll and write words
Roll, write, repeat.
Source: @mylittlepandamonium
21. Write words with rainbow colors
Bonus points for aromatic markers.
Source: @mylittlepandamonium
22. Trace words with flashlights
Stock up on batteries because kids never get tired of this!
Source: @giggleswithgerg
23. Find words in plastic eggs
Give kids a checklist of words to find as they open each egg.
Source: @blooming_tots1
24. Spy words around the classroom
Just add a magnifying glass and clipboard to make kids feel like supersleuths!
Source: @readingcorneronline
25. Find words in the morning message
Don’t forget about old standbys! This is one of our favorite ways to get kids to recognize sight words in connected text.
Source: @tales_of_a_kinder_classroom
26. Build words with bricks
Such a great use of extra building bricks!
Source: @raysinkinder
27. Write words in sand
Easy-peasy to set up and keep neat if you use plastic pencil boxes.
Source: @teacherhacks
28. Spell words on a construction site
Bulldozing over each word to read it is the best part!
Source: @planningplaytime
29.
Spell words with toy carsDrive on over!
Source: @lozlovesprep
30. Park in a sight word “parking lot”
This one is easy to modify based on whatever toys are available in the classroom or at home.
Source: @msbendersclassroom
31. “Plant” words in play dough
Watch those reading skills grow!
Source: @planningplaytime
32. Build words in a sensory tub
Because spelling is just more fun when your hands are covered in beans!
Source: @coffeeandspitup
33. Write words on a magnetic drawing board
That eraser track makes for a perfect word card holder!
Source: @moffattgirls
34. Or write words on the window!
Everyone wants a turn to write on the window!
Source: @kindergarten_matters
35. Shhh! Discover words written in invisible ink
Write words in white crayon and reveal them with watercolors on top!
Source: @teachstarter
36.
Dot-paint words with a cotton swabCalming and effective.
Source: @sightwordactivities
37. “Type” words on a keyboard
Busy day at the sight word office! Use a keyboard cover or any old keyboard.
Source: @lifebetweensummers
38. Read words before heading through the door
The line leader can double as the word pointer during transitions.
Source: @ms.rowekinder
39. Read the word the teacher’s wearing!
Wait, is there something on my shirt?
Source: @theprimarypartner
40. Take a sight word cakewalk
Choose a winning word when the music stops!
Source: @joyfulinkinder
41. Play sight word hopscotch
If you can’t get outdoors, tape on the floor works just as well.
Source: @wheretheliteracygrows
42. Play tic-tac-toe
I’ll be team “the.”
Source: @create_n_teach
43. Go sight word bowling
No bowling pins? Use half-filled plastic water bottles instead.
Source: @thecreativeteacher_
44. Ready, aim, read
Just throw a beanbag at a word target if foam darts are a no-go.
Source: @laurens_lil_learners
45. Play muffin tin ball toss
Toss and read. It’s easy to use colored muffin cups to prep different sets of words.
Source: @homeschooling_fun_with_lynda
46. DIY sentence flash cards
Authentic use of words in context for the win.
Source: @teachertipsandtales
47. Play sight word checkers
King me! If kids don’t have a partner available, they can “play” with a stuffed animal and get double practice.
Source: @sightwordactivities
48. Play sight word Guess Who?
Set up this game once and use it forever.
Source: @lessons_and_lattes
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25 low-prep sight word activities
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Today I’m sharing some simple sight word activities that you can prepare in minutes!
So what are sight words, anyway?
Some people will tell you that sight words are words that kids can’t sound out; they just have to learn them by sight. Others tell you that sight words are the high frequency words: the words that kids encounter the most when they read.
But researchers tell us that sight words are words we recognize automatically without needing to sound out or guess.
The real question is … how can we turn high frequency words INTO sight words?
The number one thing to do is to teach each word explicitly. That’s why I created my set of sight word lessons with decodable books.
Once you’ve taught the words with attention to the spelling patterns (these sight word worksheets are also great for this), you’re ready for these low prep sight word activities that you can put together in under 15 minutes!
1- It takes just 5 minutes to set up Sight Word Sticky Note Match.
Just write the words on sticky notes and have your child cover the words on a dry erase board!
2 – Grab your alphabet stamps and some play dough for this simple sight word activity.
3 – Write the words on sticky notes. Then have your child write them in sand.
4 – Teach sight word songs.
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5 – Write the words on sticky notes. Then have your child swat each sight word with a fly swatter as you name it!
6 –Do fun actions with your sight words with This Reading Mama’s free action cards.
7 – Write sight words in play dough with a stick or wooden skewer.
8 – Try chanting sight words in a variety of different ways – like a robot, a cheerleader, and more! You can get free sight word chants on TPT here.
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9 – Make a sight word memory game. Just write each sight word on two different index cards. Then turn the cards over and invite your child to find the matches.
10 – Print these free sight word cards and build the words with letter tiles. When you join This Reading Mama’s free email list, you’ll get lots of free sight word cards! Learn more here.
11- Learning is always more fun with dice! Grab these free rainbow roll & write pages for a variety of sight words.
Kids roll a die, check the key at the top of the page, and write the word in a particular color.
12 – This is such a creative way to practice writing sight words! Find the words with a magnifying glass and write them on the lines. Get the freebie here.
13 – Are you students learning beginning sight words? Print and play sight word blackout.
14 – Simply write your child’s sight words on a piece of paper and have him stamp them with alphabet stamps.
15. Grab the play dough, a sheet protector, and a dry erase marker. Your child can build the word with play dough and write it on the lines below. Get the freebie here.
16 – Grab these free color-by-sight-word pages.
17 – Get some colorful craft sticks and write the words with a permanent marker for some simple sight word puzzles.
18- Sight Word Showdown is both simple and genius! Just grab a stack of index cards and write each word twice.
Then follow the directions in this post.
19 – Write sight words in muffin tin liners and play a simple game of Three in a Row.
20 – Bury magnetic letters in a sensory material. Have children dig out the letters to build words.
21 – Make a sight word parking lot. Draw tiny parking spots on a piece of poster board, and write a sight word in each one. As you name the words, have your child park a toy car in each spot. Learn more here.
22- Practice writing sight words using a dry erase marker on a dry erase board.
23- Write sight words on craft sticks and provide some magnetic letters for this portable sight word activity.
24 – Where’s the bear? Write the words on paper cups and hide a small bear or other tiny object. Your child guesses where the bear is hiding by naming the word on the cup.
25 – Go on a simple sight word hunt by matching the sticky note sight words to the words on a clip board.
(This one’s a favorite at our house.)
And there you have it! 25 low-prep ways to practice sight words!
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Peculiarities of teaching methods in elementary grades of secondary general education school
Author : Kirgizov Nuriddin Olimzhanovich
Category : Pedagogy
Posted by in young scientist #12 (198) March 2018
Publication date : 03/24/2018 2018-03-24
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O. Peculiarities of teaching methods in primary classes of secondary general education school / N. O. Kirgizov. - Text: direct // Young scientist. - 2018. - No. 12 (19eight). — S. 159-160. — URL: https://moluch.ru/archive/198/48547/ (date of access: 12/30/2022).
This material examines teaching methods in secondary school and their classification into different groups.
Key words: methods, teaching, classification, teacher, spoken word, visual aids, practical method.
In our twenty-first century, it is becoming increasingly difficult for teachers to capture the attention of students and induce a desire to learn. Now, in the age of information technology development, there is a lot of unnecessary information around children, which helps him but can also harm him. In this regard, problems arise that require maximum efforts from the teacher.
How to convey knowledge to students? How to awaken in them cognitive curiosity and a positive attitude to learning and help them turn knowledge into conviction? How to find the right approach to underachieving students and involve them in the learning process? These questions are answered by the teacher in each lesson. All of them are related to the search for the most productive teaching methods. Let's find out what is usually meant by the method of teaching. nine0005
Teaching methods are methods used in the joint activities of the teacher and students, they help in the joint activities of the teacher and students, they help in solving various learning problems.
Modern methods pay great attention to the incentive component of the teaching method. The purpose of this method is not to simply transfer or retell the material by the teacher, but to awaken the student's cognitive need, his interest in solving a particular problem. In addition, new aspects open up in the developing and educating function of the method.
Active searches are being made to create an atmosphere of cooperation, collective empathy, mutual assistance relations, responsibility for independent problem solving. It should be noted that often there is an inability to distinguish the teaching method from the means. Let's see what is the difference between these types of training. The method is closely related to the activity and cannot exist outside the activity. Teaching aids are textbooks, books, reference books, manuals, technical aids, dictionaries, visual aids, in a word, everything that helps the teacher in the process, it is more interesting to teach the lesson to his students. This auxiliary material can be used for various purposes. Being included in some kind of activity, they make it possible to fulfill the purpose of the activity. nine0005
They lead to a change in structure. An example is the inclusion in the story of learning other means, for example, film clips, which changes the nature of the activity of both the teacher and the students.
The constituent elements of the method are called methodological techniques. When the method helps to master the main content of the educational material, certain methodological techniques provide in-depth assimilation of individual issues of the subject and topic. There are many methodological approaches. Some of them are common to many subjects, others are applicable only when teaching a particular subject. nine0005
The teacher himself chooses the methods and techniques for the lesson, focusing on those that could provide the children with the necessary knowledge, awaken their mental activity, develop and maintain their interest in the educational process.
Improving the methodology of educational work is ongoing. At the present stage, there is an intensive search in the field of teaching methods. The implementation of universal secondary education and the further improvement of the school require even more flexibility in the organization and methods of work. Attempts are being made to classify different teaching methods.
Because it is of great importance for the division of all known methods into the methods of the teacher's work (story, explanation, always) and the methods of work of the students. Another proposed classification of methods according to the nature of the guidance of the mental activity of students: explanatory-illustrative, reproductive, problematic presentation, partial-search, research method. nine0005
Most often, methods are classified according to the source of knowledge. In this case, the methods are combined into three groups:
1) Verbal methods - story, conversation, work with a textbook and a book, explanation;
2) Visual methods - observation, demonstration of visual aids, films and filmstrips.
3) Practical methods - oral and written exercises, graphic and laboratory work.
Let's look at these three groups separately. nine0005
verbal methods.
As the name implies, these are types of methods that use the teacher's oral storytelling.
With his help, the teacher can explain even the most abstract concepts to children in a language that is accessible to their understanding. The teacher, using this tool, can draw colorful pictures of the past, present and future in front of the child's mind's eye. The word can activate the imagination and feelings of the students. At the very beginning of schooling, when children have not yet learned how to use a book, the teacher's word is the only teaching tool. The teacher's story is a lively, figurative and emotional presentation of events. It contains mostly factual material. A well-formed teacher's story helps the student to imagine the material being taught in vivid colors. The emotional component of the story gives color to the most boring subject, making it interesting for students. To achieve this effect, the teacher must have a good command of the technique of speech and a well-trained voice. He, in addition, must have a good vocabulary, because when telling a story, the teacher cannot confine himself to a simple retelling of the material given in the textbook.
Because in this case it is very problematic to achieve the intended goals provided for when choosing the oral method in preparing the teacher for the lesson. In addition to the oral story, the teacher in the course of the educational process can also use the method of conversation. A conversation differs from an oral story in that it involves participation in the process of presenting educational material and students. To reveal the topic, in such cases, the teacher asks questions and receives answers to them. In such cases, students themselves delve into the essence of the lesson. It should be emphasized that oral stories and conversation in most cases are accompanied by work with a textbook and auxiliary literature corresponding to the topic. There is also an explanatory method of teaching. In it, the teacher explains to the students aspects that were misunderstood in the process of explanation. nine0005
The oral method is good in that it can bring the meaning of the material being taught even in cases where the supporting material is not available for one reason or another.
We have considered the first group of teaching methods based on the oral presentation of the material. Now consider the second group of methods, called visual.
These methods, as the name suggests, come down to visual demonstrations of the auxiliary aids of films and filmstrips. Such teaching methods help teachers make the learning process fun and memorable. True, there is a risk that the student may not fully understand the essence of the demonstrated visual aids and films, unless, of course, they were created specifically for the lesson. Conducting simple experiments, the observation by the whole class of a particular natural phenomenon, followed by comments from the teacher, can also be attributed to the observational teaching method. When demonstrating films, the teacher can tell the purpose of the demonstration before the session, or do it after it ends. But in many cases, the teacher gives the necessary clarifications along the way, stopping the demonstration session at the places necessary for the learning process.
Visual aids are of two types - those made by the enterprises responsible for this process and self-made, prepared by the teachers themselves. In the first case they turn out to be more colorful, but in the second case they are more creative, as the teacher prepares them by accurately adjusting the level of perception of the students he is teaching. And finally, the third practical group of methods - exercises, oral and written, laboratory and graphic work. If in the methods described above oral story, one way or another, dominates, in this case, preference is given to more independent work of students during the lesson. By completing the written task of the teacher, the student consolidates the material that was previously explained to him orally. As you can see, the teaching methods are very diverse. Each of them is aimed at conveying to the student in one form or another the material provided for this particular lesson. And how this task will be accomplished depends on the skill of the teacher and the level of perception of the students themselves.
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