Sight word match game

Sight Words Memory | Sight Words: Teach Your Child to Read

1. Overview
2. Materials
3. Activity
4. Confidence Builder
5. Extension

6. Assessment
7. Printable Memory Cards
8. Additional Resources
9. Questions and Answers

Sight Words Memory is the standard Memory card game — sometimes called the Concentration game — with the additional element of having the student read the word on each card as they turn it over. This provides a lot of opportunities for repetition in sight reading.

Sight Words Memory

Learning the Sight Words Memory game is easier if the child has previously played the standard Memory game, but the game is simple enough that this is not necessary.

Memory works very well as a solo game. Memory can also be played in a group of up to four players.

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Memory can be played with just a set of the Memory Cards.

• Memory Cards
• Printer
• Cardstock printer paper (approx. 110 lb / 200 gsm)
• Scissors

Create Memory Cards with our Memory Card Creator and print the cards out on cardstock paper. Then cut out the cards along the dotted lines. The set should contain two copies of each word you want to review.

Begin with a small set of cards (10 word pairs), and as your child’s competence with the activity increases, increase the number of cards you use in a game. An advanced student can handle up to 25 word pairs.

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The game is played in much the same way as the standard Memory Card Game, with the addition of the players reading the word on each card as they play the game. The goal is to collect as many pairs of matching word cards as possible.

Video: How to Play Sight Words Memory

To set up the game, shuffle the cards and arrange them, face down, in a grid. For example, a deck of 30 cards (15 word pairs) is best laid out in a 5×6 grid, 5 columns of 6 cards each. The child picks one card and turns it over so the word is visible, reading the word on the card. The child then picks a second card and also turns it over, reading the word on the second card.

If the words on the two overturned cards match, the player removes the pair, placing them by her side, and gets another turn. If the words do not match, the player turns the cards back over so the words are no longer showing, and the player to her right takes the next turn.

If a child is unable to read a word or reads a word incorrectly, give the child a bit of coaching to help them correct the mistake and learn the word.

Play continues until all the words are matched and there are no cards left unclaimed.

If a child is struggling with this game, you can read through all the word cards with them prior to the start of play to help refresh their recall of the words. You can also make the game easier by using a smaller deck of cards with fewer word pairs. For an advanced child, you can increase the number of words you use, so it becomes more difficult to find matching cards.

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To make the game a little easier, especially for a younger child, simply use fewer pairs of cards.

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When the child finds a matching pair of word cards, have her use the word in a sentence before she can add the cards to her “keep” pile.

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When assessing a child’s mastery of the words, be sure to separate their reading skills from their skill at playing the Memory game. A child might have mastered the sight words on the cards and also have some difficulty remembering which card is where in the grid. Such a child might be fine with more advanced words but need a smaller number of cards. Another child who struggles to read the words will probably also have trouble remembering the location of the word cards.

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You can create your own custom Memory Game Cards, with developmentally appropriate word sets. As the child’s sight words vocabulary expands, you should start to expand your card set with new words and gradually remove the words that have been mastered and no longer need intensive repetition.

7.1 Custom Sight Words Memory Cards

The Memory Card Creator creates custom Memory Card sets. The generator lets you use combine existing words lists such as Dolch Sight Words and Fry Sight Words, and add your own custom words.

7.2 Blank Memory Cards

• Blank Memory Cards (Write in your own words)

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• Pre-K Dolch Words (40 words)
• Kindergarten Dolch Words (52 words)
• 1st Grade Dolch Words (41 words)
• 2nd Grade Dolch Words (46 words)
• 3rd Grade Dolch Words (41 words)
• Noun Dolch Words (95 words)

7.4 Fry Sight Words Memory Cards

• 1st 100 Fry Words (100 words)
• 2nd 100 Fry Words (100 words)
• 3rd 100 Fry Words (100 words)
• 4th 100 Fry Words (100 words)
• 5th 100 Fry Words (100 words)
• 6th 100 Fry Words (100 words)
• 7th 100 Fry Words (100 words)
• 8th 100 Fry Words (100 words)
• 9th 100 Fry Words (100 words)
• 10th 100 Fry Words (100 words)

7.5 Top 150 Written Words Memory Cards

• 1st 50 Words (50 words)
• 2nd 50 Words (50 words)
• 3rd 50 Words (50 words)

To download a template, right-click and select Save As.

These Memory Game Cards are governed by the the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. This license lets you use the cards in any manner you want, as long as you leave the attribution logo on the cards. We made these cards so you could use them, and we are only too happy if you use them in your school, library, daycare facility, or for-profit tutoring business. You do not need to contact us for permission to use the materials.

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10 Interactive Online Games to Teach Sight Words to Beginning Readers

Sight words and high frequency words are an important part of teaching new readers. These words have to be memorized, which means they require a lot of repetition and practice. I love using these online games to teach sight words in my classroom.

Sight word instruction can be really challenging in the classroom because you have a classroom filled with students who learn different things in different ways at different paces. 🥴

It requires so much repetition and practice, yet all of our students need those things in different ways.

I tackle sight word instruction from all sides. We read them in sentences, practice them with music and movement, do art projects, and more!

These 10 online games to teach sight words are FREE and super interactive. [Free as of August 2019] They give students the chance to practice identifying, matching and reading sight words, all while playing fun games.

Note: Did you know there is a difference between sight words and high frequency words? I thought they were the same for the longest time. Knowing their differences has helped me with my instruction. Read more about that here!

Sight Word Bingo

This classic bingo game from abcya.com is a favorite for all of my students. The little amoeba monster at the top says a word, then the student identifies it and clicks it.

This game words great on a computer or on an interactive white board. I have my students take turns at the SmartBoard in my classroom during a center or we do it whole group when we have a minute to spare.

No matter when we use it, it’s a student favorite. 👍🏼

Sight Word Smash

Students love this fun, sight word identification game. The computer says a word. Then they use the pointer to find it and smash it.

I like this game because the word is on more than one block so students get the repetition of seeing and identifying the word multiple times!

Sight Word Memory

There are many, many sight word memory games online but this one is my favorite. I like that the computer says the word as you flip the card, whether it’s a match or not.

Seeing and hearing a word multiple times is perfect for auditory and visual learners. I also appreciate that when they finish a level, they can keep playing with new words!

Sight Words in Space

Students love this space themed sight word game. A cat says the word they are trying to find. Words float by in power cells and they have to click the right one.

The words are floating up so students have to identify them quickly. Just like in Sight Word Smash, words appear more than one time, too. 👏

Listen & Spell

I absolutely love this Listen & Spell game! We know that readers struggle with sight words because they do not follow phonics rules or because they are too advanced. We also know that students learn to read and write words at the same time.

This game gives them the chance to spell sight words with a limited number of letters at the bottom. First it says the word, then students use the yellow letters to spell it. The only letters available are letters that are in the word.

Playing this game helps students move on from “identifying” to “creating” on Bloom’s Taxonomy, which we know helps make information stick. Students will gain confidence in writing their sight words as well as reading them!

Sight Word Jigsaw

This identification game uses the same concepts as matching, except students are able to see all of the words at one time. They click the sound button on one of the yellow pieces to hear the word they are looking for. Then they find the blue word puzzle piece and drag it over.

I like that this game adds the element of looking at several words to find the correct one. It gives students practice at quickly identifying words by their beginning sounds.

Popcorn Words

Students playing this game are working the popcorn machine at a movie theater. A monkey comes up to the counter and says a sight word. Students click on the correct sight word to give it to the monkey.

Once they have handed out 10 popcorn buckets correctly, they get to play a quick in-between game and then are promoted. Their goal is to become the manager. I’m sure it will not surprise you to hear that my students beg to play this game!

Kitten Hop

This silly game is another favorite of my students. They are playing a kitten who bounces from yarn ball to yarn ball. The computer says a sight word. That word is on one of the four yarn balls in front of the one your kitten is on.

Students love this game because they are racing three other kittens. The winner is the one who reaches the couch at the end of the game first. They have to be quick at matching the sight word their hear to the correct ball of year if they want to win!

Note: this game has options at the beginning for choosing a color, a name, etc. You will want to teach your students how to do this quickly (and set that expectation) so that they can do it independently.

Starfall Sight Words

Though I’ve already included a Memory Sight Word game, who doesn’t love Starfall? In this sight word game, the students need to determine if it is the same sight word by sight alone as it is not read until the match is made. But I love that they have three stars in the upper left corner to show their progress to the next level.

Once the student completes the game, they can move on to Level 2, where the sight words are slightly more difficult. The students love moving up a level to show their achievement!

My Reading Tools

In My Reading Tools, students see a kangaroo get several tools to become a better reader. The first tool is a flashlight. He uses it to highlight words in a dark cave.

This game is more challenging than the rest because students are asked to finish the sentence with the word spelled correctly. The computer reads the sentence. Then students hover their flashlight around the cave to find the word. 🔦

In this example, I was looking for the word “again.” The other options in the cave were misspelled words “agin,” “agane,” etc. This game is perfect for students who are confidently reading many sight words and are ready for a challenge!

These 10 online games to teach sight words are perfect for giving students extra practice and lots of repetition during centers in my classroom. Did I miss any of your favorites? How do you like to practice sight words? Let me know below! 👇

Digital Sight Word Lessons with Practice

Are you looking for digital ways to teach sight words?

I mean, what’s the point of practicing a word (even with the fun and free sight word games shared above) if a student has not explicitly been taught a sight word? 🤔

For this very reason, I’ve created 150 sight word lessons with practice.

These Google Slides lesson and practice can be used with any free Google accounts and are so easy to assign in Google Classroom!

As you assign words to your students one at a time, they will learn, identify, build, read in context, and master the new sight word. It’s explicit instruction and practice, all in one.

Don’t just take my word for it, watch the lesson in action in the video below. 👇🏽

While the lessons DO have audio, this preview video does not. 🎧 Students can have the words and sentences read to them, if needed.

You can purchase the 150 Digital Sight Word Lessons and Practice (for use with Google Slides™️ on my website or TpT.

Click HERE to buy on Teachers Pay Teachers

Click on the button below to purchase on my website (where you get lifetime access)!

Sight Words Distance Learning | Digital Sight Word Lessons | Homeschool

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Are you looking for the perfect way to teach new sight words and review old sight words while distance learning? You NEED this resource. Digital sight word activities can be fun, but what good are they if students haven’t learned the sight word yet? Should they practice something that they haven’t learned about yet? Enter: Digital Sight Words Learn and Practice! This 100% digital sight word resource is every sight word teacher’s dream! Yes, that you includes you, homeschool parents! Each sight word activity (there are 100 words included!) guides students through learning the word, reading the word, identifying the word, building/spelling the word, and using the word.

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This is such a fabulous digital sight word program and SO well-made!!!! Very creative…love the stickers they can give themselves at the end! -Lacy S.

Wordle: what is it and how to play

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We tell you what kind of game it is, what variations there are and what the colored squares mean in social networks.

In the past few months, social media users have been posting strange patterns with gray, yellow and green squares. If you didn't know what it is, then these are the results of the wordle puzzle game, available from any device right in the browser.

What is Wordle and how to play it

Wordle is a game where you have to guess just one English word from five letters. You have six tries for this. First you need to enter any word in the top line of the playing field.

If at least one letter in your word matches the hidden one, then it will be highlighted in green when it is in the right place, and yellow when it is in the wrong place. If all the cells of your word remain gray, then the search word does not contain these letters at all.

Then, taking into account the guessed letters, you can enter a new word, and then the next - until you guess the hidden one or you run out of attempts.

If successful, you can share the result on social networks - Wordle will copy your playing field with all cell colors, but without letters. The resulting diagram will show your attempts, but will not reveal the solutions to other players. The number of the puzzle will also be given.

Play Wordle→

Why Wordle attracts players

An important feature of Wordle is that all players solve the same word, and every day it is new. Even if you win, you will have to wait until tomorrow for the next puzzle - the update happens after midnight.

The one-word-for-all format allowed for a small element of competition. The success of solving the puzzle is reflected in the number of attempts, which netizens talk about when they share their results.

With all this, the game does not require a good knowledge of English, an average vocabulary is enough, which will constantly grow with Wordle. However, if you wanted the same puzzle in Russian, then it already exists.

5 alternatives to Wordle

1. Russian Wordle

Alexander Belousov, a developer from Russia, launched a Russian-language analogue of Wordle, which has already been played by more than 10,000 people in two days since its release. Mobile applications are planned to be released soon.

Wordle in Russian →

2. Wordle without limits

If you are satisfied with the English version, but would like to play much more often and more, then there is Hello Wordl. The principle there is exactly the same, but there is no limit on the number of games. In addition, the size of the field can be varied by changing the number of letters in words from 4 to 11.

Hello Wordl →

3. Wordle for time

With Seven Wordles, the word search task can be complicated by adding timing. In this variation, you need to solve seven puzzles in a row in the shortest amount of time possible. Accordingly, it is no longer necessary to share here with attempts, but with numbers on the timer.

Seven Wordles →

4. Wordle for the most patient

An alternative called Absurdle can be called an endless simulator that will help hone your word selection skills. There is no clear end word and no limit on the number of moves. The game simply reduces the list of possible solutions after each of your moves, delaying the end of the game.

Absurdle→

5. Wordle with swear words

If you speak English well enough, you probably know some slang words or swear words. It is they, as well as various obscene words, that will be needed to solve Sweardle puzzles.

Sweardle →

Bonus: Wordle for real Pokemon fans

If you are an experienced Pokemon Go player or just know all the Pokemon, then you should definitely test yourself in Squirdle. This is an analogue of Wordle, where Pokemon parameters are used instead of letters: generation, type 1 and type 2, size and weight. To begin with, it is enough to enter the name of any pokemon in the field (there is a drop-down list), and, taking into account the matches in the parameters, guess further.

Squirdle →

Know of other alternatives to Wordle? Share them in the comments.

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• 15 best puzzle games for Android and iOS
• 4 word games for those who want to have fun with company and improve their English

What to do with your child on the road: road games - Gryntravel

Traveling with children is simple and extremely interesting. So that the road does not turn into torment and passes without whims with the questions “Well, how soon will we arrive ?!”, you need to think in advance what to do with the child on the way.

In a car, train, bus or plane, you can always come up with interesting entertainment. Each age has its own nuances. What is relevant for a child under one year old is clearly not suitable for a 3-year-old “why and why”. When our son was 1.5 years old, we drove 8000 km across the USA in 25 days. It was from that moment that we began to create a selection of not only board games, but also oral entertainment.

Where to start? The first thing to do is to inform a child of any age how much time you will spend on the road. This will set him up for a certain expectation. The phrase will not help here: “Drive 4 hours!”. It is better to visually show the distance, for example, on the spine of a book. If the bottom of the spine is where you left and the top is your destination, it becomes easy to show exactly where you are now and how much is left.

Note: if the road is long, be sure to show when the stop is planned. The anticipation of the imminent "liberation" will help the child to move more calmly motionless sitting in a chair. On a road trip, try to make stops every 2 hours to jump and run.

1. Let the child pack his backpack with travel games

This is a wonderful educational moment. Children feel their importance, responsibility and independence. Learn to plan and work in a team. This is a good experience for future trips. Of course, parental control, patience and love are indispensable here. It is important to explain, and then keep your word: “You will carry your backpack yourself – therefore, only the necessary things.”

Note: the best age to start participating in collecting your backpack with games is 2. 5 - 3 years. The age of “why” is the time when the child begins to realize himself as a person. He often says: “I myself / myself”, does the opposite, proving his right to opinion and choice.

2. Gadgets and books

Upgrade your equipment on the road: tablet, mobile phone, flash drive. Download cartoons, children's books, games, music, movies in advance.

Take with you peepers, they are also Wimmelbuchs - picture books without text. From one picture you can come up with many stories, and for each this story will be absolutely different from the others. Books develop speech, logic, attention.

We keep 2 books in the car:

• “Great Machines – Helpers of People” by Wolfgang Metzger, price – 280 UAH. An indispensable book for children who love technology. It trains attentiveness, imagination, includes a team game “Who will find the object faster”.

• “Move the road to Ukraine” Noa Kremenchukskaya, price – 150 UAH. The book presents five regions of Ukraine: Kyiv, Odessa, Carpathians, Poltava and Donetsk. At each turn there is a new area where the heroes of the book travel. As a result, you understand how different and incredibly interesting Ukraine is.

But on planes, trains and buses we love compactness , so our favorite is the book “Find and Show. Outdoors”, Clever publishing house, price – 300 UAH. Book-panorama, where you will find 5 bright folding panoramas and 155 items to search. Here you will have a sunrise in the mountains, and a walk through the forests and fields, as well as relaxing on the sea coast. The book is conveniently shaped, which allows you to take it on any trip. Ideal for children 3-7 years old.

Reading in a car or bus is harmful to children's eyesight, in this case an interesting audiobook is a great solution. On the road, a child can learn English, counting or letters, or just listen to a good story with the whole family. I want to say right away that electronic gadgets will not replace communication. As a rule, they quickly bother children. Therefore, for a long journey, there should be a good supply of games and entertainment.

Note: in the car we have an organizer bag with different pockets for a tablet, drinker, toys, books and other rubbish. Such a children's corner in one place. Every time I go on the road, I put something new for my son there: 40 minutes of silence is definitely guaranteed.

3. Everything for drawing

Sketchbook or notebook, coloring books, pencils, colored pens and other creative tools - take up minimal space in your backpack and are perfect for trains and planes. We always take Aqua Doodle water painting kit (price 200 UAH) to the car or bus.