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Number Sight Words - Primary Theme Park

Very early on in our math curriculum I knew my kids were going to need to know their number sight words pretty quickly. They were required to read and write numbers in words right off the bat and that’s hard to do if you don’t know them! So, I set out to teach the number sight words using fun and engaging games that had them learning without even knowing it.  No worksheets allowed! 🙂

This game was always a favorite!  Have a student draw a number sight word card from a stack and read it.  Then, they do that amount of a certain action you call out.  For example, if a student draws and reads the word “five”, they do five jumping jacks or spin around five times.

Here are some of the actions we used:

• jumping jacks
• spin around
• hop on one foot
• clap
• snap fingers
• touch toes
• blink
• take giant steps
• take steps backwards
• hop like a frog
• walk like a crab
• push ups

After they finish the action, have them read the number sight word one more time before drawing the next card.  This game is great for kinesthetic learners and for getting those wiggles out!

Have students close their eyes or turn around.  Arrange several number sight word cards in order, but turn one over or leave it out.  Students turn around or open their eyes, read the number sight words, and figure out what number is missing.  This game also practices counting and sequencing.

Mix up the number sight words and have students put the cards in numerical order.  You might have them order the cards from least to greatest, or greatest to least.  This is another game that practices sequencing and also comparing.

Played like the traditional “War” card game, each player has a stack of number sight word cards placed face down in front of them.  Each player turns the top card over, and the one with the highest number keeps both cards.  The players keep playing until all their cards are turned over.  The player with the most cards at the end wins. What students don’t even realize is that they’re also practicing comparing numbers with this game.  It’s a win-win!

Kids love playing matching games.  Make two copies of each number sight word, turn them over face down, and have players turn cards over two at a time to try to find the match.  Play this game with regular sight words, too!

Hide number sight words around the room and have students find them.  Use regular sight words to play this game, too.

This game was probably the second favorite one to do after Act It Out.  Line the number sight word cards up across the room away from the students.  Call out a number and have a player run down and get the number sight word card and race it back to you.  You can divide students into teams and make it a relay.  Students might enjoying playing this relay with regular sight words.

If you’re interested in doing these activities with your students, download and print the number sight word cards I used by clicking HERE.  It contains the numbers one through twenty and there are four cards per page.

Create your own number sight word cards by clicking here.  Scroll down the page until you see the words “3. Quarter-Page Sight Words Flash Cards (4-up)”.  Click on “Custom Flash Cards”.  It will take you to a page where you can enter the number sight words you want to use, click “create flash cards”, and then it will create your flash cards for you using the number sight words you entered.  Four sight word cards will be on one page.  Cut them apart and laminate for durability.

I hope these activities give you some fun ways to teach number sight words to your students. Do you have any special games or activities you use to teach number sight words?  I’d love to hear your ideas!

Number Board | Sight Words: Teach Your Child to Read

1. Overview
2. Materials
3. Activity
4. Extensions

5. Assessment
6. Questions and Answers
7. Downloads

1.

The “Number Board” lays the foundation for addition and subtraction. Understanding where a number falls on the number line helps your child understand the sequence of numbers as well as the distance between them (subtraction). This activity has four different levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Mathematician. See the Math Curriculum page for guidance on when to complete each level.

“Complete the Number Board!”

2. Materials

3. Activity

Video: Complete the Number Board!

Go to the Downloads section of this page and find the materials for the level your child is on. See the Curriculum page for guidance on when to complete the different levels. Print out the number board and numbered dots. Place the dots in a bowl and the number board in front of your child. When your child is ready to begin, tell your child: “Take out the first dot. Say the number out loud, find it on the number board, and place the dot on the matching number.” Continue until all the dots are placed on the number board.

4. Extensions

Once your child masters the basic game, use an empty number board with no numbers. Have your child place the numbered dots in order on the empty board. This is a very hard variation, so don’t worry if your child is unable to complete this task.

5. Assessment

This activity is excellent for assessing your child’s progress. Every two weeks, time your child completing the exercise. When your child is ready to begin, start the timer and tell your child to take out the first dot in the bowl. After the last dot has been placed, stop the timer. Record the results in a calendar to track her progress.

6. Questions and Answers

Q: What if my child places the dot on the wrong number?
A: Remove the dot and tell your child to try again. Do not place the dot correctly for your child unless she places the dot incorrectly three times.

7. Downloads

• Beginner Number Board
  
• Intermediate Number Board
  
• Advanced Number Board
  
• Mathematician Number Board
  

To download, right-click and select Save As.

The Sight Words Number Boards are provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Basically, you are permitted complete license to use the resources, provided you leave the attribution hallmark (our logo) on the resources. We would be happy to see the materials used in the classroom, in the home, as part of your tutoring business, or however you see fit. You do not need to contact us for permission to use the materials. We want you to use them!

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Meaning of the word sight - Explanatory Dictionary

sight
Singular, nominative, masculine, inanimate.

1. A device on a firearm that serves to correctly aim at a target.
2. a) Targeting; aiming. b) figurative meaning. What someone is for. strives for what is intended to be achieved; target.
Dictionary of Efremova T.F.

1. A device, a mechanism for pointing firearms or missiles at a target. Artillery, rifle station. Optical, laser, radar station. 2. Targeting, aiming. Sight line. Take (take) on p. someone-sth. (aim at someone sth. ; also trans.: pay special attention to someone sth.,. take under observation; colloquial). Far, distant item, with a distant, distant sight (trans.: about a distant, usually hidden goal, plans, plans).
Dictionary of Ozhegov S.I.

1. Sight, 1. Device on rifles, machine guns and artillery pieces, which serves for the correct aiming of a weapon or gun at the target. Aim frame. 2. Same as aiming. Sight line. To take (take) someone in sight - 1) aim, aim; 2) trans. focusing on something, to criticize. The writer took aim at a whole gallery of types.
Dictionary Ushakov D.N

1. air sight
2. bomb sight
3. sight
4. eyes
5. diopter

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