After meeting with families over the last few weeks, one "grow" that was mentioned time and again was sight word fluency. Being able to recognize common sight words quickly and accurately will help your reader confidently and successfully read increasingly difficult texts and free up some brain power for thinking more deeply about what they are reading. When readers spend less time and energy calling words, they can spend more time thinking about what those words mean and why the author chose them.
One practical way to support sight word acquisition and fluency is to simply read. Using Raz-Kids and readers sent home in your child's PIRATE Notebook are great places to start.
While reading is a great way to practice sight vocabulary, sometimes it is necessary to practice words out of context. Here are a few fun ideas to help your child practice at home.
1.) Use a game board--Pull out your favorite board game and add a stack of sight words. CandyLand is a perfect choice. Pull a color card and sight word card. You can only move to your designated color if you can correctly read your sight word. We also like to use Hi! Ho! Cherry-o! Spin and read to move your cherries--one word per cherry.
2.) Play hop-scotch--Create a hop-scotch board with side walk chalk. Write a tricky word in each square. You have to read every word that you hop on.
3.) BANG--Write the word BANG on two-three index cards and add them to a stack of sight words. Show each player a word from the stack. If the reader correctly reads the word, they can keep it. Players continue to accumulate cards until they are shown a BANG card. If you get BANG you must give back all of your cards. The person with the most words at the end of the game is the winner.
Happy Practicing!
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