What I learned at school today

Sight words are vital to unlocking reading for many students but finding fun ways to introduce them and to give students a chance to practice them can be challenging. I usually introduce one new sight word a day. We then spend the day trying to spot the word when we are flipping through books or when Mme is reading or when we are walking around the school.  Once we have a good collection of words under our belts we can start playing some games with them. Whole Class Games: Quiz, quiz trade: Students each get one sight word. They partner up and show each other the word. Once they have read the word they trade and move on to a new partner. Stand-up: As we practice our word I will pick a "magic" word, letter or sound. When they hear it they stand-up. When the word is gone they sit back down. Act it out: When we read action words, students have fun acting out the word. Silent Word/Sound: When we read through the list students are told they can not read a certa