Teaching students to read is one of the most important and best! While there are many skills and strategies we use to do so, one that gets a lot of time and attention is word recognition.
Although not a substitute for the ability to decode also important! Words that can be recognized this way are known as sight words.
Sight word practice is so important for young readers! For one, it allows them to free up cognitive resources so they can focus on the tougher words that require strong decoding skills. Secondly, knowing sight words is a huge confidence booster for students! Strong sight word knowledge allows them to understand the majority of the text, even when their decoding skills are still developing. While these apps are great, I know not everyone has access to tablets in their classroom, so today I am excited to share a list of 5 Online Games for Sight Word Practice games that can be accessed on a desktop or laptop computer , as well as my own activities that offer a more hands-on approach to learning sight words.
You can find directions to the game here in this YouTube video. The last three games I found come from IXL , a website that offers standards-based personalized learning for students in all subject areas. The site is subscription-based, but they offer a day free trial. Choose the Matching Sight Words In this game students identify which two sight words are the same.
Students can read the words or listen to them read aloud. The game gets progressively harder for kids as they do better. Spell the Sight Word A more challenging game that has students work to spell sight words they hear read aloud.
Complete the Sentence Here students identify the correct sight word to fill in the blank or complete the sentence. There is no additional cost to you if you choose to do this. Monsters with different high frequency words on their tummies jump up and children are asked to click on the one that the narrator says. There are several free games on the Spellingframe site and you can access more if you register with the site for a small annual fee. The high-frequency words are narrated and used in sentences and the child attempts to reproduce the correct spellings.
We think this is a useful resource for helping children with their spellings of high-frequency words. In this game, each dinosaur egg has a different high-frequency word written under it. The narrator says a word and the child must click on the correct one. You can click on a speaker icon if you want to hear the word again. A baby dinosaur pops out of the egg if they choose correctly. The words are arranged in groups so you can choose the ones most appropriate for the ability of your child.
There are some free printable bingo cards that you can use with this game, and you can choose different groups of high-frequency words. Your kids then check to see if they have the word on their card. Click on the following link to access high-frequency word bingo. You can see an example below. There is a limited amount of free access to the site, or you can join for a trial with a special offer:.
IXL Learning cover skills in 5 subjects including phonics and reading comprehension. You can click on the following link to access a 7-day free trial if you live in the US. In this game, the narrator says a word and the child clicks on the block with the word on it to smash it. They then click on the block a second time to remove it. Extra words appear and stack up during the game. 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. 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! 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.
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! 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. While the lessons DO have audio, this preview video does not.
Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar. Are you looking for the perfect way to teach new sight words and review old sight words while distance learning? You NEED this resource. Yes, that you includes you, homeschool parents!
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