sight words

Unlock the secret to teaching tricky sight words with a game-changing method that's easy, effective, and enjoyable for both teachers and students. Discover the heart word method which will not only help you teach sight words effectively but will also engage your students in the fun-filled process of word building.

Check out some interactive word wall ideas for the classroom that your students will love including ideas for portable and fun displays.

Free Sight Word Slap Game from File Folder Fun. FREE Follow up Sight Word of the Day Worksheets available too! http://thecraftyclassroom.com/2015/11/11/free-sight-word-printables/

My sight word activities this year have included a lot more movement for my active learners. Learning our sight words has been a bit more of a challenge for some of my kindergartners. A

So many ways to teach, practice, and master sight words.

Today I’m sharing a set of four-in-a-row games for teaching short i words. (This post contains affiliate links.) My Five is getting better and better at reading short vowel words automatically. Hurray! One of his favorite ways to practice is with our 4-in-a-row games. You should know something about my Five. He’s cute, but he’s grumpy. While he’d listen to me read books all day long, he’s often resistant when... Read More »

We work hard to teach our students the correct way to spell words. We spend countless hours prepping word work and spelling activities that are engaging for our students. Take back all of that time for yourself with our 60+ Editable Spelling Activities bundle. Type the words in the word list and voila - 60 ready-to-print spelling activities at your fingertips!

The science of reading tells us that sight words are not stored in our visual memory and so we need to integrate sight words into our phonics instruction. In this post, I share information about Heart Words, an effective, phonics-based approach to teaching sight words, as well as a Heart Word Freebie to get you started! #teachingreading #phonicsinstruction #heartwords

Here's a super quick, free, editable sight words activity that's brilliant for practice sessions of one minute or less! Learning specific words? No problem!

Last month, I shared some Level 1 Sight Word Sentence Cards and today, I’m sharing my Level 2 Sight Word Sentence Cards for subscribers only! NOTE: Once subscribed, an email will be sent to your inbox. The email contains the link and password to the subscriber freebie page where you’ll find this and LOADS MORE subscriber resources! If ... Read More about Sight Word Sentence Cards {Level 2}

Looking for a fun way to celebrate and incentivize reaching sight word goals? Try giving out these Sight Word Star "brag tags" when students master a list! This product includes tags for the pre-primer, primer, first, second, third, & noun lists. It also includes tags for lists 1-25 in case you ...

Find 10 FREE sight word games and activities for your students to use during literacy centers. Many of these require very little materials to make.