Sight word you activities

Teachers are always on the hunt for great sight word activities. Sight words are any words readers recognize automatically “by sight”—for fluent readers, that’s almost all words! High-frequency words, the most commonly occurring words in written English like those on the Dolch list, are often thought of as the most crucial sight words.

It’s a myth that blindly memorizing every letter in a sight word is the only way to learn it. The science of reading tells us that linking sounds and letters is the most effective way for kids’ brains to learn any word. Many common words are easy to tackle using beginning phonics skills (like “at,” “can,” “him,” etc.), so staying true to a strong phonics curriculum is one way to support kids’ sight word learning. Even irregularly spelled words have decodable parts, e.g., kids can use the sounds of “s” and “d” to help with “said,” even if the “ai” is unexpected. Experts often call these words “heart words” to call out for kids that they should learn the unexpected word parts “by heart.” (If all this is unfamiliar to you, it can feel overwhelming, but you’ve got this! Check out teaching guru Jillian Starr’s explanation for more help.)

Check out these low-prep and engaging sight word activities for both teaching and practicing words.

Sight Word Activities for Introducing Words

1. Map it and drive it

Toy truck on a lego board under the word have as an example of sight word activities

This is a genius way to introduce words with appealing materials: Say the word, represent each sound with a LEGO brick, write letters for each sound, and “drive” to read it.

Source: @droppinknowledgewithheidi

2. Smush play dough for each sound

Template for tapping and mapping words with play dough as an example of sight word activities

Set up a routine that works for any word. Play dough squishing for each sound is the ultimate multi-sensory component.

Source: @playdough2plato

3. Map words with a magnet wand

Template for mapping sight words with a magnet want and magnetic dot markers as an example of sight word activities

It is so super-satisfying to drag those magnetic dots around! Watch the video below for lots of tips on introducing a word using this process.

Source: @warriorsforliteracy

4. Make a mini book

Mini book for learning the word the as an example of sight word activities

Lots of handy info in one place for your little learners.

Source: @hughesheartforfirst

5. Tap it, pop it, learn it!

Template for tapping and popping sight words as an example of sight word activities

Hardwire those words in kids’ brains with this comprehensive word intro routine. (You had us with the pop its!)

Source: @hellojenjones

Sight Word Activities for Practicing Words

6. Find and swat words

Sight word cards laid out in a grid pattern with a red fly swatter as an example of sight word activities for the classroom

An oldie but such a goodie. Find a word in an array and WHACK! Swat it with a fly swatter!

Source: @kids_play_learn_laugh

7. Flip word pancakes

Sight words on cardboard circles that resemble pancakes with a small frying pan and spatula arranged on a white work surface

Serve up sight word pancakes while practicing spelling them aloud.

Source: @bee_happy_teaching

8. Wear heart word bracelets

Event bracelets with sight words as an example of sight word activities

Make kids feel like sight word VIPs.

Source: @teachingmoore

9. Search for sight word balls

Small multicolored plastic ball pit balls with sight words written in chalk marker

Write sight words on ball pit balls with a chalk marker or dry-erase marker. Kids can race around hunting for balls to read and toss in a basket, or hunt through a big tub of balls for a certain word.

Source: @preschoolforyou

10. Start a sight word band

A teacher holding a wooden spoon in front of sticky notes with sight words stuck to various pots and pans and other metal objects

Loud but oh-so-fun! Feel the rhythm while tapping and reading sight words stuck to homemade percussion instruments.

Source: @earlyyears_withmrsg

11. Drive on a sight word path

Child's hand driving a toy car over a path of magnetic tiles with sight words written on them

This is one of many fun ways to use magnetic tiles for learning! Kids love “knocking down” word tiles with a toy car as they read each one.

Source: @travisntyler

12. Use sticky notes to inspire sight word sentences

Sticky note with the sight word "said" stuck to a pink child's bike helmet

Have kids stick words on items that give them ideas for sentences. “My Mom said to wear a helmet!” = so good!

Source: @kinneypodlearning

13. Write words on a sensory bag

A zip-top bag with blue paint inside with the word "and" traced onto it to match a sight word card

So easy: Fill a zip-top bag with a small amount of kid-safe paint, seal well, and have kids practice “writing” sight words with their finger or a cotton swab.

Source: @makeitmultisensory

14. Wear a sight word crown

Paper crown headbands printed with rightwards

Wear your word proudly and practice reading others’ words. Fun in person or virtually.

Source: @mrsjonescreationstation

15. Play a magnetic-tile board game

Magnetic tiles with sight words arranged in a board game maze as an example of sight word activities

We love new ideas for ways to use magnetic tiles for sight word activities. Easy to set up and fun to play.

Source: @twotolove_bairantwins

16. Spell words to a familiar tune

Spell Words to a familiar tune

Get sight words stuck in everyone’s head, in a good way. We’d add a line for chanting the sounds in the word!

Source: @saysbre

17. Feed a word monster

Feed A Word Monster sight word activities

Nom, nom, nom.

Source: @ecplayandlearn

18. Search for the pom-pom under sight word cups

Search for pom poms under sight word cups

Read all the words as you try to find the cup that hides the prize.

Source: @la.la.learning

19. Play sight word KABOOM

Play sight word kaboom

This classroom classic is perfect for sight words. If you need a refresher on the rules, Jillian Starr covers them.

Source: @essentiallykinder

20. Roll and write words

Roll and write words for sight word activities

Roll, write, repeat.

Source: @mylittlepandamonium

21. Write words with rainbow colors

Write words with rainbow colors

Bonus points for aromatic markers.

Source: @mylittlepandamonium

22. Trace words with flashlights

Trace words with flashlights

Stock up on batteries because kids never get tired of this!

Source: @giggleswithgerg

23. Find words in plastic eggs

Find words in a sensory bin

Give kids a checklist of words to find as they open each egg.

Source: @blooming_tots1

24. Spy words around the classroom

Spy words around the classrom

Just add a magnifying glass and clipboard to make kids feel like supersleuths!

Source: @readingcorneronline

25. Find words in the morning message

Spy words in the morning message

Don’t forget about old standbys! This is one of our favorite ways to get kids to recognize sight words in connected text.

Source: @tales_of_a_kinder_classroom

26. Build words with bricks

Build words with bricks

Such a great use of extra building bricks!

Source: @raysinkinder

27. Write words in sand

Write words in individual sandboxes

Easy-peasy to set up and keep neat if you use plastic pencil boxes.

Source: @teacherhacks

28. Spell words on a construction site

Make a word construction site

Bulldozing over each word to read it is the best part!

Source: @planningplaytime

29. Spell words with toy cars

Spell words with toy cars

Drive on over!

Source: @lozlovesprep

30. Park in a sight word “parking lot”

Park words in a sight words parking lot

This one is easy to modify based on whatever toys are available in the classroom or at home.

Source: @msbendersclassroom

31. “Plant” words in play dough

Plant words in play dough

Watch those reading skills grow!

Source: @planningplaytime

32. Build words in a sensory tub

Build words in a sensory tub

Because spelling is just more fun when your hands are covered in beans!

Source: @coffeeandspitup

33. Write words on a magnetic drawing board

Write words on a magnetic drawing board

That eraser track makes for a perfect word card holder!

Source: @moffattgirls

34. Or write words on the window!

Write words on the window

Everyone wants a turn to write on the window!

Source: @kindergarten_matters

35. Shhh! Discover words written in invisible ink

Discover secret words written in invisible ink

Write words in white crayon and reveal them with watercolors on top!

Source: @teachstarter

36. Dot-paint words with a cotton swab

dot paint words with a cotton swab

Calming and effective.

Source: @sightwordactivities

37. “Type” words on a keyboard

type words on a keyboard cover

Busy day at the sight word office! Use a keyboard cover or any old keyboard.

Source: @lifebetweensummers

38. Read words before heading through the door

Read words before heading out the door

The line leader can double as the word pointer during transitions.

Source: @ms.rowekinder

39. Read the word the teacher’s wearing!

Read the word the teacher is wearing

Wait, is there something on my shirt?

Source: @theprimarypartner

40. Take a sight word cakewalk

Take a sight word cake walk

Choose a winning word when the music stops!

Source: @joyfulinkinder

41. Play sight word hopscotch

Play sight word hopscotch outdors

If you can’t get outdoors, tape on the floor works just as well.

Source: @wheretheliteracygrows

42. Play tic-tac-toe

Tic-tac-toe game using sight words as an example of sight word activties

I’ll be team “the.”

Source: @create_n_teach

43. Go sight word bowling

Bowl those words right over

No bowling pins? Use half-filled plastic water bottles instead.

Source: @thecreativeteacher_

44. Ready, aim, read

Hit words with foam darts

Just throw a beanbag at a word target if foam darts are a no-go.

Source: @laurens_lil_learners

45. Play muffin tin ball toss

Toss a ball and read the word it lands on

Toss and read. It’s easy to use colored muffin cups to prep different sets of words.

Source: @homeschooling_fun_with_lynda

46. DIY sentence flash cards

Sight word sentences on flash cards as an example of sight word activities

Authentic use of words in context for the win.

Source: @teachertipsandtales

47. Play sight word checkers

Sight words checkers

King me! If kids don’t have a partner available, they can “play” with a stuffed animal and get double practice.

Source: @sightwordactivities

48. Play sight word Guess Who?

Sight words guess who

Set up this game once and use it forever.

Source: @lessons_and_lattes

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Plus, what are sight words?

48 Fun Sight Word Activities That Work

Memorizing sight words and high frequency words is such an important part of learning to read. These sight word activities will keep your students actively engaged while getting tons of practice with the words YOU choose.


As teachers, we know students are more likely to learn something if they connect with and enjoy it. I find that many of my students learn through touch and movement. Because of this, I love using activities that allow them to be active, to touch, to move, and to have fun!

The best part about these sight word activities is that students love them.

I use many of them during guided reading and literacy centers so engagement is essential. When my kids think they’re playing instead of learning, we are all having a better time.

Sight Words and High frequency Words

Sight words and high frequency words aren’t just read and memorized on the spot. (Wouldn’t that be amazing 🤪)

There are well over a hundred that are so common they show up in the text we read all the time. They appear even more often in new reader’s text. These words are super important but they are also super tricky for some of our new readers.

Note: Did you know there is a difference between sight words and high frequency words? I thought they were the same thing for the longest time. Learning the difference changed how I taught them. You can read more about that here!

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hands on sight word activities

These sight word activities are hands-on, simple, fun and require very little preparation on the teacher’s part. 🙌

Each one can be done with a set of sight word flashcards and not a single one needs a worksheet to be copied. 👏 👏 👏

Free Sight Word Flashcards

Do you need flashcards? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered! You can download my editable sight word flashcards right here!

Setting Up the Sight Word Flashcard Activities

I keep the activities in a container like a box or basket. Students are shown how to get the materials out, set them up, use them and clean them up.

Giving my student’s these responsibilities teaches them to be independent and saves me time setting up, giving directions multiple times and cleaning up. 🥳

In my classroom, students are grouped into pairs for literacy centers. These activities can easily be scaled up for more or down for one. I just find partners work best for me. I will refer to my partners as P1 – Partner 1 and P2 – Partner 2.

The way your students use these materials and do these activities is totally up to you. I’m sharing how I have done them in my own classroom but that is definitely not the only way!

Have fun with them. I can assure you that your students will!

Sight Word Fly Swat

sight word swat activity

Materials: Two sets of sight words cards and a fly swatter.

Set Up: Lay one set of cards out in a grid, face up. Put the second set of cards face down in a stack as a draw pile.

Activity: P1 pics up a card from the draw pile and reads the card. P2 finds the word and swats it with the fly swatter.

Partners can switch back and forth or each go through the whole stack. A variation is having P1 read the letters in the word for P2 to find.

Sight Word Fishing

sight word fishing activity

Materials: Sight word cards with a paper clip attached and fishing poles with magnets.

Set Up: Lay cards out or keep them in a tub (or a pool if you’re feeling fancy!).

Activity: P1 and P2 go fishing for sight words. They can either take turns or go at the same time. Each time they “catch” one, they show it to their partner and read it aloud. ?

Later on in the year I have my students come up with a sentence for the word they “caught” to extend the activity. ?

Note: you can make your own fishing poles with a dowel rod, string and a magnet. Simply tape or glue the string to the end of the rod and hot glue a magnet to the end of the string. This works like a charm if you don’t have fishing poles and can’t purchase them.

Sight Word Go Fish

go fish activity

Materials: Two sets of sight word cards. I recommend using about 20 words for this game.

Set Up: Shuffle or mix up the cards and put them in one stack as a draw pile. Each partner gets 5 cards.

Activity: Play “Go Fish” with cards. P1 looks at their cards and chooses one. P1 asks P2 if they have the match to that card. If P2 has it, they pass it over. If they do not, P1 gets to draw a card from the draw pile.

When a player has a match, they say what it is and lay it down. When all the matches have been found, they count how many they got and play again.

Sight Word Memory

memory activity

Materials: Two sets of Sight word cards. I usually use 15-20 words we have been practicing.

Set Up: Mix up all of the cards and lay them face down in a grid.

Activity: P1 and P2 take turns looking for matches. On their turn, they flip over two cards and read them. If they are a match, they keep them. If they are not a match they turn them back over. When all the matches have been found, mix them up and play again.

Sight Word Bean Bag Toss

bean bag toss activity

Materials: Sight word cards and bean bags.

Set Up: Lay the cards face up in a grid.

Activity: Partners take turns tossing bean bags onto cards. We do this in a couple of ways depending on the time of year.

At the beginning, we toss the bag, spell the word and say it.

Later in the year, P1 tells P2 what word to toss it on too. P2 tries to land their beanbag on the correct word.

Finally we play this game by giving directions. P1 might say “Toss the bag onto a word with 4 letters.” Then P2 tosses the beanbag onto a 4 letter word and reads it.

Sight Word Parking Lot

sight word parking lot activity

Materials: Sight word cards and cars.

Set Up: Create a parking lot with the sight word flash cards.

Activity: Each partners drives a car up to a flashcard. They read the flashcard as they drive up and park their car. They say “I parked my *description, like red* car on the word ______.” Then they get another car to park.

When all the cars have been parked, partners work together to “clear the parking lot.” They read the words as they drive their cars out of the parking lot.

Sight Word Pathways

sight word pathways activity

Materials: Sight word cards.

Set Up: Partners work together to create a path (in a designated area) with sight word cards.

Activity: Partners take turns walking along the path they created. Each time they step on (or next to) a word, they read it aloud. After they finish going through their path, they can do it again or create a new one!

Note: I tell me students to step on either side of the word card so they can read it. That way they don’t slip on the laminated card and it lasts much longer.

Sight Word Sort

sight word sort activity

Materials: sight word cards and a pointer. (Optional: pocket chart, cards to make “headers.” )

Set Up: None

Activity: Partners decide how they will sort the cards. (The first idea I give is to sort by number of letters.) They sort the cards by the rule they determined. Then they point to the words with the pointers and read them.

I let my students use a pocket chart for this activity. I also let them use scrap paper to make “headers” for the top of their sorts. They love playing teacher so this activity is a favorite for them.

If they finish making and reading their sort, they can choose another way to sort and do it all again.

Note: I give them some options at the beginning of the year but they often come up with their own as the year goes on!

Sight Word Cups

sight word cup stack activity

Materials: Sight word cards and dixie cups or solo cups with matching sight words on them. (I use solo cups and write words on them in sharpie because they generally last the whole year!)

Set Up: Set out cups so you can see all of the sight words and put the sight word cards in a stack as a draw pile.

Activity: Partners take turns drawing sight word cards from the draw pile. P1 draws a word and reads it. Then P1 looks for the cup with that word and uses it to start a tower. P2 draws a card and does the same thing.

They go back and forth, finding cups and using them to build epic cup towers. I guarantee your students will think you are the COOLEST teacher ever when you show them this game. ?

I Spy a Sight Word

sight word i spy activity

Materials: Sight word cards or a word wall

Set Up: Lay the cards out in a grid

Activity: Partners challenge each other by picking secret sight words for the other partner to guess. P1 chooses a word from the word wall and says “I spy, with my little eye, a word that _____.” P2 guesses a word. P1 either says “You got it!” or “That’s not my word.”

This game needs some scaffolding. We play it whole group and in guided reading for a few weeks before I move it to a center. I give all sorts of clues so they can have lots of examples like: number of letters, ending sound, number of syllables, etc.

I also make sure to tell them that they should only say what the first letter or sound is when they are ready for the other person to get it! That is usually a giveaway!


Don’t those all sound like so much fun? I seriously feel like a rockstar teacher when I see my kids laughing, collaborating and having fun while practicing sight words and high frequency words.

If you’re looking for more ways to practice sight words, check out this post with all of my favorite online games to practice sight words!

Do you have any favorite sight word activities I should try in my classroom? Let me know below! 👇

These free sight word activities and sight word games require very little prep and are super easy to differentiate for any level. Better yet, the kids will beg to play them!

Most are editable so you can use them for any high frequency words or heart words you are teaching.

Editable Word Work Games and Activities for Kids

These high frequency word resources are going to make differentiation super easy for you!

Sight word games and activities for kids.

Fun Sight Word Games

These word work activities are perfect for kids who are learning to read and need fun, hands-on ways to learn to read and spell words.

Forget the flash cards and the quizzing and give these digital and printable activities a try. You won’t regret it.

My kids beg to play these sight word games and activities and we are able to use them to work on a large variety of skills.

Most of the games are editable which means you can also type in CVC words, blend words, word with digraphs or vowel teams, and lots of different phonics skills.

Differentiated Word Work

Because most of them are editable, you can easily change out the words whenever you need to.

Changing the words on the games can be done in a matter of a minute or two. It couldn’t be any easier!

Fun sight word activities and games for kids to learn sight words in engaging, hands-on ways.

High Frequency Words Activities for All Themes

These sight word activities and games come in a large variety of themes, so you can find activities for any season and many of the different themes you use in your classroom.

There are resources for fall, winter, spring and even summer as well as activities for most of the major holidays.

Plus, there are sight word activities for lots of fun themes like unicorns, robots, dinosaurs, and more!

Check out the list of sight word resources below!

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Immy is well and truly on the road to learning to read, arriving home from school with her very first levelled reader last week!

As I have shared previously, learning to automatically recognise high frequency sight words is an important part of learning to read as automatic recall positively influences reading fluency, which in turn aids clearer comprehension – you can read more about the importance of sight words to reading in this post – What Are Sight Words?

Providing lots of opportunity for children to revisit sight words is important to the development of automatic recall but this repetition doesn’t have to be boring, in fact the 50 sight word activity ideas included in the list below are most definitely not boring!

But before we get to the list, if your child loves playing games or learns best through fun and engaging activities (and don’t we all), please take a moment to check out our printable, no prep sight word games pack. Great for home revision, classroom literacy groups or withing learning support settings.

Sight word activities printable pack

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Are you looking for some fun and engaging sight word activities for summer school? It doesn’t matter what your summer teaching set-up looks like; extended school year (ESY), at home with your own child, or tutoring.  Even if you are at home “kind of” thinking about next year, make sure to bookmark this list for future planning. There are some great sight word activities here for everyone! 

I know when I taught ESY in the past I always was searching and thinking of outside activities that were both engaging and hands-on.  Some lessons were highly engaging and full of gross motor ideas, and that built in a lot of teamwork.  Summer is a great time to reinforce those sight words skills taught during the year! Don’t let that “Summer Slide” sink in.  

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Sight Word Activities for Summer School

1. Sight Word Sand Stampers 

Looking at a beach or summer theme for your summer school session this year?  How about adding some real sand to your sensory box, table, or even just a tray.  Allow students to use their fingers or stampers to write and spell sight words!  Practice/review sight words by stamping, writing, and shaking to erase! Looking for some more “out of the box” writing opportunities?  You’ll want to check out 13 Fun Ways to Get Reluctant Writers Writing.

2. Sight Word Monthly Mini-Books

No Prep Monthly Mini-Books for the Year is so versatile!  Whether you are looking for small group work, home review, or individual practice these are the perfect pair!  I like how there are different aspects to this one resource!  Mini books with great illustrations to help with fluency.  Vocabulary practice, because I feel I never do enough of that, but the students love it. Writing prompts and opportunities. AND even sight word practice with both hands-on and written practice!

3. Roll A Sight Word

If you know anything about me it is that I LOVE providing my students with a hands-on experience with learning!  Anything to get my students up and moving – I’m ALL for!  So let’s make a game out of learning sight words.  Grab a dice and ETTC’s Roll A Sight Word worksheet.  Students can work individually or in pairs by rolling the dice and writing the appropriate sight word in their color of choice, but following the key.

4. Sight Word Fishing 

You can get as creative as you wish with this activity!  Write a variety of sight words on cut-out fish.  By placing cut-out fish with a paperclip on the floor “in the pond”, students can head off to fish!  Yes, there are small student fishing poles {aff} you can get, or you can be artsy and create your own with a ruler, string, and a magnet!  

Once your students catch a fish, have them identify the sight word and even use it in a sentence.  Will they catch their fish and be able to put it in their bucket/cup?  Or will the fish swim away and they will have to try again? 

5. Color By Sight Word

My students get so excited when I tell them to grab a clipboard!  I don’t know what it is about them, but they keep my students on task.  Who knows, but I am not questioning it!  Once you have your clipboard, grab your crayon box and head outside to enjoy the sun and review sight words with these great color-by-sight word worksheets.

6. Poppin’ Sight Words Bubbles

Besides dice and coloring, my students also love using Bingo daubers!  Yes, we do have to review our expectations while using them.  Yes, you will have to explain that they are not markers and only one dab will do it.  I don’t know if this move is still relevant or “cool” to do, but we dab a sight word with a dauber and then do the ever-popular “dab” dance move after each one.

7. Sight Word Hopscotch

Hopscotch with a twist!  Create an old-fashioned hopscotch board on your sidewalk or recess area with some sidewalk chalk. Write sight words in each square instead of numbers.  Have your students read the sight word each time they hop on a square.

8. Sight Word Printables

Are you ready for another no prep, instant download activity?!?  Here we go with our Sight Word Printables – covering 300 different Fry Sight Words!  With seven different activities on each sheet, they are perfect for independent practice, guided instruction, whole/small group instruction, or home review!

💙 Sight Word Printables 1-100

💛 Sight Word Printables 101-200

🧡 Sight Word Printables 201-300

9. Pop-Its Sight Word Center

Is anyone else sick and tired of pop-its in the classroom?  This past school year I cannot even explain what families thought were appropriate to send in with their kids!  Anyway, before I go off on a tangent, let me share the perfect solution for these fidgets!  Don’t be frustrated with these pop-its anymore – put them to good use!

Pair a pop-it with this “Pop-It Sight Word Center”!  The student identifies the word and ‘pop’ each letter on their pop-it as they write each letter in the blank letter box.  The student will get three different opportunities to practice each sight word!

10. Buried Treasure 

Ready to reuse that sand from #1 on this list?  Write/Print off sight words on small index cards or slips of paper. Bonus if you want to find an outline of a treasure chest and write the word on the chest. Laminate the cards for durability and bury them in the sand.  Students can use their hands, fingers, and even shovels to dig for buried treasure.

11. Sight Words Menus

Searching for an activity to use all those manipulatives you have sitting in containers?  You know the ones I’m talking about.  Those tangrams you use during one lesson. Chips. Art Supplies. Even lego blocks!  Practice each sight word with multiple tactiles!

12. Sight Word Passages and Booklets

When I am introducing new sight words this is the first resource I pair my teaching with!  I love that there is a mini booklet AND a passage page to go along with each sight word!  Depending on time, sometimes my students take home one to review with their families at home.  This is a must pair with your instruction that will reinforce the sight word with context and practice!

13. Water Balloon Pop

You can alter this activity to meet the need of you and your students along with the time you have.  

One version of this activity is to write the sight words that you want to cover (or have your students write them) in chalk on the ground outside.  Have a bucket of water balloons ready to go.  Students must “smash” a water balloon onto the sight word you say.

Another version of this game may be a bit ‘wetter’.  Instead of having the sight words written on the ground.  Write the words you want to cover on balloons instead.  Fill them up with water.  The object of the game is to have students pop the balloon with the sight word on by any means – pinching, squeezing, or even sitting on it.

14. Sight Word Fluency Passages 

Here is another no prep, instant download, and a bundle of fun activity! Each passage contains a certain set of sight words, so students can practice reading them in isolation and then within the text. Each passage comes with simple comprehension questions (multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answers with a sentence starter). Even your low readers can work on the first few passages in this bundle, as the text is very repetitive.

15. Sight Word Phrase Race

Worried about rain ruining your outdoor summer fun??  Don’t worry, bring the fun indoors with a race!!   No, not that type of race so don’t worry I’m not saying have your students running around your classroom.  I’m talking about a sight word race! All you need is a sand timer, pawns, and this game board!

16. Pool Noodle Sight Words

This is a great activity that you will be using for Sight Words, Phonics, and even Spelling practice!  However, it does involve a bit of prep work on our part, but that is okay!  

First, head off to the dollar store and grab some pool noodles!  (It is a great time to stock up for the summer sessions and upcoming school year!) Next, cut the pool noodle into rings.  You’ll want these rings to be wide enough to write a letter on the outside.  Finally, write the letters of the alphabet on your rings.  One letter for each ring.  You may want to write this letter twice or three times so no matter which way the student holds the ring they see it on the outside edge.  

Have a dowel or stick available and students can search for the correct letters of the sight word to spell it by placing each ring on the dowel.  A plunger would even work too!  So that the stick doesn’t move!!   Once the rings are placed onto the dowel, it should spell out the sight word stated. 

17. I Have, Who Has Sight Words

Students will play a small group or whole group game focused on identifying Sight Words; requiring using picture cues, reading, identification, and response.  I love how this game promotes listening and waiting turns, which is something my students had a hard time with this past school year!  So they are skills I am sure to be covering this summer school and beyond!

​💙 Level One Sight Words

​💛 Level Two Sight Words

🧡 ​Level Three Sight Words

18. Sight Word Color By Number

Every day my students ask me if they can do “one of those coloring sheets”?!  Well, they are referring to ETTC’s Color By Number!!  Whether you want your students to practice ELA, Math, Phonics, Sight Words, or Letter Recognition this resource has it all!  I love to play some relaxing music in the background and allow my students to work around the room with a clipboard and their crayons.  Using the key provided, students will color in each picture accordingly to display the picture image.

19. Rock Garden

Time for a nature walk!  Get your class up and moving and go for a little walk while hunting for some rocks.  Once you find them, allow your students to use chalk to write or paint sight words on the rocks.  Create a “sight word” rock garden together as a class. It is important to have a discussion about the dos and do not while using the rocks.  Do write and find, don’t throw or toss!

20. I Spy Hidden Sight Words 

I am so thrilled to be the first to inform you of one of our upcoming BRAND NEW resources!  By popular demand, let me introduce Education to the Core’s I Spy Hidden Sight Words resource!  Following one of our Teaching Trailblazers’ favorite resources I Spy Phonics, I Spy Math, and I Spy Early Literacy, we knew you would love these sight words I Spy too!

The best thing about this resource is… it is 100% EDITABLE!!!  Be sure to sign up here to be notified when it is released on TPT!

Alright Teaching Trailblazers, what are some of your favorites on this list?  My personal favorites on this list are #2, #8, and #10! I hope you can take a few of these activities away from this list and try them out this summer!  Be sure to check back in with us and let us know how they went!  Even better if you share pictures!

Do you have any fun and interactive activities you incorporate sight words with?  Be sure to comment and share your great ideas, who knows you may be featured in an upcoming blog!  I hope you have a wonderful summer session and more importantly a relaxing and fun-filled summer!  You deserve it!

Written By – Christopher Olson

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