Transportation Sight Word Practice

Sight Word Practice

This game was created to practice two sight words (our sight words of the week). One of my fabulous teacher friends (Shout out- Tarren!) went to a conference where they spoke about repetition with sight words. (Duh, right. Kiddos need lots of repetition and practice!) After that we starting making more games with just a few sight words to give our kids extra practice with our sight words of the week. I loved that they had to say the words over and over! The kids enjoyed these simple games to because they weren’t overwhelmed by many sight words, especially my kids who struggled with sight words. This isn’t to say we didn’t play games with all of sight words because we did. This game was part of my transportation unit. Our words that we were practicing were see and in, but you could use any two words that you are working on. I am including a blank copy and a copy with the words already typed in.  We used matchbox cars to play this game, but I found it was easier to play with these little foam cars because they didn’t roll on the lamination!

How To Play: Each kiddo gets one race track. Each pair gets two trophies. Each kiddo will need two cars! Students pick a card, read the card and move their car accordingly. If they don’t know the word, they ask their partner and put the card back, but don’t move their car. If they get a pitstop card- they move their car back one spot! Whoever makes it to the top of their race track first wins a trophy!

 

These trophies can be found in the Walmart party aisle, but I’m an amazon lover! Amazon Prime= free shipping! Here are the ones I bought!

 Here is the copy of the game if you’d like!

Megan

 

 

 

Building Sentences

 

Building Sentences

This is an activity that I did each week with my kiddos. It is such a simple activity and was relatively low prep. I switched out the graphics to match our weekly theme and made up some sentences that they would be able to sound out! We had fun learning to stretch words, build sentences, and write correct sentences.  I paired my kiddos up because I found having them work together produced better results. My “higher” students were able to help my “lower” students and they weren’t able to move on until both students had it. Before they were allowed to write the sentence, they had to put the cards in order and raise their hand for me to check. Once THEY READ the sentence CORRECTLY they were able to write it. If they had a few words out of place, they had to try again. If they were unsuccessful repeatedly I would show them the words that were mixed up.  We worked on writing with finger spaces, remembering out capital letters and the ending punctuation! I used this activity in May with my kinder kids!

We start with our cards all mixed up!

We put them in order, hug our words and read!

After our teacher gives us the go ahead- we write in our best writing with finger spaces. (It’s okay if we take up more than one line, but we are learning to write smaller!

 

Here is our froggy sentence building activity! Please, please if you download the activity leave me a comment. The encouragement will further motivate me!

 

Here is a little tip for keeping those cards organized- each set gets a number on the back and then number the baggie it goes in! Another space saver is to cut the bottom corner of the bag very slightly to allow the air to be pressed out! Here is a picture of some of my numbering! It can be tedious and time consuming- but it is a huge time saver when you find a piece that didn't make it back into the baggie! Instead of searching through all the sets, you know exactly where it goes!

 

Enjoy!

 

If you made it to the bottom of the post- thank you! The first person to comment with your mailing address and  follow my blog will be given the chance to get this product. I will mail you my set since I won't be needing it! It's all ready for you to use. : )