Concept 3: Sight Words
Students will use their newfound skill set of breaking and blending phonemes to read basic sight words. Each of the activities provided in the following lesson work on increasing students' familiarity and confidence with basic sight words. It is important to note that with each lesson provided, the activities can be varied or repeated several times. It is not expected that all students move and learn at the same pace, therefore teachers (utilizing their knowledge of learner contexts in the classroom) can determine the pace of the content provided.
Materials Needed:
Lesson Content:
First, the teacher will read "One" to the entire class. This book is not only chalk full of basic sight words for beginner readers, it has a wonderful message about how to prevent bullying from happening. As with the previous lesson, the teacher will model using the breaking and blending of phonemes within the reading aloud. If the students are on track, the teacher can ask for student volunteers to help break and blend words during the reading.
Next, the teacher will pass out blank BINGO cards to each student, with enough chips/markers to fill the entire board. Each board should have one "Free" space on it. The teacher, using the document camera and projector, will put up several sight word cards. Students will be able to select the ones they wish to put on their board, and write the words in the blank boxes. For younger students there should be fewer boxes to fill in. Once each student's card is filled, the teacher will draw sight word cards and model breaking and blending phonemes to orally produce each word. If the student has the word, they can place a chip/marker on it. The objective is to get a full BINGO where every box is filled.
Finally, the teacher will have the students circle up to play Around the World. The directions on how to play are as follows:
Some students do not learn best in this competitive scenario. An alternative ending activity could be working through online videos that work with sight words. Examples of these videos can be accessed on the resource page.
Materials Needed:
- "One" by Kathryn Otoshi
- Blank BINGO cards
- Chips/markers
- Sight Word Cards (can be purchased at any major education store or online)
- Document camera and projector
Lesson Content:
First, the teacher will read "One" to the entire class. This book is not only chalk full of basic sight words for beginner readers, it has a wonderful message about how to prevent bullying from happening. As with the previous lesson, the teacher will model using the breaking and blending of phonemes within the reading aloud. If the students are on track, the teacher can ask for student volunteers to help break and blend words during the reading.
Next, the teacher will pass out blank BINGO cards to each student, with enough chips/markers to fill the entire board. Each board should have one "Free" space on it. The teacher, using the document camera and projector, will put up several sight word cards. Students will be able to select the ones they wish to put on their board, and write the words in the blank boxes. For younger students there should be fewer boxes to fill in. Once each student's card is filled, the teacher will draw sight word cards and model breaking and blending phonemes to orally produce each word. If the student has the word, they can place a chip/marker on it. The objective is to get a full BINGO where every box is filled.
Finally, the teacher will have the students circle up to play Around the World. The directions on how to play are as follows:
- Students all sit in a circle and one student is selected to begin the game
- The selected student stands behind the student directly to the right of where they were originally seated
- The teacher holds up a sight word card
- Each student looks at the card and attempts to be the first one to say it correctly
- If the student standing wins, they move on (again to their right) to challenge the next student); if the student sitting wins, the students switch places and the winner goes on to challenge the student directly to their right
Some students do not learn best in this competitive scenario. An alternative ending activity could be working through online videos that work with sight words. Examples of these videos can be accessed on the resource page.