100 free printable kindergarten sight word flash cards

Sight words have a place and purpose in reading and oral language and children need opportunities to make these connections.ĭecodable early readers are great for providing an opportunity to spot the sight word, read the sentence, then build the sight word using wooden letters and then place glass gems onto the letters that make the sight word. When learning a list of sight words, it is important to use them and see them used in context such as placing the word into a sentence and seeing the sight word written or used in a book. Is there something interesting about the word, such as ‘was’ sounds like it has a ‘o’ and a ‘z’ in it but it doesn’t and it also make the word ‘saw’ when written backwards.Look for letter patterns such as ‘th’ in the sight word ‘the’.Look for smaller words within the sight word, such as ‘that’ also has ‘hat’ and ‘at’ in it.Look at the first sound and last sound in the word (some sight words cannot be sounded out).

Some decoding strategies to try when learning sight words: Once they have built the sight word, they cover each letter with small glass gems. Let’s Play – Create Sight WordsĬhildren build a sight word by choosing a sight word card, say the word out loud, look at each letter in the word and re-create (build) the word using the wooden letters. Every child is different and while some may be able to cope with 10 sight words being introduced, others may only to be ready for 3 or 5 sight words at a time. There are 90 sights words included in our free printable but I would not recommend introducing them all at the same time. You will also need early readers – this is optional. You will need coloured glass gems, wooden alphabet letters (and/or numbers) and printable sight word cards (see below for printing). Kids will love the tactile and hands-on manipulation of the resources to create their sight words. They can be incorporated into literacy or numeracy maths centres, group or independent activities, guided reading activities and so much more. There are more activities below sharing some ideas on how you can play and learn with the same items provided.

Using the free printable sight word cards, children look at each letter in the word and re-create (build) the word using the wooden letters. Having this instant or automatic recall of sight words helps early or beginning readers develop into smooth and efficient readers.īuild a Sight Word is a great activity for children to play to help develop their sight word vocabulary. Words such as the, is and was, are an example of a sight word. Free Printable Sight Word Cards – Sight words are a term used to describe a group of common or high frequency words that a reader should recognise on sight.

100 free printable kindergarten sight word flash cards