Sight words can be tricky for many students. When presented with a new word, students often try to sound it out. Unfortunately, this does not work with many sight words. Explicit instruction and repeated exposure are important in helping students master sight words. Another possible way to help is to use virtual sight word games.
How to Play & What’s Included
Have you ever played Hangman? The object of the game is to guess the word before building the image. Virtual sight word games are played the same way. To begin the screen is blank showing lines for how many letters are in the word. Students then take turns guessing letters. Correctly guessed letters are written on the matching lines using the pen tool. If the letter guessed is not in the word then part of the image will appear. If the students guess the word before building the whole image they win the round.
Each of the digital sight word games includes 4 different slide options. The first set contains no word bank. Then there are sets with pre-primer and primer word banks. When students see on the slide there are 3 letters in the word they can then look to the word bank for words with 3 letters to help them guess. Finally, there is a set with blank space and editable text boxes. This allows you to enter any list of words for support.
Wanting to practice words in science, math, or another subject? Virtual sight word games are versatile. Sight words are only one possibility. Use the slide set with no word bank or the editable slides to add your own word support. Now you can practice your personalized word list, spelling words, vocabulary words, and more!
Sight Word Games to Play on Zoom
Digital sight word games are created in PowerPoint. There is nothing to print and make, just open the file and you are ready to go. Even better, play them anywhere you choose! In the classroom, you can project the slides or show them on an interactive whiteboard. During distance learning, these are great sight words games to play on Zoom or Google Meet. Simply, share your screen and you can play virtually with your students.
What’s your favorite way to practice sight words?
