Sight Word Board Game

Grade level

1st grade

Time

About 20 minutes

Topic

Board game

Answer key

Not needed: answers vary

Kids practice

Sight word recognition, Reading fluency, Spelling high-frequency words, Letter formation

What kids do

“Roll a die and move that many spaces. Read the word you land on. Can’t read it? Go back one. First to Finish wins!”

Printed on the sheet:

1. Roll, move, read. Can’t read the word? Go back one space.
2. You need: a die and a counter for each player (a coin, a bean or a scrap of paper). Write the winner’s name:

Words on this sheet

arethereoutwantwalklikethinksaidwithoncethatherputagainthishishowwherecouldwho

Teacher tip

Let kids add their own tricky words to blank spaces.

How to use it

• Read every word on the sheet out loud together before kids start.
• Use it in a literacy center with a partner who checks the reading.
• Play it again later in the week with a different partner. Repeat play builds speed.

Watch for

Kids who read the words in order from memory. Point to words out of order to check.

Talk about it

• Which word was the hardest to read? Why?
• Can you find one of these words in a book from the class library?

Take it further

Hide the week’s words around the room and send kids on a word hunt with a clipboard.

US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.