1st grade
Secret Code Sight Words
Crack eight sight words with a number code, including the tricky ones like “there” and “think”.
Sight word worksheet · Secret code
Secret Code Sight Words
Every letter has a secret number. Use the key to crack eight sight words, then write a coded word for a friend.
- Grade level
- Kindergarten
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Secret code
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Sight word recognition, Reading fluency, Spelling high-frequency words, Letter formation
What kids do
“Each number stands for a letter. Use the key to crack the code and write the word!”
Printed on the sheet:
- Write a sight word in code for a friend to crack:
Teacher tip
Kids love making a coded word for a friend at the end.
How to use it
- Send a copy home so families can play too.
- 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.
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.
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