Engaging games to help students with spelling sight/heart words
As a teacher, well we use what resources we can to make learning engaging and instructional. Velcro and tape become some of your best friends! I use the Floor is Lava game in my classroom to practice spelling sight words. The students love jumping and playing while learning to spell. Students love to play Candy Land. This was a favorite for me as a child as well. I only have the princess version, since my four-year-old loves it. I write the current sight/heart words we are working with on index cards (you could also do card stock, so they are not see-through). I place the cards face down on the board. The students pick up a card and say the word, if they need help they can ask a buddy or me. Then they count the letters in the word and move that many spaces on the board. This is a classroom favorite for my first and second-graders. Why not also go fishing for words? Here is where your best friend tape or Velcro comes in handy. You can write the words on tape and stick this on the fish or write it on something else and use Velcro to attach it. The students will fish for a word and then say the word. I would also have them spell it. Hopscotch is another favorite this time of year. Go outside and write the words on the sidewalk or at recess. Have the students hop to the words and read and spell. These are just a few teaching ideas I thought I would share that have brought the students and myself joy in the classroom. For other activities with sight/heart words, or reading games visit my TPT store.
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