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Reading Skills Card Games: Sight Words © Liane B. Onish, Scholastic Teaching Resources
by Liane B. Onish
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ISBN: 0-439-46596-6
Copyright © 2004 by Liane B. Onish.
All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc.
Printed in the U.S.A.
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Contents
About This Book .............................4
Opposites Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Reading Skills Card Games: Sight Words © Liane B. Onish, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Do-Say Charades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cover-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Color Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Number Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3 in a Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Puzzling Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rhyme Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Many of the games in this book can be adapted for use with other sight words. You’ll
also find variations for more challenging play, for a total of 31 games. We hope you will
find these games an entertaining way to help children “own” their growing vocabularies.
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Activities for Any Time
Use these activities to reinforce the skills developed in the games.
Flash Cards
Materials: index cards
On index cards, make sets of the 150 high-frequency words or the 220 Dolch sight
words, listed on page 48. Keep the cards in a large basket. Select a handful at
random to use as flash cards.
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My Words
Materials: 2 bags or boxes for each child, index cards
Give each child two large bags or boxes and a pile of flash cards. Label one “Words I
Know” and the other “Words to Know.” Point out to children how small words, such as
the I and to on the bags or boxes, affect meaning. Children try to read each word and
then place it in the appropriate bag or box. The goal is to move all the cards in the
Words to Know bag or box into the Words I Know collection.
at
in
do
Words Words
I Know to Know
be
go
he
is
if
as
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Great for
outdoors or
open spaces
Sight Word Matchup
✦ Skill: Reading one- and two-letter sight words
Players: Whole class
Object: To find the player with the matching sight word
Materials:
Materials: How to Play
• 26 word cards: a, I, am, an,
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Other Words
Play the game with three-
letter sight words or a
random selection, or let
children select the words
to use.
a I
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is in if
he go do
by be at
as an am
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we us up
to so or
on of no
my me it
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Opposites Concentration
Sorting Hats Races
✦ Skill: Recognizing and reading antonyms
(pages 10–11):
on, off always, never
yes, no after, before 1. Photocopy and cut apart the 24 word cards and the wild card.
new, old start, stop
take, give come, go
2. Mix up the cards and place them facedown in a 5 by 5 array.
work, play over, under 3. Play as you would play Concentration. The first player turns over
big, small in, out
two cards and reads the words. If the words make a pair of
• Blank wild card (below)
opposites, the player keeps the pair and turns over two more
cards. If the two new cards do not make a pair of opposites, the
player turns them facedown and the next player takes a turn.
4. When a player turns over the wild card, he or she can use the
More Opposites
card to make a pair of opposites. When the game is over, one
Add these opposites to card will remain and the player who ✃
make a larger game: him,
her, here, there, is, was, holds the wild card takes it.
our, their, for, from, up,
down.
card
Go Wild
wild
Add two or more wild cards
to the game.
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no yes never
always off on
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out in small
play work go
eat, find, fly, help, hold, jump, 1. Photocopy and cut apart the word cards. Mix up the cards
open, play, sleep, stop, thank,
and place them facedown in a pile.
walk, wash, work, write
(pages 12–14) 2. Model how to play with the word card sleep. Read the
card without showing it to the group. Then tell players that
you will act out the word on the card for them to guess. The
first player to correctly guess what you are doing takes the
card, shows it to the group, and then keeps the card.
3. The player who correctly guesses the verb takes a new card
from the pile and acts out that verb.
buy call
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cut
find
help
carry
drink
fly
eat
hold
clean
draw
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stop
play
walk
jump
work
open
sleep
write
wash
thank
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Cover-Up
✦ Skill: Matching word shapes to words
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Color Puzzles
✦ Skill: Spelling color words
Players: Individuals or pairs
Object: To use individual letters to spell color words
Materials:
• 21 letter cards: w, h, i, t, e, How to Play
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r, d, y, l, l, o, b, u, a, c, k, n, g,
e, p, p (pages 18–19) 1. Photocopy and cut apart the individual letter cards (one set
• Crayons: white, red, blue, per individual or pair).
black, brown, green, orange,
purple, pink 2. Place the white, red, blue, black, brown, green, orange,
• Bag or box purple, and pink crayons in a bag or box. For younger
• Writing paper children, use crayons with the color names on the labels.
For older children, use crayons without labels.
3. Spread out the letter cards. Players take a crayon out of the
bag and then find the letters that spell the color name.
Time for Color
4. Give each player a sheet of writing paper. Have players
How many colors can children
spell using the letter cards in use the crayon to write the color word.
five minutes? In ten minutes?
p
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w h i
u a c
n g e
l l o
e r d
t
k
y
p
b
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Sight Word Go Fish
✦ Skill: Matching sight words
Players: Two to four
Materials: Object: To get rid of one’s cards by finding word pairs
Materials:
• 2 sets of 26 word cards: How to Play
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For younger children, use 4. Play as you would play Go Fish. The first player asks the
only 10–12 words and make player to his or her left for a specific word that would make
three or four sets of the
selected words. a pair with a card he or she already has. If the asked
player has the card, he or she gives it to first player. (If not,
he or she says “Go fish,” and the first player takes a card
Class Words
from the fish pond. That ends his or her turn.) The first
Make your own set of Go Fish
cards by writing target
player then asks any other player for another card until
words on index cards. the asked player does not have the requested card.
5. The player who said “Go fish” asks the player to his or her
left for a card.
6. Continue playing until one player has found pairs for all his
or her cards. If two players finish at the same time, the
player with the most pairs wins.
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first
each
been
done
away
day
best
from
even
again
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just
have
gave
make
laugh
light
how
much
going
know
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only
place
would
once
which
pretty
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Number Puzzles
✦ Skill: Recognizing numerals and number words
Players: Individuals or pairs
Object: To assemble puzzle pieces to form numerals
Materials:
Materials:
• 10 number puzzles: one, How to Play
two, three, four, five, six,
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High-Frequency Word Races
✦ Skill: Alphabetizing
Players: Individuals, pairs, or teams
Materials: Object: To arrange sight words in alphabetical order
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its
get
are
cold
kind
each
myself
did
has
like
just
now
back
funny
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use
you
said
wish
quiet
other
zoo
part
very
read
x-ray
through
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3 in a Row
✦ Skill: Spelling three-letter sight words
Players: Small groups or whole class
Object: To get three letters in a row that spell a word
Materials:
Materials:
•3-in-a-Row game board How to Play
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(page 30)
• 20 letter cards: a, l, n, d, y, 1. Photocopy pages 29–30 for each player. Have children cut
r, e, b, u, t, c, i, f, o, g, h, s, m, apart the letters and keep their game boards.
w, p (pages 29–30)
2. Have players place the cards facedown in a pile.
3. Players take their top card and place it on any space on their
The 20 letter cards will game boards. Children continue until they have spelled a
spell these 33 sight words three-letter word going across, down, or diagonally. They then
and high-frequency words: call out “Three in a row!”
and any are but 4. Make a list of the winning words on chart paper as they are
can day for get called out.
had has her him
his how its man NOTE: Any three-letter word can count as a win, not only the
may old one out
listed high-frequency and sight words. Other words include
our new not now
put she the two ant, mop, fog, nap, try, sun, and tub.
use you was
who why
a l n d y
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3 in a Row
r e b u t
h s m w p
c i f o g
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Ask, Guess & Answer
✦ Skill: Reading question words
Players: Whole class
Object: To use sight words to make up questions
Materials:
Materials:
• 7 question words: who, what, How to Play
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elephant
Why?
Who?
Which?
Where?
parrot giraffe
How?
What?
When?
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word
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into
any
good
came
every
fast
help
keep
don’t
better
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live
upon
same
people
number
run
own
your
must
things
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Puzzling
Sorting Hats
Words
Races
✦ Skill: Manipulating letters to spell high-frequency words
These (and other) small 3. Players place the cards in the correct order to spell the
words can be spelled puzzle word. Then players write the word at the top of a
from the letters in the
long words:
sheet of paper.
another: a, an, no, not, 4. Players use the same letter cards to spell other words, and
her, he, note, hat, rat, ran, record each word they spell. Players score points for each
hot, rot, ear, earth
because: be, cause, use, word (one point per letter). ✃
us, cab, base, bus, ease,
see, bee
different: if, ten, den,
rent, dent, fife, tire, reef,
differ, reed, deer
please: a, as, pea, lease,
sea, sleep, ape, apes, seal,
peal, peel
together: to, get, her,
a n
the, he, go, got, hot, tote,
here, there
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t
f
s
s
e
o
b
t
t
e
e
e
e
p
l
t
r
c
h
h
d
i
e
e
e
e
o
a
f
r
r
u
n
a
g
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Rhyme Concentration
✦ Skill: Recognizing and reading rhyming words
Players: Pairs or small groups
Materials:
Object: To collect the most pairs of rhymes
Materials:
• 24 word cards: light, right, How to Play
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could would no
go he she
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an his is
for or sing
ate eight
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for
one
buy
hour
know
no
by
our
four
won
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to
two
hear
right
there
too
here
their
write
they’re
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Sign Up for Bingo
✦ Skill: Writing and reading environmental print
Players: Individuals, pairs, small groups, or whole class
Object: To get four words in a row—down, across, or diagonally
Materials: Materials:
• Sign Up for Bingo game How to Play
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Name ____________________________________________ Date __________________________
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a, about, after, again, all, also, an, and, another, any, are, around, as, at, away,
back, be, because, been, before, but, by, called, came, can, come, could, day,
did, different, do, does, down, each, even, find, first, for, from, get, go, good,
had, have, has, he, help, her , here, him, his, how, I, if, in, into, is, it, its, just,
know, like, little, look, long, made, make, man, many, may, me, more, most,
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much, must, my, new, no, not, now, number, of, off, old, on, one, only, or, other,
our, out, over, part, people, place, put, right, said, same, see, she, so, some,
such, take, than, that, the, their, them, then, there, these, they, things, think, this,
three, through, time, to, too, two, up, use, used, very, was, water, way, we, well,
went, were, what, when, where, which, who, why, will, with, word, words, work,
would, write, years, you, your
a, about, after, again, all, always, am, an, and, any, are, around, as, ask, at,
ate, away, be, because, been, before, best, better, big, black, blue, both, bring,
brown, but, buy, by, call, came, can, carry, clean, cold, come, could, cut, did,
do, does, done, don’t, down, draw, drink, eat, eight, every, fall, far, fast, find,
first, five, fly, for, found, four, from, full, funny, gave, get, give, go, goes, going,
good, got, green, grow, had, has, have, he, help, her, here, him, his, hold, hot,
how, hurt, I, if, in, into, is, it, its, jump, just, keep, kind, know, laugh, let, light,
like, little, live, long, look, made, make, many, may, me, much, must, my, myself,
never, new, no, not, now, of, off, old, on, once, one, only, open, or, our, out,
over, own, pick, play, please, pretty, pull, put, ran, read, red, ride, right, round,
run, said, saw, say, see, seven, shall, she, show, sing, sit, six, sleep, small, so, page 48
some, soon, start, stop, take, tell, ten, thank, that, the, their, them, then, there,
these, they, think, this, those, three, to, today, together, too, try, two, under, up,
upon, us, use, very, walk, want, warm, was, wash, we, well, went, were, what,
when, where, which, white, who, why, will, wish, with, work, would, write,
yellow, yes, you, your
*From American Heritage Word Frequency Book
**A widely recognized list of high-frequency words
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