![]() ![]() One of our K teachers was dressed as a referee and was in charge of attaching a new sight word to the ball after each play and monitoring whether it was read correctly. If they were correct they got to run the ball down to the end zone and throw it over the mini goal post. One students played the part of the center and hiked the ball back to the quarterback who attempted to read the card attached to it. We had some foam footballs with velcro dots attached and some sight word cards with velcro as well. The Sight Word Super Bowl consisted of a goal post made out of pvc. One of the most fun we've had with learning our sight words was our Sight Word Super Bowl and Sight Word World Series! Of course I can't find my pictures of the events but let me tell you how we did it: There's a 3rd set of 100 words as well that students are supposed to know by the end of 2nd grade. These 200 words roughly correspond to the Dolch sight words. ![]() Our school uses Literacy 1st and it has broken down the sight words so that 1st grade students are required to know the first 100 words by December and the 2nd 100 words by the end of the year. Luckily sager heads prevailed and it was agreed that the goal to shoot for is 100 words by the end of kindergarten - both sight words and family names, environmental print etc. Some classes are not ready to learn sight words from Week 1, especially those in Title I schools where most of our kiddos don't attend pre-k and thus can't differentiate between a letter or a number, let alone memorize 5 sight words each week! While I applauded the attempt to make sure that transient students don't fall behind because Teacher A covered a different set of sight words than Teacher B, I also believe that each class is different and that teachers should be free to customize their instruction to their kiddos. This was to help cut down on our more transient students missing out when they move from school to school - I've had kindergartners go to 5 schools in one year just because the family moved around within the district so much. At our kindergarten curriculum meeting this summer there were teachers advocating for teaching 200+ sight words and requiring teachers to teach a certain set of sight words each week. ![]() A child is more likely to retain new information when it is presented to them by a character.The topic is Sight Words which is a big deal in our district. Interacting with fictional characters like Roxy and Wolfgang is educationally and psychologically beneficial for kids. They get to choose how long and how often they want to play (and learn)! In Word Tag ®, players work at their own pace to complete word collections full of rich vocabulary. Word Tag ® allows players to try until they succeed, tailoring content to skill level.įree play and exploration are crucial for learners’ cognitive development, cultivating curiosity and a desire to learn. Research also demonstrates that games can provide constructive feedback and a feeling of accomplishment. ![]() Word Tag ® repeats word exposure enough times to guarantee retention. Retention significantly increases when kids enjoy their learning experience.Īccording to research, learners need several encounters with a word to add it to their vocabulary. Word Tag ® is designed so kids learn new vocabulary as they earn rewards. Word Tag ® unites learning and fun through gameplay by immersing kids in an open-world adventure where they are able to interact with over 1000 words per year, personalized to their individual learning level. ![]()
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