Literacy+-+Sight+Words

=Spanish Sight Words or High-frequency Words=
 * for more resources on sight words from other web or print sources see the **Literacy Resources** page*

Automaticity and PowerPoint
Using PowerPoint you can put one sight word on each slide, leaving a blank one between. Click through the slides to briefly show the word and have students say the word. Later this can be a game to see if students can read the word before the slide disappears. Here is an example for Kindergarten.

=//Yo tengo...Quién tiene// card game= This is a variation on the number game idea from Gerri Kraft but it uses sight words. Students have to pay attention to recognize both their words on their card (the first word they hear and repeat when someone asks //Quién tiene....// then they must respond //Yo tengo .... // = = =Using Spanish Sight Words or High-frequency Words in the Classroom= idea courtesy of Olivia A. Ruiz given at a EDL2 training (for more information see the EDL2 page)

Instead of just labeling your classroom with two-word labels and having the word-wall separate, make labels into sentences using sight-words. (I still use a word wall too as a quick reference tool). Students will have multiple exposures to the sight-words in meaningful context. Labels can be switched every month or so to keep it novel. Use sticky putty or those clips with the wax on the back to make it easier to swap them out.

Here are some that I made for Kindergarten. I have 29 objects labeled but certainly not all of them. There are blank ones to write or type in your own. Print each file out on a different color cardstock and cut them apart. Switch them up when the students can read and write those sight-words for more difficult sentences.

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===== = = Another twist: To give your classroom a little imagination print out the following documents as the other labels on cardstock, but cut them out in the shape of talking bubbles or glue them on talking bubbles. This way students can be introduced to a new text feature of talking marks while being exposed to sight words in a fun, engaging way. Stick googly-eyes (plastic or dye-cut black and white circles) on the things in your classroom for some fun characters (maybe some noses or mouths too!). i.e.: Yo soy la ventana. Me llamo el caballete.

Another adaptation for an unforgettable lesson on **el** and **la** (or **un** and **una**) put masculine looking eyes and a mouth on things with **el** (el gabinete, el caballete) and long eye-lashes and lips on things with **la** (la puerta, la pantalla). Maybe not totally PC, but fun and memorable anyway.