As I am finishing the last few days of data collection, I have made sure to include some fun games and activities that give students extra practice with sight words, and have kept them engaged in our daily group. I have also shared these activities with parents so they can use them at home to help them practice sight words. Two activities that we have done at the end of lessons this week have included magnetic sight words and the sight word "monster". During magnetic letters I had several words that the students have been practicing on the white board. I then asked them to find certain words from the board. They were all mixed up and in no certain order. After all the words had been taken down, I then asked the students "If you have the word ________, put it on the board". Another activity that I used was the sight word "monster" (which is a small trash can decorated like a monster). The students are shown a word and if they answer right then they feed the monster and the word goes inside, if they try to feed the "monster" and read the word incorrectly the monster will spit the word out of his mouth (the teacher touches the back of the trash can so the lid pops open). The students did a good job reading the words. Jon and Ben had the most difficulty. Jon missed 6 words and Ben missed 7 words. They were given another chance to read the words again, with help from their friends in the group. This week I will be doing my bigger assessments (Past and Literacy First Phonics Assessment and the DRA) to assess students progress throughout the last several weeks. Below is an example of my raw data (field notes and observations) and examples of the magnetic letters and sight word "monster" activities.
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| Magnetic Letters |
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| Sight Word "Monster" |
It looks like you are coming up with some fun activities to do with sight words. It's great that you shared them with the parents too. Sight words are so hard to get and easy to forget.
ReplyDeleteThe monster activity is so cute! Did you notice whether or not students were applying their knowledge of sight words during the games? I think you have done a nice job of reinforcing the skills with extra practice at the end of your lesson. I look forward to your findings from the other assessments and in your final research project.
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