Flash Cards for Sight Words
Two to three minutes per day
1. Make flash cards with the first five words. Practice each day until the
student can read them all easily (less than two seconds a word).
2. When the student can do the first five words easily, make cards for the
next five words on the list and add them to the stack. Practice each day
until the student can read them all easily (less than 2 seconds a word).
3. Continue to add words until you have 20-25 for practice. When you need
to add five new words, remove five that the student knows well and save
them.
4. Continue taking away five words and adding five new ones until the
student knows all the words on the list.
5. Every month, go back and read the whole pile—all of the new words and
all of the saved words.
Other ways to practice sight words:
 Say a sentence out loud that has the word in it.
 Write them on your forearm. Say the word, write each letter as you say
each letter, and then say the word when you are done writing.
 Write the word in the air. Say the word, write each letter as you say each
letter, and then say the word when you are done writing.
 Write the word in sand or in the dirt. Say the word, write each letter as you
say each letter, and then say the word when you are done writing.
 Write several words on two sets of cards. Play a game of Concentration;
turn them all upside down and try to find the match, reading each word
as you turn it over.
 Make the letters of the word out of playdough and say the word when
you read it back.
 Make a bingo card with the words on it. Have the parent say the word
and see if the child can find it.