I Spy (Sight Word Edition)

Here’s a super simple sight word game you can play this summer to keep those words fresh & sneak in some writing:

Materials:

• paper/pencil or dry erase board/marker
• Sight words: use your Word Wall or you can pick 20-30 word cards-I would alphabetize them first (similar to a Word Wall)

Object of Game: To guess the word that the other person is thinking of by listening to clues.

How to Play:

• For 2 or more players.
• The person(s) who is guessing writes numbers 1-5 on her paper/dry erase board.
• The clue giver gives 5 clues (one clue at a time) as to which word he is thinking of.
• With each clue given, the guesser(s) writes down a word that fits the clue.  (By clue #5, the guesser should have the correct word written down.)

Here are a couple of examples from our game time:

Clues for NOW

1. I spy a word on the Word Wall. (He wrote keep.)
2. I spy a word with three letters. (He wrote see.)
3. I spy a word with a w in it. (He wrote saw.)
4. I spy a word that starts with the letter n. (He wrote new.)
5. I spy a word that has the /ou/ sound in it. (He got it.)

Clues for WHERE

1. I spy a word on the Word Wall. (He wrote she.)
2. I spy a word with 5 letters. (He wrote shout.)
3. I spy a word with two e’s. (He wrote there.)
4. I spy a word that starts with the letter w. (He got it in 4 guesses!)

To adapt this game, play with the same rules; except hand your child a pointer and he points to the words and reads with each clue.

If you missed the first three summer sight word games, click on the image above or HERE to catch them!

~Becky