Roll and Write Sight Words Game

 

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This is a game I used in the classroom quite a bit to review our sight words and the kids LOVED it.  I used it for the first time with ALuv {currently in Kindergarten} this week and it was a big hit for him as well. I love the game because it covers so many objectives. {An added bonus is that it requires almost zero amount of time to prep time!}

• working together & attitude/sportsmanship (Social Studies)
• math (counting, adding, comparing numbers, counting on)
• recognizing & reading words
• spelling
• writing and handwriting

Materials for Roll and Write Sight Words:

• 2 players
• 2 dice (you can use more to challenge students as well)
• 1 paper & pencil per player (we used dry erase boards and markers to save on the paper)
• a list of sight words

 How to Play Roll and Write Sight Words:

1. The goal of the game is to be the first player to write and read all the sight words on your paper.
2. Players take turns rolling the dice. Each player must add up their own sums and players figure out which person rolled the highest number.
3. Whichever player rolled the highest sum gets to write one word from the sight word list. (If both players roll the same sum, both players roll the dice again.)

4. Players continue in this manner, with the highest summed player writing one word until one player get to 10 words.  That player is declared the winner.*

He won fair and square (and I’m not one to “let” my kids win all the time!!).

*It is important to note that winners must be able to READ the written words to their partner in order to win the game.  It doesn’t do any good to have words written if the player can’t read them! 🙂

More Sight Word Resources:

• Teaching of Sight Words {Part 1 and Part 2}
• Sight Words: When They Just Don’t “Stick”
• Summer Sight Word Games Series
• Word Bump! (look under Spelling for all the FREE Word Bump! games we’ve done so far)

~Becky