Old school lists like Dolch and Fry were sorted by the frequency words appear in text. For instance, THE is written most often so it’s the first words students practice. The philosophy isn’t terrible – if a child is going to read THE more than any other word, it makes sense that learning it first would come in handy.

The problem is that THE is often taught right alongside other words that follow completely different rules: OF, AND, A... And that means kids have to wrap their brain around:

- the short A sound in AND,
- the long A sound in A,
- the F that makes a V sound in OF,
- and (as if that wasn’t enough!) the two letters T & H that make just one sound in THE.

It’s no wonder that so many students struggle with sight word lists!

But there is a *much* easier way! Instead of sorting sight words by frequency, we can sort them by phonics skill. Then students can master one spelling rule at a time!

These print-and-go sheets make it so easy for you to do just that! They include the Dolch sight words through second grade, the first 200 Fry sight words, and the Zeno sight words.

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The games are great to play with the entire class, in small groups or even one-on-one.

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INSIDE YOU'LL FIND 11 EDITABLE GAMES:

--> Hamburger Hide & Seek

--> Dinosaur Hide & Seek

--> Gumball Hide & Seek

--> Cookie Hide & Seek

--> Frog Hide & Seek

--> Laundry Hide & Seek

--> Penguin Hide & Seek

--> Fish Hide & Seek

--> Truck Hide & Seek

--> Rainy Day Hide & Seek

--> Monster Hide & Seek

That's 11 EDITABLE hide and seek pocket chart games in all!

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Use it with any word list under the sun: sight words, word families, themed holiday words, classmates' names... the sky's the limit! Kids love that they're fun - grown ups love that they're ready to play!

Whether you're in need of ready to go word work activities, literacy centers or fun spelling practice , this pack has you covered.

The games make practice reading, spelling and writing words so motivating.

EASIEST PREP EVER

The sight word game boards couldn't get any simpler to prep. Just print the activity you want kids to work on, grab one or two school supplies like playing pieces and dice, and you're all set. Easy peasy!

EASILY DIFFERENTIATE WORD LISTS

The sight word board games are incredibly easy to differentiate so you can give kids at different reading levels "just right" practice. Type in your word list for your first level of readers, and print the activity you want your kids to play.

Hop back to the word list and swap out the words for your next level of readers. The new words will automatically load into the correct spot on all of the activities.

INSIDE YOU'LL FIND

The 18 editable sight word board games  are guaranteed fun for kids!

The pack includes ready to play board games and coordinating follow up record sheets for tons of holidays:

--> New Year's Dash

--> President's Day Run

--> Groundhog Scoot

--> Valentine's Day Zip

--> Leprechaun Scramble

--> Easter Hustle

--> Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

--> July 4th Hustle

--> Columbus Day Race

--> Halloween Dart

--> Veterans Day Bustle

--> Thanksgiving Charge

--> Hanukkah Sprint

--> Santa Scurry

PLUS 4 BONUS SEASONAL GAMES

--> Spring Scramble

--> Summer Splash

--> Fall Shuffle

--> Winter Surge

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Whether you're in need of ready to go word work activities, literacy centers or fun spelling practice, this pack has you covered.

Use it with any word list under the sun: sight words, word families, themed words, classmates' names...the sky's the limit! Kids love that they're fun - grown ups love that they're ready to play!

The games make practice reading, spelling and writing words so motivating.

EASIEST PREP EVER

The word work game boards couldn't get any simpler to prep. Just print the activity you want kids to work on, grab one or two school supplies like playing pieces and dice, and you're all set. Easy peasy!

EASILY DIFFERENTIATE WORD LISTS

The word work game boards are incredibly easy to differentiate so you can give kids at different reading levels "just right" practice. Type in your word list for your first level of readers, and print the activity you want your kids to play.

Hop back to the word list and swap out the words for your next level of readers. The new words will automatically load into the correct spot on all of the activities.

INSIDE YOU'LL FIND:

The 15 editable board games  are guaranteed fun for kids!

The pack includes ready to play board games and coordinating follow up record sheets:

--> Unicorn Race

--> Construction Site

--> Scuba Dive

--> Forest Hike

--> Monster Mash

--> The Farm

--> Car Race

--> Firefighter Dash

--> Space Race

--> School Carnival

--> Flower Garden

--> Police Chase

--> Basketball Swoosh

--> Treasure Hunt

--> Snow Day

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And, as a huge bonus, the mega pack of word work centers requires almost no prep.

"I really feel like this is the holy grail of word work activities. I'm using it for at-home practice for my first grade child, and I love the variety included as well as ease of use. I mostly use the activities that are blank and can be used with any list (her favorites are Add it Up, Small/Med/Large and Magic Words), but I LOVE the ones where you can type the words in and they auto-populate the activity for you. It's like magic and it's so easy. Thank you!" - Emily Knutson

Kids love that they're fun - teachers love that they're ready to play and easy to differentiate for every learner in class!

Whether you're in need of ready to go literacy centers, word work stations, fun spelling practice or homeschool activities, this pack has you covered.

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all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes.

These 26 books make learning sight words fun for kids and prep-free for you. Each activity book in the set includes two pages - one front and one back. Just print them back to back and you're ready to use them as word work stations, literacy centers, homeschool lessons.... there are so many possibilities!

To make sight word practice motivating and fun, each book has kids practice different combinations of activities. Depending on the book, kids write the sight words upside down, highlight them, graph them, roll and write them, dab them with a Bingo marker, break them from a code and so much more. Check out the pictures for a peek inside.

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a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you.

There's so much included in this set! Check out all the fun details below.

These 40 books make learning sight words fun for kids and prep-free for you. Each word in the set includes two pages - one front and one back. Just print them back to back and you're ready to use them as word work stations, literacy centers, homeschool lessons.... there are so many possibilities!

To make sight word practice motivating and fun, each book includes various combinations of six different activities. Depending on the book, kids trace the sight words with stickers, stamp it, write it around shapes, Bingo dab the sight word, highlight it, rainbow write it and so much more. Check out the pictures for a peek inside.

NOTE: All of our products are instant downloads.

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The Word Work Bundle includes ALL of my phonics and sight word packs... including all of the EDITABLE ones... so you have everything you need in one spot.

It's tailor-made for preschool, kindergarten and first grade teachers.

INSIDE YOU'LL FIND:

The MEGA bundle includes 450+ centers practicing sight words and phonics skills:

--> Rhyming

--> Syllable segmenting

--> Names

--> Alphabet letter names and sounds

--> Beginning sounds

--> Short vowels

--> CVC words

--> Beginning digraphs

--> Ending digraphs

--> Beginning blends

--> Ending blends

--> Vowel teams

--> Magic E words

--> Diphthongs

--> R-controlled vowels

--> Compound words

--> Sight Words

--> Reading fluency

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"By far one of THE BEST Teachers Pay Teachers purchases I have made!" -Amy H. 

These 32 sight word games are EDITABLE making it easy for you to practice any word list under the sun: CVC words, CVCe words, beginning digraph words, diphthongs, vowel teams... the sky really is the limit!

Save Time

Just type your words on the getting started page and they automatically load into every activity so you can quickly print and play.

Save Money

Simply swap out the words when kids are ready to move on - there's no need to buy a new activity pack.

Easily Differentiate

Create duplicate versions of the same game using differentiated word lists. One group of students can practice 18 decodable short A words while another group of children works on the same activity but focuses on harder words.

You can even EDIT THE DIRECTIONS!

"How am I only finding this resource now?... As a French teacher, I so often find myself having to create my own resources or tweak English resources that I find. This amazing packet removes that headache! You have just saved me so much time, girlfriend. I can't say thank you enough!! :)" -BILINGUAL MINGLE

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