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Reading Skills Card Games: Sight Words © Liane B. Onish, Scholastic Teaching Resources

Sight Words
15 Fun & Easy Reproducible Games
That Build Fundamental Reading Skills

by Liane B. Onish

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Reading Skills Card Games: Sight Words © Liane B. Onish, Scholastic Teaching Resources

Hi, Mom!

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Cover design by Norma Ortiz
Interior design by Gerard Fuchs
Cover illustration by Anne Kennedy
Interior illustration by Rusty Fletcher and Maxie Chambliss
ISBN: 0-439-46596-6
Copyright © 2004 by Liane B. Onish.
All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc.
Printed in the U.S.A.

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Contents
About This Book

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Sight Word Matchup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Opposites Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Do-Say Charades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cover-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Color Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Sight Word Go Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Number Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
High-Frequency Word Races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3 in a Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Ask, Guess & Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Odd Word Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Puzzling Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rhyme Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
From Here to There . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Sign Up for Bingo

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High-Frequency and Sight Word Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48


About This Book
Games make learning fun! This book features 15 exciting, easy-to-make and easy-to-play
card games that reinforce sight words, or high-frequency words. As children begin to
read, they need to recognize these “little” words automatically. Quick recognition of
sight words builds reading fluency.

Reading Skills Card Games: Sight Words © Liane B. Onish, Scholastic Teaching Resources

This book provides a variety of fun games to give children practice in recognizing and
reading sight words. The words chosen for the games come from the American Heritage
Word Frequency Book: 150 Most Frequently Used Words in Printed School English and
the Dolch Word List (see page 48).
Many of the games in this book can be adapted for use with other sight words. You’ll
also find variations for more challenging play, for a total of 31 games. We hope you will
find these games an entertaining way to help children “own” their growing vocabularies.

How to Use This Book
On the following pages, you’ll find reproducible game cards. Introduce the games
one at a time. Model how to play with pairs, small groups, or the whole class. Consider
making copies to send home to encourage family involvement.

How to Make the Cards
Photocopy the card pages onto heavy paper so that the text will not show through the
other side. Laminate if possible. Then cut apart the cards.

How to Store the Cards
Keep the cards for each game in a large, resealable plastic bag. Label the bag with the
name of the game, the skill it reinforces, and the number of players. For older children,
or for your own reference, photocopy the directions and keep them inside the bag.

Who Goes First?
Try these different ways to decide who goes first.
• The player whose first or last initial is closest to A (or Z) goes first.
• Mix up the word cards for the game. Deal one card to each player. The player
with the card closest to A (or Z) in alphabetical order goes first.
• Have players roll a die or spin a spinner from another game. The player with the
highest or lowest number goes first. For variety, have the player with the lowest
number go first.

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Activities for Any Time
Use these activities to reinforce the skills developed in the games.

Flash Cards

My Words
Materials: 2 bags or boxes for each child, index cards
Give each child two large bags or boxes and a pile of flash cards. Label one “Words I
Know” and the other “Words to Know.” Point out to children how small words, such as
the I and to on the bags or boxes, affect meaning. Children try to read each word and
then place it in the appropriate bag or box. The goal is to move all the cards in the
Words to Know bag or box into the Words I Know collection.

do

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Materials: index cards
On index cards, make sets of the 150 high-frequency words or the 220 Dolch sight
words, listed on page 48. Keep the cards in a large basket. Select a handful at
random to use as flash cards.

at

in

Words
to Know

Words
I Know

be

go
if

as

he
is

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Great for
outdoors or
open spaces

Sight Word Matchup
✦ Skill: Reading one- and two-letter sight words
Players: Whole class

Object: To find the player with the matching sight word

How to Play

• 26 word cards: a, I, am, an,
as, at, be, by, do, go, he, if, in,
is, it, me, my, no, of, on, or, so,
to, up, us, we (pages 6–8)

1. Photocopy and cut apart enough word cards so that there
are two cards for each word and each pair of players.
2. Mix up the cards. Distribute them randomly, one card to
each player. Tell children not to look at their cards until you
say “Go.”

Time It
Time how long it takes the
class to match all the
words. Play several times,

recording the time for each
game. Challenge players to
beat their previous time.

3. When you say “Go,” players look at their cards and find a
classmate with the same word. Once children pair up, have
them spell out and then read their word together and
sit down.

Other Words
Play the game with threeletter sight words or a
random selection, or let
children select the words
to use.

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Materials:
Materials:

a
6

I


at
am

go
be
an

is

he

by

as

page 7

do

in

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if
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no
it

so
of

me

we

to

on

my
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or

us

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up
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Opposites
Concentration
Sorting Hats
Races
✦ Skill: Recognizing and reading antonyms
Players: Two or more

• 24 word cards
(pages 10–11):

on, off
always, never
yes, no
after, before
new, old
start, stop
take, give come, go
work, play over, under
big, small
in, out
• Blank wild card (below)

Object: To collect the most pairs of opposites

How to Play
1. Photocopy and cut apart the 24 word cards and the wild card.
2. Mix up the cards and place them facedown in a 5 by 5 array.
3. Play as you would play Concentration. The first player turns over
two cards and reads the words. If the words make a pair of
opposites, the player keeps the pair and turns over two more
cards. If the two new cards do not make a pair of opposites, the
player turns them facedown and the next player takes a turn.

Add these opposites to
make a larger game: him,
her, here, there, is, was,
our, their, for, from, up,
down.

Go Wild

Add two or more wild cards
to the game.

4. When a player turns over the wild card, he or she can use the
card to make a pair of opposites. When the game is over, one
card will remain and the player who
holds the wild card takes it.

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More Opposites

wild
card

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Materials:

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never
on

before
yes
off

stop

new

no

always

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after

start

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old
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go
take

under
work
give

out

big

play

come

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over

in

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small
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Do-Say Charades
✦ Skill: Reading verbs
Players: Small groups or whole class
Object: To name the action and read the word

• 22 word cards: buy, call,
carry, clean, cut, draw, drink,
eat, find, fly, help, hold, jump,
open, play, sleep, stop, thank,
walk, wash, work, write
(pages 12–14)

How to Play
1. Photocopy and cut apart the word cards. Mix up the cards

and place them facedown in a pile.
2. Model how to play with the word card sleep. Read the
card without showing it to the group. Then tell players that
you will act out the word on the card for them to guess. The
first player to correctly guess what you are doing takes the
card, shows it to the group, and then keeps the card.
3. The player who correctly guesses the verb takes a new card
from the pile and acts out that verb.

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Materials:
Materials:

buy
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call


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carry
clean

cut

draw

drink
eat

find
fly

help

hold

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jump
open

play
sleep

stop
thank

walk
wash

work

write

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Cover-Up
✦ Skill: Matching word shapes to words
Players: Individuals or pairs
Object: To cover all words correctly

Materials:
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• Word frames (page 16)
• Sheet with 6 words: about,
today, bring, carry, words,
right (page 17)

How to Play
1. Photocopy the shapes on page 16 (one set per child or
pair). Carefully cut along the dotted lines around
each shape.
2. Photocopy page 17 for each player or pair. Do not cut out
the individual words.

Frame More
Materials: Index cards,

marker, scissors

3. Children find the word that fits the shape and place the
shape on the word. When finished, all words will be
covered by the shapes.

Make additional shapes by
writing a word (lightly in
pencil) on an index card. Use
a marker to carefully draw a
frame around it. Erase the
words. Cut out the shape.
Then write the word on a
blank index card. Give
children several shapes and
cards to match.

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Color Puzzles
✦ Skill: Spelling color words
Players: Individuals or pairs
Object: To use individual letters to spell color words

• 21 letter cards: w, h, i, t, e,
r, d, y, l, l, o, b, u, a, c, k, n, g,
e, p, p (pages 18–19)
• Crayons: white, red, blue,
black, brown, green, orange,
purple, pink
• Bag or box
• Writing paper

Time for Color
How many colors can children
spell using the letter cards in
five minutes? In ten minutes?

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Materials:

p
18

How to Play
1. Photocopy and cut apart the individual letter cards (one set
per individual or pair).
2. Place the white, red, blue, black, brown, green, orange,
purple, and pink crayons in a bag or box. For younger
children, use crayons with the color names on the labels.
For older children, use crayons without labels.
3. Spread out the letter cards. Players take a crayon out of the
bag and then find the letters that spell the color name.
4. Give each player a sheet of writing paper. Have players
use the crayon to write the color word.


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w h i
e r d
l l o
u a c
n g e
t
y

b

k
p

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Sight Word Go Fish
✦ Skill: Matching sight words
Players: Two to four

Materials:

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Materials:
• 2 sets of 26 word cards:
away, again, been, best, done,
day, each, even, first, from,
gave, going, have, how, just,
know, laugh, light, make, much,
only, once, place, pretty,
would, which (pages 21–23)

Little Fish
For younger children, use
only 10–12 words and make
three or four sets of the
selected words.

Class Words
Make your own set of Go Fish
cards by writing target
words on index cards.

Object: To get rid of one’s cards by finding word pairs

How to Play
1. Photocopy and cut apart two sets of word cards. Use the
blank cards on page 23 if you want to add words to
the game.
2. Mix up the cards and deal eight to each player. Spread out
the remaining cards facedown in the center of the table.
This is the “fish pond.”
3. Players look at their cards, remove word pairs, and place
each pair of words facedown in front of them on the table.
4. Play as you would play Go Fish. The first player asks the
player to his or her left for a specific word that would make
a pair with a card he or she already has. If the asked
player has the card, he or she gives it to first player. (If not,
he or she says “Go fish,” and the first player takes a card
from the fish pond. That ends his or her turn.) The first
player then asks any other player for another card until
the asked player does not have the requested card.
5. The player who said “Go fish” asks the player to his or her
left for a card.
6. Continue playing until one player has found pairs for all his
or her cards. If two players finish at the same time, the
player with the most pairs wins.

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away
again

been
best

done
day

each
even

first

from

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going

have
how

just

know

laugh
light

make

much

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gave
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page 23

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only
once

place
pretty

would
which

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Number Puzzles
✦ Skill: Recognizing numerals and number words
Players: Individuals or pairs
Object: To assemble puzzle pieces to form numerals

two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten
(pages 24–25)
• Heavy paper (10 sheets)
• 10 envelopes

Mixed-Up Numbers
For more challenging play,
mix up the pieces of several
number puzzles for players
to sort out and put together.

How to Play
1. Cut apart, enlarge, and photocopy the numerals on this
page and page 25 onto heavy paper.
2. Cut each numeral into four to eight irregular puzzle pieces.
3. Put the pieces for each puzzle in a separate envelope.
Label the envelope with the number word.
4. Give individuals or pairs a number puzzle to assemble.

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Materials:
Materials:
• 10 number
puzzles: one,

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