15 Customizable
Sight Word Games
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15 Customizable
Sight Word Games
Race to the Top Page 4
Bubble Pop Page 11
Countdown Page 16
Gumballs Page 23
Bingo Page 30
Egg Flip Page 38
Syllable Sort Page 44
Lily Pad Hop Page 46
Say It, Build It, Write It Page 52
Treasure Hunt Page 59
Splat Page 64
Dominoes Page 72
Graphs Page 80
Pizza Page 86
Popcorn Page 90
Getting Started
Directions: Type 18 sight words in the spaces below. The PDF will
automatically plug those words into all of the games. Click Save As and
give the file a new name. For example, you might call it Week One or Blue
Group List Two. When youre ready to make a new set of games, just
type the next set of words below and click Save As to create a new file.
Enjoy!
1. 10.
2. 11.
3. 12.
4. 13.
5. 14.
6. 15.
7. 16.
8. 17.
9. 18.
Teacher/Parent Instructions for
RACE TO THE TOP
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the die on cardstock.
1. Cut out the die and glue or tape it together.
2.Give each student a die and record sheet.
3. Every player rolls the die and writes the sight word that lands
on top in the corresponding column.
4.Play continues until a word has been rolled {and written} four
times.
Directions: Cut along the outside border of
the die below. Then fold along the inner
lines and tape or glue the ends together
to make a playing die.
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Race to the Top
Roll the die. Write the sight word that lands on top in the correct column. Continue rolling and writing until you reach the finish line.
What sight word won?
Finish Line
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Directions: Cut along the outside border of
the die below. Then fold along the inner
lines and tape or glue the ends together
to make a playing die.
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Race to the Top
Roll the die. Write the sight word that lands on top in the correct column. Continue rolling and writing until you reach the finish line.
What sight word won?
Finish Line
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Directions: Cut along the outside border of
the die below. Then fold along the inner
lines and tape or glue the ends together
to make a playing die.
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Name _______________________
Race to the Top
Roll the die. Write the sight word that lands on top in the correct column. Continue rolling and writing until you reach the finish line.
What sight word won?
Finish Line
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
BUBBLE POP
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the bubbles on cardstock and laminate.
1. Stick the bubbles to a wall.
Optional: Give each player a fly swatter to pop bubbles. If she doesnt
have a swatter, she can use an open hand to pop them.
2. Looking at one bubble at a time,
have players read the word,
spell the word, read the word
again, and then pop the bubble.
For example, HERE, H-E-R-
E, HERE {pop}.
Play continues until all bubbles
have been popped.
3. When play is finished, have
children copy the words onto
their bubble sheet.
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Sight Word Bubbles
Directions: Now that youve popped our sight words its time to write them down. Write each word on a line below.
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
COUNTDOWN
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the die on cardstock.
1. Give each player a die, a record sheet and a pencil.
2.The player will roll the die and write the word that lands on top next
to the number 10 on her paper.
3.She will roll again and write the word that lands on top next to the
number 9.
4.Players continue rolling and writing until all 10 spots have been
filled.
Directions: Cut along the outside border of
the die below. Then fold along the inner
lines and tape or glue the ends together
to make a playing die.
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Sight Word Countdown
Directions: Roll the sight word die and write the word that lands on top on line 10. Roll again and write the
word that lands on top on line 9. Continue rolling and writing until all you reach Blast Off.
10. ________________________________________
9. ________________________________________
8. ________________________________________
7. ________________________________________
6. ________________________________________
5. ________________________________________
4. ________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
2. ________________________________________
1. ________________________________________
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Directions: Cut along the outside border of
the die below. Then fold along the inner
lines and tape or glue the ends together
to make a playing die.
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Name ____________________________________
Sight Word Countdown
Directions: Roll the sight word die and write the word that lands on top on line 10. Roll again and write the
word that lands on top on line 9. Continue rolling and writing until all you reach Blast Off.
10. ________________________________________
9. ________________________________________
8. ________________________________________
7. ________________________________________
6. ________________________________________
5. ________________________________________
4. ________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
2. ________________________________________
1. ________________________________________
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Directions: Cut along the outside border of
the die below. Then fold along the inner
lines and tape or glue the ends together
to make a playing die.
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Sight Word Countdown
Directions: Roll the sight word die and write the word that lands on top on line 10. Roll again and write the
word that lands on top on line 9. Continue rolling and writing until all you reach Blast Off.
10. ________________________________________
9. ________________________________________
8. ________________________________________
7. ________________________________________
6. ________________________________________
5. ________________________________________
4. ________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
2. ________________________________________
1. ________________________________________
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
GUMBALLS
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate.
1. Before children join you, cut out the sight word cards and gumball tokens.
Place the cards in a pile face down next to a gumball machine printable. The
play area will look like this:
Note: Half of the sight words are written on one gumball machine and half are
written on the other. If your students are still learning the words, give them
one gumball machine and place the 12 matching sight word cards in a pile. If
children already know the sight words, give them both gumball machines and all
24 sight word cards.
2. Invite a child to turn over the top card in the pile and read it out loud. Then,
have him use one of the tokens to cover the matching sight word gumball.
3. Play continues until all gumballs have been covered.
4. When the game has finished, give players a sight word graph to complete.
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Sight Word Graphing
Directions: Make a graph of the sight word gumballs. Write all of the blue sight words in the blue column, all of the
green sight words in the green column, and so on. How many words are in each column?
1
blue green purple orange yellow
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Sight Word Graphing
Directions: Make a graph of the sight word gumballs. Write all of the blue sight words in the blue column, all of the
green sight words in the green column, and so on. How many words are in each column?
1
blue green purple orange yellow
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
BINGO
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the cards and game boards on
cardstock and laminate.
1. Cut apart the Bingo calling cards and place them in an upside down
pile in front of the caller.
2.Give each player a Bingo board and nine counters {coins, glass
rocks, etc.}
3.The caller turns over the top card in his pile and reads it out loud.
Each player looks at her board and, if the word is written on it, she
covers it up with a counter.
4.When a player covers
three words in a row, she
calls out Bingo and wins
the game. She becomes the
next caller and players
start a new round of play.
Sight Word Bingo
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Sight Word Bingo
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Sight Word Bingo
Pl aydo ugh to Pl ato 2013 .
Sight Word Bingo
Pl aydo ugh to P la to 2 013.
Sight Word Bingo
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Sight Word Bingo
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Bingo Calling Cards
Teacher/Parent Instructions for
EGG FLIP
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate.
1. Before your students join you, cut out the eggs and spread them face up on a
flat surface.
Note: If your students are still learning the sight words, spread out groups of 6
eggs to prevent them from becoming overwhelmed.
2. Hand a child the spatula and explain that he is the cook in this round. Ask another
student {the caller} to read a sight word, spell it out loud and read it again. For
example, AND. A-N-D. AND
3. The cook finds the matching sight word egg and flips it over.
4. Play continues until all eggs have
been flipped. Then children switch
roles the cook becomes the caller
and vice versa.
5. Have students write the words on
their egg paper when they are
finished flipping.
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Sight Word Egg Flip
Directions: Each time you flip an egg, write down the word thats written on it below.
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Sight Word Egg Flip
Directions: Each time you flip an egg, write down the word thats written on it below.
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Syllable Sort
Cut apart the sight word cards and place them in a pile. Pick up one card at a time. Read it out loud and clap out its syllables. For
example, elephant has 3 syllables: el-e-phant. Glue the word in the correct column below.
1 Syllable 2 Syllables
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Syllable Sort Cards
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
Lily Pad hop
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate.
1. Place 10-12 sight word lily pads face-up in a large circle. In the middle, lay down several of
the blank lily pads. The layout will look something like this:
2. When the children join you, explain that they will pretend to be a frog sitting in the middle of
a large lake. In order to stay in the game, they must hop to the lily pad you call out without
falling in the water. However, theres one important catch they can only hop on the blank
lily pads in the middle of the lake or the sight word lily pad that you call out. For example, if
you said {are}, children must hop over to the {are} lily pad without touching {have},
{for}, etc.
3. Have a child call out a sight word. He should read it, then spell it and read it again. For
example, ARE. A-R-E. ARE.
4. The frog then finds the word and hops to it. He
reads the word, spells the word and reads it
again like this: ARE.A-R-E. ARE.
5. Play continues until all words have been
practiced.
6. After hopping, children practice writing the
words on the lily pad record sheet.
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Leaping Sight Words
Directions: Now that youve hopped and spelled the words on our lily pads, its time to write them down. Write each
word on a line below.
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
SAY IT, build it, write it
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate. Have children
write with a Vis--vis marker so that you can easily wipe the board clean and use it again when
they are finished.
To make a literacy center, slide the pages into sheet protectors and place them in a 3-ring
binder. Again, have children write with a Vis--vis marker for easy clean up.
1. Give each student a game board, a set of magnetic alphabet letters or stamps, and a
marker.
2. To play, the child will spell the first word written in the Say It column out loud.
3. Then he will use the magnetic letters {or alphabet stamps} to spell the word in the
Build It column.
4. Finally, he will write the word in the Write It column.
5. Continue play until the student spells, builds and writes all of the sight words on his
mat.
say it build it write it
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
TREASURE HUNT
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate. To make game pieces,
cut out the pirates and clip with small binder clips. Then squeeze the metal tabs to detach them from
the clip like this:
1. There are two versions of this game. In version one, the player will place his token on the starting
line. When you say, go, he will move his token along the path, reading each word in order. You
will time him to see how long it takes to read all 18 words. The goal is to read the words faster
and faster each time he completes the race.
2. In version two of the game, two players place their tokens on the starting line. Player One rolls
the die and moves his token to the corresponding space on the mat. He reads the word out loud,
then spells it and reads it again.
3. Player Two then rolls the die, moves his token to
the matching spot and reads the word out loud.
Players continue taking turns rolling and reading.
The first player to reach the treasure chest is
the winner.
4. After the game, children write the words on their
record sheet.
Start here
matey!
You
found the
treasure!
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{Playing Pieces}
Optional: Cut out the playing pieces below and stand them up using a binder clip. Invite players to use one of the pieces
to mark their spot on the game board as they play. {Note that there are 8 sets of game pieces included so that you can
set up 8 simultaneous literacy centers.
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Treasure mapping
Directions: Every great pirate makes a map to her treasure so that she can find it again later. Each time you land
on a new rectangle, write down the word on the list below.
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
SPLAT
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate.
1. Cut out the Splat cards and lay them in a pile face down between two players.
2. Player One picks the top card from the pile. If the card is a sight word, he reads it out
loud, spells it and reads it again. He lays the card face up in front of him. If the card
says Splat, he must return the card to the bottom of the pile.
3. Player Two turns the next card in the pile and follows the same rules outlined in step two.
4. Player One turns the top card in the pile. If it is a sight word, he reads it out loud and
lays it face up in front of him. If the card says Splat, he returns the card to the
bottom of the pile along with any other sight words he has collected.
5. Play continues until a player collects four sight words.
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
DOMINOES
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate. Cut along the
dotted grey lines to separate the cards.
1. Divide the cards evenly between players.
2. Ask the youngest player in the group to lay down one of her cards.
3. The player next to her will look at her cards and see if she has a word or color that
matches one end of that card. For example, if the first player laid down the card on
the far right {below} -
The next player could place the card
on the left next to it because the
RED matches the RED.
Alternatively, the second player could
make this play because the word HE
matches HE.
4. If a player does not have a matching card, she loses her turn.
5. The first player to lay all of her cards down is the winner.
Cut along the dotted lines.
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
Graph
Assembly tip: To use the graphs repeatedly, slide them into sheet protectors and
place in a 3-ring binder. Have students write on the sheet protectors with Vis--vis
markers so that you can easily wipe them clean and use them again when children
are finished.
1. Give each child a graph and a pencil {or Vis--vis marker}.
2. Have her cross off one of the words written in the box at the top of the page.
Then, ask her to copy the word into the correct column on the graph.
3. Invite the child to continue crossing off and writing the sight words until all of the
words have been sorted.
4. What word was most common? What was least common?
Teacher/Parent Instructions for
SIGHT WORD PIZZa
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate.
1. Give each player a pizza mat, a bowl of sight word toppings, a pizza
ingredient sheet and a pencil.
2. Invite her to pick nine toppings and place them on her pizza. {She will know
shes accomplished it because all of the white rectangles will be covered
by a topping.}
3. Now ask her to write the toppings she selected on the pizza ingredient
sheet.
4. The player will return the toppings to the bowl and pick nine more toppings
to add to her pizza.
5. Play ends when students have built and recorded two pizzas.
Sight Word
PIZZA
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Directions: After adding plenty of toppings to your sight word pizza, write the words you used below. Then take
off the toppings and build another combination. Write those words too.
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Teacher/Parent Instructions for
POpcorn
Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate.
1. Give each player a popcorn record sheet, a pencil and a bag of popcorn
sight words.
2. Invite the student to reach into the bag and pull out a piece of popcorn.
3. He will read the word, spell the word, read the word again and then write
the word. In the photo above, the child pulls out IS so he says, IS. I-S. IS.
And then writes IS on his paper.
4. Play continues until he has practiced all of the words in his bag.
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Popcorn Sight Words
Directions: Each time that you pull a new popcorn word out of the bucket, write it below.
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