First Grade Sight Words Activities

Give your first grader’s burgeoning reading skills a helping hand with these creative sight words activities. Beloved games and activities like Jenga, bingo, and scavenger hunts get a fun learning twist by adding high-frequency words to the mix, or try something new like sight word island hopping or a reading tour around the house to inspire kids to see words in a whole new light.

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1st grade

Sight Words

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Play Post-It Bingo!

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Play Post-It Bingo!

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Sight Word Puzzle

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Sight Word Puzzle

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Sight Word Island Hopping!

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Sight Word Island Hopping!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important first grade vocabulary.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Reading Tour

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Reading Tour

Help your first grader build up his sight words by creating a reading pointer and having him take the family on a house-wide reading tour!

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Practice Reading with Newspaper "Highlights"

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Practice Reading with Newspaper "Highlights"

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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It's All Natural! A Materials Scavenger Hunt

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It's All Natural! A Materials Scavenger Hunt

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

1st grade

Science

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Practice Reading with a Word Hunt

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Practice Reading with a Word Hunt

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Sight Word Jenga

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Sight Word Jenga

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create his own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Make a Story with Magnetic Words

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Make a Story with Magnetic Words

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with her very own story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Valentine's Word Game

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Valentine's Word Game

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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First Grade Sight Words Activities

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