Going on a Sight Word Scavenger Hunt

Building academic language

Word

• Display the vocabulary cards for the lesson using a projector or on the board.
• Go over each word by reading it aloud, providing a student-friendly definition, and having students practice using the word in a simple sentence with a partner.
• Explain that these are some of the words that students will be hunting for in today's scavenger hunt.

Sentence

• Show students a clipboard with a copy of each of the two sight word sheets plus a sheet of writing paper clipped to it. Explain that you have hidden all of the sight words around the classroom and that they are going to go on a scavenger hunt to find the sight words. Tell students that when they identify a sight word from the list, they should read it aloud and then cross it off their list.
• Tell students that when they have found at least five sight words, they should sit down at their desks and practice using each of the sight words in a sentence (writing the sentence on the writing paper clipped to their clipboard).
• If they have extra time, they can continue searching for the remaining sight words.
• Pass out the clipboards and pencils and have students get to work.

Discourse

No discourse focus for this lesson plan.