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Lesson Plan:
Magnetic Sight Words
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify and spell different sight words.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Show students the sight word lists.
- Tell the students that today, they are going to review the words on the list and spell the words with magnets.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling
(15 minutes)- Distribute the sight word lists.
- Pick up the baking pan and some magnet letters.
- Start at the top of any list and use the magnets to write the words on your baking pan.
- Have a volunteer read the words from your pan.
Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling
(15 minutes)- Have students pair up. Give each pair a baking pan and some magnetic letters.
- Have the students recount what you did in your model. This will help you check for understanding.
- Assign the students an area to sit in to work.
Independent Working Time
(30 minutes)- Have students complete the activity.
- Walk around and monitor the students as they complete the activity.
- Students will be working with their partner to build and read the words.
- Students will be taking turns during this activity.
Differentiation
- Enrichment: Advanced students can be asked to use different sight words to make sentences.
- Support: Help struggling students with sounding out the words on their lists.
Assessment
(15 minutes)- Work with each student and individually assess them based on how they represented each word.
- Students who complete one list can be given another.
- If time is limited, assess pairs instead of individual students.
Review and Closing
(5 minutes)- Have the students pick a word they had a hard time reading and write it down.
Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities
that guide learners through different concepts and skills.
They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Guided Lessons are digital games and exercises that keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
In first grade, kids are piecing together all the words and letters they can decode in order to build stronger reading fluency. This is why their understanding of sight words, or commonly occurring words, is so important. This guided lesson familiarizes first graders with the sight words they will most frequently encounter in texts, boosting their decoding and comprehension skills.
In first grade, kids are piecing together all the words and letters they can decode in order to build stronger reading fluency.
This lesson includes printable activities:
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Song: Sight Words Skydive
Game: Sight Words Balloon Pop: Set 1
Game: Sight Words Hopper 3
Story: What Can I Do?
Game: Sight Words Sentence Match: Set 2
