Sight Word Fun: Was

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Invite your students to use "was" in a sentence.
• Ask your students to help you sound out the letters in "was."
• Point out that the sounds in the word "as" change when the "w" is added.
• Demonstrate how to write the word on the board.
• Have the students read the word and spell it out loud several times.
• Remind your students that knowing this word on sight will help them read more fluently.
• Remind your students that fluency means reading without having to stop for sounding out.

Guided Practice

• Hand out note cards and markers.
• Instruct your students to write "was" on their note cards.
• Tell your students to hold the card up whenever they hear the target word in the text.
• Read the book again.
• Encourage your students to hold their "was" cards in the air at the appropriate times.

Independent working time

• Show your students the Sight Word: Was worksheet.
• Tell your students to trace the letters and words with markers, crayons, or color pencils.
• Tell your students to write "was" in the blank provided in the sentence.
• Tell your students to think of something that had made them mad.
• Tell your students to finish the sentence at the bottom by sound spelling the words needed to tell when they were "so mad."
• Model this by completing your own sentence on the board.
• Have your students complete the worksheet independently.