PRACTICING SIGHT WORDS AT HOME
USE PLASTIC LETTERS
You can buy a set of plastic magnetic letters at the Dollar Store. Have your child put the letters on a cookie sheet or refrigerator to make the word, then read it. Later, encourage him/her to make the word, read the word, cover the word, write the word, check the word, read the word. (Children may peek at the word if necessary while they are learning to write it correctly.)
USE A DRY ERASE BOARD
Write the word over and over until it is learned, erasing each time. This is a writing task, not a copying task. If your child is using paper and pencil, fold the paper over each time or use another paper or card to cover the previous word. If your child needs a model to start with, provide it. Then cover it and allow him/her to peek if necessary. Then remove it altogether. Encourage your child to make sure the words are in his/her head.
I HAVE, WHO HAS?
Make cards for this game to practice sight words. I have "the," who has "from?"
FUNNY VOICES
As you go through the stack of cards, ask your child to read in the following voices: baby, robot (monotone), goofy, scary, mad, old.
HIGHLIGHT
Have your child go through a poem, worksheet, math homework, or decodable book and highlight the sight words.
ABC ORDER
Write 10 words on index cards and have your child sort them into ABC order, then read the list several times. Repeat, adding and taking away words each time.
COMMERCIAL GAMES & ACTIVITIES
Any games with cards to read or letters to manipulate:
Scrabble Go Fish Bingo Boggle
Lotto hunks Word Search Hang Man
Mrs. Kessling's Class 
