Sight Word Task Cards
I LOVE task cards! There is so much potential that can come out of those tiny, little cards! Task cards focus on a very specific skill and provides more in-depth opportunities for students to strengthen, master, or review past skills.
My little one is going into KINDERGARTEN! She is growing and learning to read her sight words, but writing sight words is tough. There is so much going on in her brain just thinking about the word, which letter to write down, and how to write the letter that the idea of writing the word can be overwhelming. I created these task cards to help reinforce the spelling of each word, bring more natural ease of writing for students, and most importantly build their confidence as a beginning writer. These task cards are perfect for the classroom or to use at homeschool.
Why use sight word task cards?
These task cards can be used for multiple purposes. These task cards can be used to introduce the focused sight words for the week, and they can be used as a review of known sight words inside a word work center or as an early finisher tub. These task cards provide a visual support to practice spelling and writing sight words with ease.
Where should I use the sight word task cards?
There are so many possibilities on where to incorporate them within the classroom. They can easily be recycled and used again through out your classroom.
Word Work:
Add them to word work! This is a great way for kids to practice their sight word spelling for the week. Centers will look different this 2020-2021 school year. A simple way to continue centers inside the classroom (while social distancing) is to place the task cards in a photo box. Then have the students take this word work box to their seat to accomplish their task.
Small Groups:
These can easily be used in small group to discuss how many letters are in the word, beginning sounds (point to the first letter/make that sound), ending sounds (point to the last letter/make the ending sound). Pass out cards to the student and have them compare their words. The students can discuss how many letters are in their words, who has more letters, and who has fewer letters. Another possibility is to discuss the types of letters in the words such as tall letters, short letters, letters with tails, letters made out of sticks, letters made with curves, etc… Getting the kiddos to talk about how the letters look will support their understanding on how to write the letter.
Early Finishers:
Students all work at different paces and that is okay! One way to help students stay on task without interrupting others is to get an early finisher box. The early finisher box has specific task cards inside it for the child to review a certain skill or use it as a spiral review. These sight word task cards come in handy just for this purpose! Place sight word task cards inside the box for the child to review. Make sure to only place sight words that have been introduced from previous weeks inside the tub.
Try incorporating sight word task cards into your classroom and watch your students grow!
