Sight Word Match - Space Themed - 1st 100 Fry Sight Words
By Mrs. Magee | First Grade Brain
It is essential beginning and young readers master recognition of sight words to increase their fluency and comprehension! This fun matching game allows readers to practice their sight words in a fun, familiar game format. This fun, themed matching game covers the first 100 Fry Sight Words. Sight words, also referred to as high frequency words, make up the majority of words in all reading material, and many cannot be sounded out. Trying to sound out every word, especially words that cannot be phonetically sounded out, decreases a child’s fluency and comprehension. It is critical students learn to recognize sight words automatically (by sight) to fully comprehend what they read. There are different sight word lists (Dolch Words, Fry Words) but both lists are essentially the same and cover almost all of the same important words. The first 100 Fry words are broken down into five sets of 20 words each. When teaching sign words, it is best to start with a small group of words as not to overwhelm your child or students in your classroom setting. When using the game with preschool aged children, I recommend only using five words at a time. For example, when using this game with my four year old son, we began with the first five words. After he had mastered those five words, we went on to the next five and so on. Each set of 20 words contain the same pictures, but the borders on the cards are different colors. Each individual card is numbered as well. Only one page of each set is inc
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