High Frequency Sight Word Game for Beginning and Emergent Readers

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Summary: A fun reading game providing emergent readers with the opportunity to practise reading sight words in a highly engaging way. Feel free to print out these word games, play them and learn.

sight words game title

Printable Sight Word Game
a board game to make learning sight words a little more fun

sight word game board

Preparation:

Print boards and laminate. I print 1 game on each side - this makes it easy to revise and reinforce the previous list when children have moved on.

Materials:

A Game Board
One die ( yes die is the singular, dice is the plural )
Coloured counters for each player e.g. Player 1 = red Player 2 = green.

How to Play:

1. Roll the die.
2. Read a word with the same number as the dice.
3. Place one coloured counter on the word if read correctly
4. The winner is the one to have 4 in a row either vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

Four in a Row
Word Version - 286Kb

Four in a Row
Acrobat Version - 500Kb

Four in a Row
A Single Blank Board - so you
can make your own game

A special thank you has to go to Billy Reid of Northern
Ireland for the creation of the game for this webpage.

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