We call our sight words "Popcorn Words" because they are the words that keep popping up when we read! Below is the MCSD Kindergarten Reading Wonders High Frequency/Phonics Word List.
Ideas to Practice Popcorn Words:
1. write them in shaving cream
2. make play doh letters to form words
3. rubber band several markers or crayons together to write rainbow words
4. write them with smelly markers or glitter crayons
5. find and hilight them in the newspaper or in magazines
6. make 2 sets of cards and play memory or concentration
7. make a bingo card with words and play using skittles, m & m's, or seasonal markers such as candy corn in the fall or jelly beans in the spring
8. tape words to a wall and use a flashlight to "spotlight" different words
9. use pipecleaners to form words 10. each day put a popcorn word on the refrigerator and when your child wants a snack or a drink, say "Tell me the password!"
Ideas to Practice Popcorn Words:
1. write them in shaving cream
2. make play doh letters to form words
3. rubber band several markers or crayons together to write rainbow words
4. write them with smelly markers or glitter crayons
5. find and hilight them in the newspaper or in magazines
6. make 2 sets of cards and play memory or concentration
7. make a bingo card with words and play using skittles, m & m's, or seasonal markers such as candy corn in the fall or jelly beans in the spring
8. tape words to a wall and use a flashlight to "spotlight" different words
9. use pipecleaners to form words 10. each day put a popcorn word on the refrigerator and when your child wants a snack or a drink, say "Tell me the password!"