Here's a fun idea we have tried in the past for students who do not enjoy learning sight words: pay them to learn them (well sort of). :) Provide students with a wallet, it can be a real wallet or a wallet made from construction paper. Cut green construction paper into dollar size pieces (you can even print sight word money from some websites). Write the sight word where the president would be on a real dollar. Practice sight words with the money; students get paid every sight word dollar that they know how to read. They can store it in their wallet and practice each night. Remember to periodically review the "money" in their wallet to be sure they do not forget the words they already learned to read. At the end of each nine weeks, students should have added 25 sight word dollars. By the end of the year we hope that each student has 100 sight word dollars. How many "dollars" can your child earn tonight?
For a list of sight words already covered, check the 1st nine weeks sight word chart in their homework folder. At this point, you may want to begin looking ahead to add the 2nd nine weeks words as well.
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