Popcorn Words

Practicing Popcorn Words

• Paper Plate Toss: Write sight words on paper plates. Use like Frisbees to throw after reading the word.

• Concentration: Make a duplicate set of cards and play “Concentration”

 • Go Fish: With a duplicate set of word cards play “Go Fish”

• Tic –Tac-Toe: Write words in the tic-tac-toe spaces. Take turns selecting a space to read. If read correctly, an X or O is placed on the space until someone wins.

  

• Word-O: This is played just like BINGO. Fill in a card with the words that you are working on. Call out the words and mark the spaces. The first one with a card covered calls out the word "WORDO"!

• Word Hunt: Look for target words in newspapers/magazine. They can highlight or circle the words that he/she finds.

• SNAP: You put the sight words you want them to practice on flash cards and put the flash cards into a jar. Also, you write the word SNAP! on a few flash cards and put them in the jar. Take turns pulling a card out of the jar. If they can say the word on the card automatically with no struggle,

they get to keep the card. If they struggle, they have to put it back. If they pull out one of the cards that says SNAP! They have to put back all of the cards they have drawn.

• Play coin toss – Put words on the floor - children take turns to toss a coin onto a word and say that word.

• Flashlight words - turn off lights. Tape words on the wall or ceiling. Use the flashlight to shine on the word then read.

• Play stepping stones - place words on the floor and children walk over them saying the word as they go to get to the other side of the stream.

• Delicious Words -Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat.

• Clean Words -Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or cookie sheet (Surface to be cleaned safely or only used for practicing words.)