Kindergarten Sight Word Activity Sheets for Effective Intervention

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Kindergarten Sight Word Activity Sheets for Effective Intervention

Boost Sight Word Fluency with Engaging Activities

If you’re looking for creative ways to support your students struggling with sight word identification, these engaging kindergarten sight word activity sheets are designed to make intervention fun and meaningful. Whether you’re working with students during small groups or your RTI (Response to Intervention) block, this weekly routine will help students build their sight word fluency in a way that feels comfortable and repetitive, yet enjoyable. With three activity sheets for each sight word, your students will have multiple opportunities to practice and master words both in isolation and in context using these sight word activity sheets.

Three Weeks of Sight Word Activities

I have included three different sight words for you to try out with your kindergarten students. I have paced the activities to span one week for each sight word, but if students are mastering the sight words quickly, you may want to move to two sight words a week. Some of the activity resource pages come in both color and blackline. If you choose to print in color, I recommend either laminating them or using page protectors so you can use them over and over again.

TIP: The full sight word program contains kindergarten sight word activity sheets and passages for 200 words. If your students need more of a challenge, try out the first grade sight word activity sheets. As a side note, I used these for my struggling students when I taught kindergarten, but my advanced students did the same activities at their seats with words and passages that came later on in the curriculum.

Here are the downloadable files that you’ll need for these lessons:
Kindergarten Sight Word Fluency Passages

Week 1 Breakdown of Activities: Focus Sight Word “see”

Objective: By the end of the week, students will be able to confidently recognize and read the sight word see in isolation and within context, demonstrating improved fluency through various engaging activities.

Monday
Sight Word Activities for Monday - Week 1
  1. Introduction: Students begin their week by interacting with the target sight word see in multiple ways. First, write the focus sight word on the “I Can” Poster and introduce the word to your students.
  2. Optional Activity #1: Watch a YouTube video about the sight word see. Here are some of my favorites. You can always spread these over the course of the week.
  3. Activity #2: Read It, Trace It, Write It, Highlight It
    • Model writing the word see for students on a small white board.
    • Next, have students complete the first of today’s kindergarten sight word activity sheets by reading, tracing, writing, and highlighting the sight word see.
  4. Activity #3: Introduction to Roadrunner Read
    • You will need two different colored highlighters. Ask students if they can find the focus sight word see. Using one of the colored highlighters, have students go through and highlight the focus sight word.
    • Next, have students pick up the other color highlighter. Ask students to look at the remaining words in their Roadrunner Read. Have them highlight all of the words they recognize.
    • Last, have students point and share which words they DON’T recognize. Review any unknown words as a group.
    • Finish up with a choral reading of the Roadrunner Read.
Tuesday
Sight Word Activities for Kindergarten
  1. Introduction: Use the “I Can” Poster with students to remind them of what sight word you are focusing on today.
  2. Activity #1: Introduce the Roadrunner Read as a quick warm-up, where students race to identify the focus sight word among other words.
    • Have students whisper while reading their Roadrunner Read for around 3-5 minutes. Give students support if they are struggling with any specific words.
    • Optional: Get out stopwatches and let students time each other to see how fast they can go!
    • Tip: Consider creating a daily “speed challenge” chart to track how quickly each student completes the Roadrunner Read. Students love to see how they get faster over the course of the week!
  3. Activity #2: Students are introduced to this week’s Sight Word Fluency Passage “In the Fall”.
    • First, look at the picture. Ask students what they think the story is going to be about and let them share their thoughts. Do they see any words they know in the title?
    • You will need two different colored highlighters. Ask students if they can find the focus sight word see throughout the passage. Using one of the colored highlighters, have students go through and highlight the word see. How many times did they find and highlight the word see? Answer: 5 times.
    • With the other color highlighter, ask students to highlight all of the other words they recognize and do not mark any words they don’t know.
    • Ask students to share which words they knew throughout the passage. Go over any unknown words together.
    • Model reading the passage to students. Then complete a choral reading as a group.
  4. Optional Closure: Use sight word flash cards to review previously taught words. I have a set of matching sight words that are included in the membership.
Wednesday
Sight Word See
  1. Introduction: Use the “I Can” Poster with students to remind them of what sight word you are focusing on today.
  2. Activity #1: Roadrunner Read (as a daily warm-up)
    • A fast-paced review to kickstart the day. Students get quicker and more confident each time they complete this activity.
  3. Activity #2: Sight Word Fluency Passage
    • Start off with a choral reading as a group.
    • Next, let students practice independently. I love letting students use whisper phones if you utilize them in your classroom.
    • Finally, let students practice reading out loud to a partner. Have each student read the passage three times, alternating back and forth with their partner.
  4. Optional Closure: Use sight word flash cards to review previously taught words. I have a set of matching sight words that are included in the membership.
Thursday
  1. Introduction: Use the “I Can” Poster with students to remind them of what sight word you are focusing on today.
  2. Activity #1: Roadrunner Read (as a daily warm-up)
  3. Activity #2: Sight Word Fluency Passage
    • Start off with a choral reading as a group.
    • Next, let students practice independently. I love letting students use whisper phones if you utilize them in your classroom. During this practice time, have students practice reading with inflection and tone in their voice.
    • Finally, let students “show off” to the group and read the passage out loud. I am not a big fan of making students read in front of a group if they don’t feel comfortable. I always make this piece optional and for students who volunteer.
  4. Optional Closure: Play a game of Small Group Sight Word Bingo as a fun cumulative review. Another great review game to play is I Have, Who Has? which is included in the membership.
Friday
  1. Introduction: Roadrunner Read (as a daily warm-up)
    • A final quick round of Roadrunner Read to get students in the zone for their CBM assessment. I give assessments one-on-one, so plan on giving students an assignment to work on back at their seat. I typically have students use this time to complete any unfinished assignments from the week or assign them the same assignment as the rest of your class.
  2. Assessment: Assess students on their sight word fluency.
    • Time each student for one minute and have them read the sight words from the CBM Sight Word Assessment. Record each student’s time on their CBM Sight Word Assessment Record Sheet.
    • Optional: Have students read the Sight Word Fluency Passage aloud to you. You can always keep these in a student binder if you need to keep track of additional data for your student.

Week 2 Breakdown of Activities: Focus Sight Word “a”

Objective: By the end of the week, students will be able to confidently recognize and read the sight word a in isolation and within context, demonstrating improved fluency through various engaging activities.

Monday
Teaching the sight word a in kindergarten
  1. Introduction: Students begin their week by interacting with the target sight word a in multiple ways. First, write the focus sight word on the “I Can” Poster and introduce the word to your students.
  2. Optional Activity #1: Watch a YouTube video about the sight word a. Here are some of my favorites. You can always spread these over the course of the week.
  3. Activity #2: Read It, Trace It, Write It, Highlight It
    • Model writing the word a for students on a small white board.
    • Next, have students complete the first of today’s kindergarten sight word activity sheets by reading, tracing, writing, and highlighting the sight word a.
  4. Activity #3: Introduction to Roadrunner Read
    • You will need two different colored highlighters. Ask students if they can find the focus sight word a. Using one of the colored highlighters, have students go through and highlight the focus sight word.
    • Next, have students pick up the other color highlighter. Ask students to look at the remaining words in their Roadrunner Read. Have them highlight all of the words they recognize.
    • Last, have students point and share which words they DON’T recognize. Review any unknown words as a group.
    • Finish up with a choral reading of the Roadrunner Read.
Tuesday
  1. Introduction: Use the “I Can” Poster with students to remind them of what sight word you are focusing on today.
  2. Activity #1: Introduce the Roadrunner Read as a quick warm-up, where students race to identify the focus sight word among other words.
    • Have students whisper while reading their Roadrunner Read for around 3-5 minutes. Give students support if they are struggling with any specific words.
    • Optional: Get out stopwatches and let students time each other to see how fast they can go!
    • Tip: Consider creating a daily “speed challenge” chart to track how quickly each student completes the Roadrunner Read. Students love to see how they get faster over the course of the week!
  3. Activity #2: Students are introduced to this week’s Sight Word Fluency Passage “Taking a Ride”.
    • First, look at the picture. Ask students what they think the story is going to be about and let them share their thoughts. Do they see any words they know in the title?
    • You will need two different colored highlighters. Ask students if they can find the focus sight word a throughout the passage. Using one of the colored highlighters, have students go through and highlight the word a. How many times did they find and highlight the word a? Answer: 5 times.
    • With the other color highlighter, ask students to highlight all of the other words they recognize and do not mark any words they don’t know.
    • Ask students to share which words they knew throughout the passage. Go over any unknown words together.
    • Model reading the passage to students. Then complete a choral reading as a group.
  4. Optional Closure: Use sight word flash cards to review previously taught words. I have a set of matching sight words that are included in the membership.
Wednesday
  1. Introduction: Use the “I Can” Poster with students to remind them of what sight word you are focusing on today.
  2. Activity #1: Roadrunner Read (as a daily warm-up)
    • A fast-paced review to kickstart the day. Students get quicker and more confident each time they complete this activity.
  3. Activity #2: Sight Word Fluency Passage
    • Start off with a choral reading as a group.
    • Next, let students practice independently. I love letting students use whisper phones if you utilize them in your classroom.
    • Finally, let students practice reading out loud to a partner. Have each student read the passage three times, alternating back and forth with their partner.
  4. Optional Closure: Use sight word flash cards to review previously taught words. I have a set of matching sight words that are included in the membership.
Thursday
  1. Introduction: Use the “I Can” Poster with students to remind them of what sight word you are focusing on today.
  2. Activity #1: Roadrunner Read (as a daily warm-up)
  3. Activity #2: Sight Word Fluency Passage
    • Start off with a choral reading as a group.
    • Next, let students practice independently. I love letting students use whisper phones if you utilize them in your classroom. During this practice time, have students practice reading with inflection and tone in their voice.
    • Finally, let students “show off” to the group and read the passage out loud. I am not a big fan of making students read in front of a group if they don’t feel comfortable. I always make this piece optional and for students who volunteer.
    • Optional Closure: Play a game of Small Group Sight Word Bingo as a fun cumulative review. Another great review game to play is I Have, Who Has? which is included in the membership.
Friday
  1. Introduction: Roadrunner Read (as a daily warm-up)
    • A final quick round of Roadrunner Read to get students in the zone for their CBM assessment. I give assessments one-on-one, so plan on giving students an assignment to work on back at their seat. I typically have students use this time to complete any unfinished assignments from the week or assign them the same assignment as the rest of your class.
  2. Assessment: Assess students on their sight word fluency.
    • Time each student for one minute and have them read the sight words from the CBM Sight Word Assessment. Record each student’s time on their CBM Record Sheet.
    • Optional: Have students read the Sight Word Fluency Passage aloud to you. You can always keep these in a student binder if you need to keep track of additional data for your student.

Week 3 Breakdown of Activities: Focus Sight Word “like”

Objective: By the end of the week, students will be able to confidently recognize and read the sight word like in isolation and within context, demonstrating improved fluency through various engaging activities.

Monday
  1. Introduction: Students begin their week by interacting with the target sight word like in multiple ways. First, write the focus sight word on the “I Can” Poster and introduce the word to your students.
  2. Optional Activity #1: Watch a YouTube video about the sight word like. Here are some of my favorites. You can always spread these over the course of the week.
  3. Activity #2: Read It, Trace It, Write It, Highlight It
    • Model writing the word a for students on a small white board.
    • Next, have students complete the first of today’s kindergarten sight word activity sheets by reading, tracing, writing, and highlighting the sight word like.
  4. Activity #3: Introduction to Roadrunner Read
    • You will need two different colored highlighters. Ask students if they can find the focus sight word like. Using one of the colored highlighters, have students go through and highlight the focus sight word.
    • Next, have students pick up the other color highlighter. Ask students to look at the remaining words in their Roadrunner Read. Have them highlight all of the words they recognize.
    • Last, have students point and share which words they DON’T recognize. Review any unknown words as a group.
    • Finish up with a choral reading of the Roadrunner Read.
Tuesday
  1. Introduction: Use the “I Can” Poster with students to remind them of what sight word you are focusing on today.
  2. Activity #1: Introduce the Roadrunner Read as a quick warm-up, where students race to identify the focus sight word among other words.
    • Have students whisper while reading their Roadrunner Read for around 3-5 minutes. Give students support if they are struggling with any specific words.
    • Optional: Get out stopwatches and let students time each other to see how fast they can go!
    • Tip: Consider creating a daily “speed challenge” chart to track how quickly each student completes the Roadrunner Read. Students love to see how they get faster over the course of the week!
  3. Activity #2: Students are introduced to this week’s Sight Word Fluency Passage “What We Like”.
    • First, look at the picture. Ask students what they think the story is going to be about and let them share their thoughts. Do they see any words they know in the title?
    • You will need two different colored highlighters. Ask students if they can find the focus sight word like throughout the passage. Using one of the colored highlighters, have students go through and highlight the word like. How many times did they find and highlight the word like? Answer: 6 times.
    • With the other color highlighter, ask students to highlight all of the other words they recognize and do not mark any words they don’t know.
    • Ask students to share which words they knew throughout the passage. Go over any unknown words together.
    • Model reading the passage to students. Then complete a choral reading as a group.
  4. Optional Closure: Use sight word flash cards to review previously taught words. I have a set of matching sight words that are included in the membership.
Wednesday
  1. Introduction: Use the “I Can” Poster with students to remind them of what sight word you are focusing on today.
  2. Activity #1: Roadrunner Read (as a daily warm-up)
    • A fast-paced review to kickstart the day. Students get quicker and more confident each time they complete this activity.
  3. Activity #2: Sight Word Fluency Passage
    • Start off with a choral reading as a group.
    • Next, let students practice independently. I love letting students use whisper phones if you utilize them in your classroom.
    • Finally, let students practice reading out loud to a partner. Have each student read the passage three times, alternating back and forth with their partner.
  4. Optional Closure: Use sight word flash cards to review previously taught words. I have a set of matching sight words that are included in the membership.
Thursday
  1. Introduction: Use the “I Can” Poster with students to remind them of what sight word you are focusing on today.
  2. Activity #1: Roadrunner Read (as a daily warm-up)
  3. Activity #2: Sight Word Fluency Passage
    • Start off with a choral reading as a group.
    • Next, let students practice independently. I love letting students use whisper phones if you utilize them in your classroom. During this practice time, have students practice reading with inflection and tone in their voice.
    • Finally, let students “show off” to the group and read the passage out loud. I am not a big fan of making students read in front of a group if they don’t feel comfortable. I always make this piece optional and for students who volunteer.
  4. Optional Closure: Play a game of Small Group Sight Word Bingo as a fun cumulative review. Another great review game to play is I Have, Who Has? which is included in the membership.
Friday
  1. Introduction: Roadrunner Read (as a daily warm-up)
    • A final quick round of Roadrunner Read to get students in the zone for their CBM assessment. I give assessments one-on-one, so plan on giving students an assignment to work on back at their seat. I typically have students use this time to complete any unfinished assignments from the week or assign them the same assignment as the rest of your class.
  2. Assessment: Assess students on their sight word fluency.
    • Time each student for one minute and have them read the sight words from the CBM Sight Word Assessment. Record each student’s time on their CBM Sight Word Assessment Record Sheet.
  3. Optional: Have students read the Sight Word Fluency Passage aloud to you. You can always keep these in a student binder if you need to keep track of additional data for your student.

These kindergarten sight word activity sheets are designed to build confidence in students’ reading skills while giving them multiple opportunities to practice and master sight words in a structured and supportive environment. Perfect for kindergarten sight word intervention, these activities will help your students thrive.

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