Text Box: How To Learn A Word 1. Word Checkers Write a word on each square of an old checkerboard. The game is played just like checkers, except the players must read the word on each space he or she lands on. If a player cannot read a word, he or she returns to the original space. 2. Sight word Bingo Create a bingo board and label each square with a word. The winner will have all of their squares covered. 3. Concentration (Memory) Make a set of 12-16 playing cards. Write the words on two cards, so that a match can be made. Mix up the cards and lay them face down. The player will turn over two cards, if the words match, the player gets to keep them. The winner is the player with the most matches. 4. Bowling For Words Make a bowling score sheet for each student. It is a sheet with the student name and ten boxes for scores and one for the total score. Write words on cut-outs of a bowling pins. On each pin, write a word and a number 1-10. Make the words with the highest numbers more difficult. Put the pins into a box or bag. The players will then draw a pin and read the word. If the player reads the word correctly, they will record the points (number on the pin). If the player cannot read the word, he or she receives a “gutter ball,” or a score of zero. The game ends when all ten frames have been played and the total score has been added up. 5. Game Boards Use blank game boards to create your own word games. Laminate the boards and re-use with visa visa pens. Play Scrabble, Hangman, crosswords and word searches. puzzlemaker.com 6. Write sight words in shaving cream. 7. Write each word five times each on paper or an a computer 8. Illustrate each word. 9. Use Alphabet cereal or Scrabble tiles to spell words. 10.Tape record yourself saying each word. Students may also spell the words.