Word+Search

**Word Search**

 * Activity Type:** Sight word recognition
 * Grade:** First and Second grade
 * Group Size:** any
 * Length:** varies
 * Materials:** Highlighter pen, newspaper, calendar, and a sight word list
 * Goal:** To quickly recognize sight words and increase reading fluency.

Using your child’s sight word list, have them choose one word and circle it. This will be the word your child will be searching for in the newspaper. After finding and highlighting the word in the newspaper, have your child count the number of times they found the specific word. Write the word, along with the total times it has been found on the calendar. Each day choose a different word to find and highlight from the newspaper. Which words were found more often?
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