Fun Friday

Considering my week started with one of my little guys raising his hand and (very politely) asking if I "was having a bad hair day?" (ouch)...I might have been more excited than the kids that today was FUN FRIDAY! I love finding new ways to get my students excited about reading! Check out this Sight Word Game Show that I played with my class as a Fun Friday treat...it was a big hit! 

We start by splitting our class into two teams. I run this gameshow as a slideshow. There are about 115 primary sight words in total. One team member from each team stands up at a time...they are up first. As soon as I switch slides and the sight word appears, the first child to read the sight word gets a point for their team. We tally the points as we go. It was awesome to see the teams work together, cheer each other on, cheer each other up and constantly encourage friends on their team and off. By the end, each one was begging me to keep playing...they wanted to read MORE and MORE sight words. While they certainly got a little competitive, there were only smiles to be seen! It was a way for me to not only teach my class sight words...but to teach my class that our team doesn't always win...but as long as we had fun, our game was a success. I think knowing how to win and lose gracefully is an important skill to teach our little ones! Try this gameshow idea in your classroom!

Happy Fun Friday!