
We’ve divided them up into 3 sets, with 15-18 words in each set.
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Get 33 more when you buy our full pack of word cards and sentences! If you’re loving this game and looking for more words, look no further! We have compiled the rest of the 33 Primer Dolch words for more practice! 👉 Remember, games are used to reinforce and practice skills, not to learn new concepts. 👉 This game is played in a similar matching style to the classic game Memory! The sentences each include ONE word that would fit and make sense.Ĭhildren must identify the word that makes sense in the sentence and match the cards together, reading the completed sentence fluently. Included are rainbow word cards and fill-in-the-blank sentence cards. The game uses the 18 words from the Dolch Sight Word Primer List: went, now, new, are, ate, came, pretty, please, all, under, want, our, eat, must, out, good, what, have This is a great game to play with your child or with an entire reading group! This is a game to reinforce high-frequency words for intentional and targeted practice. Some of these words are decodable, while others are irregular and considered heart words. Important: This activity should be used AFTER children have been explicitly taught these words using orthographic mapping and decoding skills.
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Words usually provide clues as to the meaning of the sentence, and this activity is perfect to help kids understand this important reading skill.įor even more practice, get our free High Frequency Word Poem printables! 👉 Children are not only reading high-frequency words, but they must figure out how the words are used within context. They must focus on the meaning and structure of the sentence in order to correctly identify the correct high-frequency word (HFW). It requires children to go beyond reading words in isolation. In this free printable game, children are tasked with higher-level thinking skills.


Using orthographic mapping, along with authentic experiences reading and re-reading these words within context, helps to develop automaticity. Research shows that repeated exposure to seeing and using high-frequency words within text is necessary for the words to transfer to reading and writing.
