Lesson Plan: Phonics Jumping Words

  The objective of this lesson is to practice the use of high frequency words, also known as sight words.  Common sight words for kindergarten level students include like, look, and, am, we, up, he, her, here and many others.  Learning site words helps students become more confident readers.  In this lesson, the students practice the frequency words by playing a game of checkers.  This is a student center activity so it allows the students to independently practice skills that the teacher has already taught them.

       The teacher first chooses the high frequency words to be used in the game, all depending on the reading level of the students.  These high frequency words are put directly onto the game board, along with the normal set up of the checkerboard.  The students will each take turns moving a checker and reading the frequency word of the board that they placed the checker.  If the student is able to read the word, they leave the checker in that spot and continue the game.  If the student is not able to read the word, however, the student returns the checker to the previous square.  The game ends when one of the students reaches the opposite end of the checkers board. 





       Here's a sample of what the game setup looks like:




        This was a really interesting and cute lesson plan.  I really enjoy the visual learning aspect of it because I find it easier to learn this way and I think it is a fun way to get students to practice sight words which have become such a high standard in school.  I found this lesson plan on the Sunshine State Standards website, which offers many different interesting lesson plans for all grade levels and different subject areas!  Here is the link to this lesson plan: 

http://www.cpalms.org/Resources