200 Summer High-Frequency Words (Sight Words) - Year 1

Bundle of Summer High-Frequency Words (Sight Words) - Year 1 & Reception

Looking for summer **high-frequency words** for **games** for year 1? These 300 **sight words** in 3 different versions are perfect for reading sight words students need to be able to read quickly and without decoding and follow on from the [first high-frequency words](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13074122). Memory, Pairs, Lotto and Snap are popular games to practice these important literacy skills so that reading becomes more accurate and fluent, leaving your students to feel more confident. With a **summer beach** theme, these games are perfect for June, July, August & September and will **engage** your students. They are the first 300 sight words that children will probably be learning and include both **tricky** and **decodable** words. Students will be eager to decode & read and will find it easier to **recognise** these words instantly in different texts so that reading books becomes easier. Challenging other players on whether they can read the words correctly will keep them engaged Finding ways to make this fun e.g. by playing games and ‘drip feeding’ this into daily phonics activities is a great way of getting students to become **quicker** and more **accurate** with these key literacy skills. Playing games gives a bit of competition which helps many students to make **learning fun, persevere** and **try harder**! **Setting up is quick** and **instructions** are easy to follow and come with the games. Use them in **adult-led** activities where you can **teach** and **assess** their accuracy and speed of decoding, reading and/or instant recall of words The games can also be used as **independent activities** if you are teaching **phonics** as part of a lesson, or as an activity for those students who need more **practice**. Select the words they are learning at the moment or are finding particularly tricky for extra practice. **Differentiation** is easy - choose the **easier** or fewer words or **challenge** them to read the trickier words. ## **Here is what you will get: ** **300 high-frequency words** * **sandcastle theme** in color in a fun font * **sunshine theme** in color in a fun joined-up font * **starfish theme** in black and white in a Dyslexic font * **instructions** on how to play in color and black & white for more printing options * instructions are in different fonts including a Dyslexic font (as recommended by the British Dyslexia Association) * **titles** for your Tuff Tray/ literacy centre to leave out with the words * patterns to add to the backs of the games to make them look more professional They will make connections through a **shared fun learning experience** and increase their reading skills in the process – a **win-win** situation. **Prep is easy** – Print, cut up and play. Please check out [TES Shop (UK)](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/OwletLearning) Copyright © OwletLearning.