Matching Sight Words
Aims
This activity is designed to:
- teach your child to look carefully at words and identify differences and similarities
- teach your child sight words
- encourage your child to pay attention and join in a learning activity for short periods of time
When to use this activity
Use this activity if you are teaching a book that includes new sight words or sight words that your child is unsure of.
Your child should understand the vocabulary represented by the sight words before being asked to match them. If the sight words can be pictured, you can test your child's understanding with the Selecting Pictures activity. You can teach the vocabulary by reading the book and working on the Matching Pictures activity.
Word selection
Use the words in the book you are teaching. If your child is more sure of some words than others, include them all in the activity so that you child can be successful as often as possible.
Varying the level of difficulty
Start with two cards to choose from when matching less familiar words.
As your child becomes more practised with activity and more familiar with the sight words, you can increase the number of cards they have to choose from when matching.
Instructions
| 1 | Show your child the word card | |
[Cards]: Select pairs of word cards for each of the words you wish to work with. Place one of each pair in front of your child. Vary the order and position of the cards each time you work on this activity. ::: card-example
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[Apps]: From the Main Menu screen, select Activities > Matching Sight Words. Select the sight words you wish to work with. Tap the start button. ::: app-example
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| 2 | Attract your child's attention Say "let's match words". Encourage your child to look at the word cards. |
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| 3 | Present a word card to match | |
[Cards]: Hand your child the first of the cards to match. ::: card-example
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[Apps]: Tap the card to 'turn over'. ::: app-example
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| 4 | Ask your child to match the word -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Point to the word card that you are asking your child to match and say the word -- for example, say "moon". Say "put [moon] with [moon]" At first, you may need to prompt your child while they learn the activity. Point to the word card that matches the card presented. Help your child to place the card over the matching card. If your child correctly matches the word, say "yes -- [moon] -- this is [moon]" If you are modelling or prompting, repeat the word after you have matched the picture together -- say "this is [moon] -- [moon]" [Apps]: Your child can tap the matching card to indicate their selection. |
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| 5 | Present the next word card to match | |
[Cards]: Hand your child the next card to match. ::: card-example
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[Apps]: Tap the card to 'turn over'. (If prompts are enabled, the card is turned over automatically.) ::: app-example
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| 6 | Repeat steps 4 and 5 Repeat steps 4 and 5 until your child has matched each card. |
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The apps include the following settings that control how the activity is presented:
- Number of choices - Sets the number of cards to be presented for matching.
- Number of answer attempts - Sets the number of incorrect answers that can be given before prompting the correct answer.
- Time to wait for answer - Initially, this is indefinite to allow you to demonstrate and explain the activity.
- Enable spoken prompts -- When enabled, spoken prompts are provided. We recommend that you say the spoken prompts at first, and consider turning this option on when your child has begun to learn the activity.
- Enable rewards -- When enabled, the sounds of applause can be played at the end of the activity by tapping the check mark.
Recording progress
You can record your child's progress using the Vocabulary and Sight Words section of the record form for the book you are working on.
Record the dates your child first matches each word.
Moving to the next activity
You can move on to the next activity (Selecting Sight Words) when your child can successfully match the words in the book you are working on.
