Introduction
by Sharon Vasser Darling, NorthCentral University
This WebQuest is designed for kindergarten students to assist them with sight word identification. Students will follow the embedded links to web sites that contain sight words at the kindergarten reading level.
Learning Objective
This WebQuest will help students to identify, read, and write sight words from a kindergarten sight word list. It will build sound fluency, vocabulary, and writing skills. This lesson offers auditory, visual, and tactile learning opportuntiies.
Task
Welcome, kindergartners! Are you ready to become a Sight Word Detective? Here's how to earn detective points
Follow the directions on the next page. You will get to play fun word games! And you can win a prize at the end of your quest.
Let's get to work!
Boys and girls, time for some detective work. Let’s find sight words! Follow the links on the next page. You will learn how read, match, and write your sight words.
Are you ready to be a detective?
Process
Steps to becoming a Sight Word Detective
Detective, you are looking for these words:
1. Click on this link Popcorn Words. Click the word Start. Click the word Next. Click Level 1. Listen to the monkey say the word. Click the correct word on the popcorn box. Try to find all 15 words! Write down 5 of the words you find. If you find all 15 words, you can go on to Level 2.
2. Who's ready to play bingo? Click on the Sight Word Bingo link. Click on the word Go. Click on the word Primer. Click on the word you hear out loud. Write it onto a piece of paper. Listen for the next word. Click on the word you hear. Write it on a piece of paper. Do this until you have 4 in a row and hear the word Bingo!
3. Play Match Game. Click on a star and read the word you see. Click on another star and read the word. If the two words are the same, you have a match! Continue the game until you have matched all the sight words. If you match all of the words, you can go on to Level 2.
Evaluation
Detective Points
The more words you find, the more points you will receive. Here is how your dectective work will be graded:
| Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Qualified 3 |
Exemplary 4 |
Score |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sight words read correctly |
Student correctly reads 1-5 sight words. |
Student correctly reads 6-10 sight words | Student correctly reads 11-15 sight words | Student correctly reads more than 15 sight words and moves on toe Level 2 | |
| Number of sight words written correctly | Student correctly writes 1-5 sight words. | Student correctly writes 6-10 sight words |
Student correctly writes 11-15 sight words | Student correctly writes more than 15 sight words | |
| Student completes the sight word match | Student correctly matches 1-2 sight words | Student correctly matches 3-4 sight words | Student correctly matches 5-6 sight words | Student correctly matches all 6 sight words and moves on to Level 2 | |
STANDARDS:
Subject: Reading
Grade: Kindergarten
Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K-5)
English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Foundational Skills » Kindergarten » 3 » c
Conclusion
Credits
Teacher Page
by Sharon Vasser Darling, NorthCentral University
This WebQuest is designed for kindergarten students to assist them with sight word identification. Students will follow the embedded links to web sites that contain sight words at the kindergarten reading level.
Learning Objective
This WebQuest will help students to identify, read, and write sight words from a kindergarten sight word list. It will build sound fluency, vocabulary, and writing skills. This lesson offers auditory, visual, and tactile learning opportuntiies.
