Sight Word Journal

Sight words are a big focus in kindergarten.  I am always trying new ways to help my student learn sight words.  This year I have started to have my students make sight word journals.  We just use plain notebooks (with lines).  Every time my students are introduced to a new sight word they get an activity sheet.  This activity sheet has about 3 things for the students to do with that sight word.

 Some of the things I have done are:
- Rainbow write the word (5 times with different colors)
- Color in the word
- Find the word in a magazine and cut and glue it in
- Stamp the word with letter stamps
- Trace the word
- Circle the word in a sentence
- Find the word and circle it in a word scramble
- Write the word in letter shape boxes

The students glue this activity sheet into the journal and write the sight word at the top of the page.

Then next day the students get a sentence with a blank spot.  They write the sight word on that spot to complete the sentence then glue it in and color a picture to match.