Reinforce sight words with a modified version of bingo. Create your own bingo cards and write sight words inside each box. Create a set of call cards that corresponds to the sight words on the bingo cards, and distribute the cards to your students. Randomly pull a call card and announce the word on the card -- students read through the words on their cards, and if they have the word that has been announced, they mark it off. The first student to fill in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line on his card wins.
In this game, students race to create as many words as they can think of from a given chunk word. Divide your class into groups of two or three students, and provide each group with paper and pencil. Write a chunk word on the board, and on your mark, groups try to think of as many words as they can and write them down on the paper. For example, if the chunk word is "id," students should write as many words as they can that contain the word "id." At the end of the allotted time period, ring a bell to indicate the end of the race. The group with the most words wins the game.
Your students will get exercise and practice reading and counting with this outdoor game. Print out the numbers one through 12 on individual pieces of construction paper, and on the back of each sheet, write out the corresponding number word. Have your students stand a good distance away from you, but not so far that they can't see the numbers. Encourage students to ask, "Wolfie, what time is it?" After asking this question, hold up a paper with the number word facing out -- students take that many steps forward. Upon stopping, students ask the question again, you hold up another number word, and they take that many steps toward you. If they get too close, turn the paper over and show them the numeral -- they must take that many steps back. At a random time after asking the question, instead of holding up a number, respond by saying, "It's time for dinner." Run after the students, and the first student you catch takes your place as the wolf in the next round.
Test students' memory with this simple game. Print out a variety of pictures of random objects, sight words, numbers or anything you'd like. Hang the images on the board in no specific order. Allow your students one minute to try to memorize the pictures on the board. When the minute is up, instruct them to turn around. Remove a picture from the board and push the pictures together to fill in the gap from the missing picture. Ask students to turn back around and analyze the pictures. The first student to correctly state the missing image earns a point. Continue playing, removing different pictures each round. The student who earns the most points wins.