Santa's Sight Word Sack: Christmas Sight Word Game (Free PDF)
24 gift-tag sight word cards. Read the word fast and it goes into Santa's sack. Includes a score sheet.
A fast Christmas sight word game. Read a gift-tag word quickly and it goes into Santa's sack; if you need help, it goes back in the pile. The twenty-four words are the same taught words used in the Winter Phonics Pack readers, so children meet them again in connected text.
What’s inside
- A sack page with the game rules, then two pages of twelve gift tags each.
- Words: the, a, I, to, and, see, he, she, we, my, go, no, said, you, of, is, has, in, on, at, it, up, can, not.
- A score sheet with eight rounds of circles to fill in.
How to use in class
- Cut the tags and keep them in a paper bag or box, which is Santa's sack.
- Play in pairs: take turns to draw a tag, read it in three seconds and keep it if it is right.
- Count tags after each round and record the number on the score sheet.
- Replay the game each day: the aim is to beat your own score.
Who it’s for
Kindergarten and Grade 1 learners practicing high-frequency words. Fine for a whole class or a single child at home.
Where it fits: Stage 5 — Vowel Teams & Tricky Words
Goes well with
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All 8 winter printables in one ZIP (820 KB), plus bonus files that are only in the ZIP: answer keys, winter phonics bingo, winter reading star certificate.
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