Turn sight word practice into a simple, interactive classroom game with Five Fingers Down!
This printable sight word game gives young learners a fun and active way to practice recognizing Fry First 100 High Frequency Words. Similar to Bingo—but simplified for little learners—students listen for the sight words on their handprint and put a finger down each time one of their words is called. The first student to put all five fingers down wins!
The game combines sight word recognition, listening skills, and fine motor movement in an easy activity that's perfect for First Grade classrooms.
HOW TO PLAY
Each student receives a game page and places their hand over the handprint, holding up all five fingers. The teacher calls out sight words from the included word list. When students hear a word printed on one of their fingers, they put that finger down. The first student to have all five fingers down wins!
WHAT'S INCLUDED
• 25-page printable PDF
• 1 teacher page with simple student directions that can be read aloud
• Complete list of the Fry's First 100 High Frequency Words used in the game
• 24 different student game pages
• A unique combination of 5 sight words on each student page
• Name line on every student game page
• Large handprint design for interactive play
• Grayscale design for easy, ink-friendly classroom printing
GREAT FOR
• First Grade sight word practice
• Fun Friday activities
• High frequency word recognition
• Whole-class games
• Small groups
• Literacy centers
• Morning work activities
• Early finishers
• Intervention and review
• Back-to-school literacy activities
• Indoor recess or quick classroom games
PRINT IT OR REUSE IT!
Print a set whenever you're ready to play, or laminate the student pages and keep them on hand for a quick, reusable classroom game.
Because there are 24 different student game boards, an entire class can play together while students listen closely for their own five words.
Five Fingers Down! gives young learners repeated exposure to important high frequency words while making sight word practice feel like a game instead of another worksheet.
Listen for your words. Put your fingers down. Get all five down—and you win!
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