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Reading Racers!
3 June 2012

 

I use this Reading Racers program to encourage my students to learn their sight words. They are extremely keen to learn their words and get stickers on their certificate and move their 'racer' around the track

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Using the reading racers track document I glued the track and images onto black card. I added stars around the track to show the different set lists. (I did add extra track to my poster which I just drew onto white paper.)File 3008                                File 2995
Each students face was glued to a car template and placed onto the starting area of the track. File 3005                       File 2999
Using the Top Teacher sight word program a new list of 5 words are introduced at a time. As the student learns those 5 words, they get a sticker on their reading racers certificate. These certifcates are pinned onto the board next to the track and each time a student learns a new list of words they get a sticker on that number on their certificate   File 3030
Certificate 1 (set 1) has lists 1,2,3,4 and then Certificate 2 (set 2) has lists 5,6,7,8 etc.(this all matches our sight word program).  As a certifcate finishes they get to take it home and get a new one in a different colour to put onto the wall. File 3057
Also as they finish a cerfiticate they move their 'race car' to the next number on the track.   File 3007
Students practise sight words during activities in class and also take them home in the take home word folder. Check that out here On Friday I test the students on their words and if they do not know them all they practise them for another week. File 2834

When your students have finished all sets there is a certifcate in colour with a trophy.

Download all the parts to the track, certificates and race car here

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'Remember keep calm and pretend it's on the lesson plan'

Top Teacher xx

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