Go Fish: Idea #151

Don't you love those simple child card games? Go Fish is a really fun one for kids. Why not put a twist on the card game so that your student is practicing sight words while they play? Here is what you do:

1. Buy the game Go Fish (or make your own cards). I bought mine at Wal-Mart for 50 cents!!

2. On each card put tape/sticker/whiteout over the word.

3. On each card write a sight word on the tape/sticker/whiteout (make sure that there are four cards of each sight word).

4. Once you have all the cards written on, you are ready to play Go Fish with your student!

 5. Here is how you play Sight Word Go Fish: Shuffle the cards and give each player 5 cards. The rest of the cards are in a pile face down in the middle. Player 1 starts by asking any other player for a specific card. For example, "Player 2, do you have a card that says for?" If Player 2 has it, he must handover the card. Player 1 continues to ask players for specific cards as long as he gets matches. When Player 1 asks for a card and the other player does not have it, the player replies, "Go fish!" Player 1 then takes a card from the pile in the middle and the game continues onto the next player. When a player collects all 4 cards of a set, he places them in a pile in front of him. The games ends when all the cards are played. The player with the most matches wins! Have fun playing!