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Sight words wheel: the forty Dolch pre-primer words v0.2.0

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Hide a note behind a slice with a bar: cat | a small furry pet. It shows after the spin. Start a line with an emoji to draw it big. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too.

After a spin

Anyone can come up again. Repeats are fine.

Who's away today?

Tap anyone who is away. Their slice is hatched and skipped today only; at midnight they are back. Nobody is deleted.

Drag the wheel round and let go to flick it. Your flick sets the show. The draw is already fair: your browser's secure random generator picks the winner before the wheel moves.

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All forty Dolch pre-primer words on one wheel, for a quick read-the-word game at the carpet or the smartboard in pre-K, kindergarten and 1st grade.

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How to use it

  1. The wheel already holds 40 entries for “Sight words wheel”. Edit, add or delete lines in the box and it redraws; your changes stay in this browser.
  2. Tap the wheel, press Space, or drag it and let go to flick it. The winner is drawn first with your browser's secure random generator; the pegs, the clicks and the big reveal only show it.
  3. Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner to use every entry once, or Keep everyone in for repeats. “Original list” brings back the starting entries, and Print makes a paper spinner of the list.

Ideas for class

  • Read it, then say a sentence: the class reads the winner together, and one volunteer says a short sentence that uses it.
  • Snap and swap: the winner is read, spelled aloud letter by letter, and written in the air with a finger before the next spin.
  • Keep only this week's words by deleting the rest, so the wheel drills just what the class is learning, then bring the list back.
  • Word hunt: after each spin, students look for the word in the big book or on the classroom walls and point when they find it.
  • Partner flash: one partner spins and the other reads, swapping each turn, with Remove the winner so all forty come up once.

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Questions

Which words are on it?

The forty pre-primer words from the Dolch lists, the same forty Peabody's sight word checklist uses, such as the, and, said, look, come and where. Type your own list in the box to use another set.

Why the pre-primer list?

It is the first and shortest Dolch list, and its words turn up on almost every page of an early reader. Once the class knows them, paste in the primer list or this week's words instead.

Will it read the word aloud?

Read the winner aloud says the word, which helps a child who is stuck. For practice, let the class try first and use the button to check.

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