Sight Word Caterpillar Race

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Description

The Sight Word Caterpillar Race is an engaging and interactive game designed to help early learners recognise, read, and recall high-frequency words. Students build their caterpillars by matching sight words, reinforcing word recognition through a fun and hands-on approach. The game is designed for individual practice, small group work, or whole-class activities.

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Lesson Structure

Individual Activity
Rotations / Group Work
Class Activity

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Curriculum Codes

AC9EFLY11 9

Recognise and name all upper- and lower-case letters (graphs) and know the most common sound that each letter represents

AC9E2LY12 9

Build morphemic word families using knowledge of prefixes and suffixes

AC9E2LY10 9

Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words

AC9E1LY12 9

Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound

AC9E1LY10 9

Orally manipulate phonemes in spoken words by addition, deletion and substitution of initial, medial and final phonemes to generate new words (phonological awareness)

AC9EFLY12 9

Write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC

ACELA1440 8.4

Recognise and name all upper and lower case letters (graphemes) and know the most common sound that each letter represents

ACELA1820 8.4

Write consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words by representing some sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC words

ACELA1457 8.4

Manipulate phonemes in spoken words by addition, deletion and substitution of initial, medial and final phonemes to generate new words

ACELA1459 8.4

Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound

ACELA1824 8.4

Use most letter-sound matches including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, letter clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllable

ACELA1471 8.4

Understand how to use knowledge of digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell one and two syllable words including some compound words

ACELA1825 8.4

Understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations

ACELA1472 8.4

Build morphemic word families using knowledge of prefixes and suffixes

EN1-4A old

Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies

EN1-5A old

Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words

ENe-4A old

Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies

ENe-5A old

Demonstrates developing skills in using letters, simple sound blends and some sight words to represent known words when spelling

EN1-RECOM-01 new

Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning

EN1-VOCAB-01 new

Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas

EN1-SPELL-01 new

Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts

EN1-PHOKW-01 new

Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts

ENE-PHOKW-01 new

Uses single-letter grapheme–phoneme correspondences and common digraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts

ENE-PHOAW-01 new

Identifies, blends, segments and manipulates phonological units in spoken words as a strategy for reading and creating texts

ENE-SPELL-01 new

Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts

VCELA147

Blend sounds associated with letters when reading consonant-vowel-consonant words

VCELA146

Recognise all upper- and lower-case letters and the most common sound that each letter represents

VCELA204

Manipulate phonemes by addition, deletion and substitution of initial, medial and final phonemes to generate new words

VCELA183

Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound, and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound

VCELA218

Recognise most letter–sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations

VCELA239

Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters

VCELA226

Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends, silent letters and syllabification to spell simple words including compound words

VCELA217

Learn some generalisations for adding suffixes to words

Differentiation

Modifications

•    Print on A3 for a larger, more interactive experience.
•    Laminate word segments for durability and reuse.
•    Use coloured dots or symbols for students who need additional support in recognising words.

EXTENSIONS

•    Encourage students to read each word aloud before placing it on their caterpillar.
•    Use a timer to create a competitive element, challenging students to build their caterpillars faster.
•    Have students write sentences using the words they collect in the game.

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