First Grade Sight Words Wheel
Sight words show up so often in early reading that children need to recognise them instantly rather than sound them out. This wheel holds the 41 words on the Dolch first grade list, including after, could, every, know, once, thank and when. Spinning turns flashcard practice into a game: the class reads the word aloud, uses it in a sentence, or writes it on a whiteboard before you check. With Take winners off the wheel switched on, you can work through the whole list across a week. Add the words your phonics scheme teaches, or remove ones your class already reads with confidence.
How to use it
- The wheel is ready with 41 entries. Press Spin, click the wheel or press Space, and the result appears in the middle.
- Open Edit entries to change the list for your class, or press Use my class instead to spin your students' names.
- Press Present (or F) to show just the wheel on the board. Turn on Take winners off the wheel in Settings if you don't want repeats.
Ways to use it in class
- Read it, write it, say it: spin a word, students read it, write it and use it in a sentence.
- Sight word hunt: spin a word and give pairs one minute to find it in their reading book.
- Spelling race: spin three words, then cover the board and see who can write all three correctly.
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Questions teachers ask
Can I change what's on the wheel?
Yes. Open Edit entries to add, remove or reword anything, one entry per line. Your changes last until you leave the page, and Restore brings back the original list.
Can I spin my students' names instead?
Yes. Press Use my class instead to swap the entries for your saved class, with absent students left off. Press the back button in the same place to return to this wheel's entries.
Is every entry equally likely?
Yes. The result is chosen with your browser's cryptographic random number generator before the wheel moves, and every slice has the same chance. Turn on Take winners off the wheel in Settings to avoid repeats.
Will ads show on my projector?
No. Press Present (or F) and the screen shows only the wheel and the Spin button, in large type for the back of the room.