How do you make learning Fry words or sight words fun/engaging for students? I have created game boards for my students to color in the words that they know. I have 20 words on each sheet. If the student does not know a word, I put a x on it and make flash cards for the student. The students really enjoy coloring the words that they know. It is also a great way for them to track their progress.

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This is great! You could add voices from a voice jar too! I shared a free PDF!

My first suggestion would be to use the 109 Power Words before anything else. The list is a result of the science of reading research and you can read more about it here.
https://thesixshifts.com/2022/08/looking-for-a-bit-of-magic-in-your-sight-word-instruction-start-here/

Engage all of their senses. Using multi-sensory activities with children, in which they fill in missing letters or rearrange letters to correctly spell a sight word, or "write" a word using their finger in the air or on a table. Children are more likely to retain a sight word in their long-term memory when practice includes these multi-sensory strategies. Students can use sand, pipe cleaners or magnetic letters to build sight words.

Sort sight words into categories. It can be helpful to show kids how to sort sight words into categories, such as “rule followers” and “rule breakers”. However, this should be used with more fluent readers who have already built early decoding skills and can sound out words.
Read and play with sight words daily. Children will become better at reading sight words automatically when they have daily opportunities to interact with text at home. Reading daily will naturally reinforce the learning of sight words, and you can also get creative with games, art projects, and other interactive activities.

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Games are great for learning! Here are some games:
https://www.splashlearn.com/blog/sight-word-activities-for-kids/

We use videos online that help put sight words to music and motions. This helps my children with all kinds of learning styles remember words in the way in which they learn best. We also have our sight words in a pocket chart and play games, such as “I spy” to help us constantly review sight words. Finally, with orthographically map each word as a class, adding a heart above parts of words that we just have to know by heart, such as the “e” in like.