Confusing Words

I've noticed during my students' reading that there are several words that look very similar and always confuse my kids.  Words like these are really tough for my kids with reading disabilities:

how ~ who

was ~ saw

felt ~ left

lost ~ lots

there ~ where

A lot of these words have the same letters but in a different order or maybe only 1 or 2 letters are changed.  I started making a list of these words and came up with about 48 words that my kids regularly get confused.  After all, it sure does a change the meaning of a sentence if you're reading:

I was a big, fat pig.

When really the sentence should read:

I saw a big, fat pig.

I made this Cruisin' Through Confusing Words game for my students to play.  Hopefully, the repetition of practicing these words over and over will help.  Click on the picture to get your own copy.

I'm also thinking about making an I Have - Who Has game that would use these same words.  That would be even tricker for them to play since both confusing words would be on one card, BUT I think it would help them out.  Would anyone be interested in an I Have - Who Has game?

On a personal note, I had the extra time to make this game today, since I took a personal day off.  You see my babies (AKA 5-year-old triplets who despise being called babies) graduated from preK today.  {sniff, sniff}  Yes, I got choked up and fought back the tears as they walked across the stage.

However, maybe what I should be doing is rejoicing.  Another triplet mama commented today "congrats on letting them live this long!"  Believe me, when I they were babies I NEVER thought I would get past the baby stage.  I thought I would be up all night, changing diapers, and feeding babies EVERY DAY of my life.  Then when they were in the terrible 2s and became climbing maniacs with siblings to encourage them climbing out of their cribs, I would sit and cry at their door, because I was simply outnumbered (my husband was also deployed which didn't help me out).  It's hard to believe that we have all survived this far, and they will be moving onto {gasp} Kindergarten in just a few short months.