This Common Exception Words worksheet and sight words game is a fun Roll, Read and Write phonics activity designed to support students as they learn tricky words, irregular words, and sight words. Aligned with common phonics programs, this no-prep printable game provides engaging sight word practice for 1st Grade and 2nd Grade students.

Perfect for literacy centres, phonics lessons, small-group instruction, or independent practice, this sight words game helps students build confidence with high-frequency words that do not follow regular phonetic spelling patterns. These common exception words worksheets turn essential phonics practice into an engaging hands-on learning experience.

Common exception words (also known as tricky words or irregular sight words) are frequently used words that cannot always be sounded out using phonics rules. These words are typically introduced in Year 1 and Year 2 / Grades 1–2, making this resource an ideal addition to any early literacy or phonics program.

These no-prep sight word game boards are ideal for phonics instruction, literacy rotations, early finisher activities, intervention groups, or homework. Students love playing the game — and teachers love that meaningful sight word and phonics practice is happening at the same time.

This resource includes the following:

⭐ 14 game boards (each game board has 6 tricky words/common exception words/sight words)

⭐ 3 different styles of dice (numbered, dotted, blank)

Key Features –

❤️ No prep game boards that you can easily take out and use as independant activities.

❤️For 1st graders this lets them practice skills such as hand writing, reading, counting,
fine motor skills by rolling a small die

❤️Everything is done for you. Just choose the level the child is working at (or choose one yourself to give your child a challenge), print out a game board, print out a die and make it (if required) and have a pencil ready.

❤️ You can laminate these so that they can be reused and practiced till your student/s or child/ren get the hang of how to spell the tricky words.