Sight Words

The readers are learning about sight words!  These words are often not phonetic (which means they can't be sounded out) and thus require memorization.  Simple sight words pop up often in the literature that we read in class.

A simple way to practice weekly sight words (and review ones from weeks prior) is to create a sight word book from index cards and a binder ring.  Each reading student has a sight word book that is added to at the beginning of the week and reviewed multiple times by the week's end.  On Friday Mrs. Goodman and I assess the students' sight word knowledge by listening to each reader thumb through their sight word book.

Ample review of sight words is essential at home because additional class time is devoted to other important reading skills.  Sight word lists can be found on this blog under "6th Age Reading Sight Words".  Good luck and have fun!