![]() ![]() 4th grade sight word instruction Sight Word Worksheetsġ. Grade level application of Dolch sight wordsĥ. Teaching sight words – strategies for reading successĤ. The following articles are designed to get you up and running with the basics of sight words and effective sight word instruction.ģ. In fact, over more than half of the most commonly used words are found on the the Dolch word lists. The lists were developed by Edward Dolch who determined that there are 220 common words that appear at a high frequency in reading material. Words on the “Dolch” List are the most commonly taught sight words in early elementary grades. If you’re a parent, you may not see the phrase “sight words” on your child’s spelling list homework but undoubtedly these words are mixed in with others. ![]() Because of this, sight word instruction should be an integral part of reading instruction in kindergarten through third grade. Because they can’t be sounded out or illustrated with pictures, it’s important that children learn to recognize these words on sight. They're awesome little books for them to flip through and read and take home to show their parents.įor even more sorting practice, bust out the Digraph-sicles Centers! They're just fun ice cream themed centers to practice digraphs.Sight words are frequently encountered words that can’t be sounded out – words like the, a, is, of, to, in, and, I, you, and that. It's great word sorting practice! I only use the pre-made version to make examples or if there's not enough time in the week to make the sorting version. What I prefer, though, is to make the sorting book version which the book on top (CH, TH, SH) shows - see how there are dotted lines around the picture cards in that one? That's because you make the book with blank pages THEN sort the picture/word cards under the correct sound by cutting and pasting them. The bottom book in this picture that sorts QU, WH, and PH words is this kind. It's also a quick way to make an example book. you can have kids simply create the book where the words are already sorted under the correct sound. You can also have them do the set that is missing the non-digraph consonant(s) part of the word like these:Įach book comes in 2 levels. All of the digraphs cards also come in an "all letters" format where all the letters are already there so they can simply match the letters to spell each word so those are great for the students who really struggle. It's also great vowel sounds review so you're practicing a lot of things.įor students who typically need more reading practice than others, you can have them put the bottle caps on top of the letters already there, too, to really hammer in the spelling of the focus sound. ![]() Even though they might not know the digraphs, it's still a center they can complete without knowing the digraph sounds yet because they DO know their vowel sounds. As they say the word out loud, they are also saying that digraph that is written in front of them. For example, this set of cards (above) is missing the vowel sound so kids don't have to actually know the digraphs perfectly to complete them but are getting a lot of practice and exposure to them when they look at the picture and say the word out loud to figure out the missing vowel sound.
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