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Making Sight Word Recognition Fun
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If w
e had to decode every word we read, we’d never get through a book! Sight words (also called high frequency words) account for about three-quarters of the words in beginning children's texts. If students recognize the majority of words on a page, they can concentrate on meaning and comprehension.
Refer to your Volunteer Resource Binder for a list of sight words students should know in each grade level. Also, check out this website for some great ideas about how to teach sight words, fun activities for sight word reinforcement and effective correction techniques.Do you have other ideas about how to teach and review sight words? Please share in the comments section below!
e had to decode every word we read, we’d never get through a book! Sight words (also called high frequency words) account for about three-quarters of the words in beginning children's texts. If students recognize the majority of words on a page, they can concentrate on meaning and comprehension.
Refer to your Volunteer Resource Binder for a list of sight words students should know in each grade level. Also, check out this website for some great ideas about how to teach sight words, fun activities for sight word reinforcement and effective correction techniques.Do you have other ideas about how to teach and review sight words? Please share in the comments section below!