Building Sight Word Knowledge
Oh Beautiful Sight Words!
As many teachers know, in order for students to be a good reader, they need to have a large storehouse of sight words. This means they can recognize sight words and read them with automaticity, instead of trying to sound them out.
Why is this important? Because most texts are made up of 50% sight words! Without sight word knowledge, reading can become a very frustrating task for a child and they might even give up. That is the last thing we, as teachers, want them to do. Therefore, teaching students sight words, and helping them master sight words, becomes a critical component in our instruction.
Once students have a large storehouse of sight words, their confidence grows, their fluency increases and so does their comprehension. So how does one teach sight words effectively?
There are a lot of different things a teacher can do to teach sight words. Magnetic letters to build the words, songs that teach the spelling of the sight word, salt writing, chalk writing, oral sentences, flash cards and games (just to name a few). All of the above are a few of the strategies that I use in my classroom but this year I felt I needed something more.
I remembered when my son had been in kindergarten with the amazing Lyndsey Jarman and started going through his stuff to see what she had done. I found his Power Words book and realized this is exactly what I was looking for! The Power Words book will help me achieve the goals that I have set for myself and my students in sight words this year.
So I printed a set of the My Power Words books for my kindergarten students to use in the classroom. Two weeks into it, I have loved it! I spread it out over the entire week. On Monday, I will introduce the new sight word. I read it, write it, use magnetic letters to build it, locate it in a sentence and read it on a poster. The next day we follow the same pattern but now the students have the opportunity to take some ownership of the sight word. They will rainbow write the bubble letters and practice writing it on their own in the middle. On Wednesday they use the second line to trace the letters in a word as we sing the sight word song as a class. We continue to follow the same procedures we started on Monday, but with the gradual release to the students being in charge and leading us through the process.
On Thursday, I want to see if they can spell it on their own so we cover up the top two rows to see what happens. This also helps me to know what students are remembering about our sight word. By Friday, I want them to be experts on the sight word. This isn’t always possible for every student, so I will continue to work with those students who need extra time. There are three different sets of My Power Words so if you need to switch things around to match the order your class does sight words, it’s completely doable. I love how easy they are to put together and even better, they can be used as a keepsake for parents! It’s always fun to see what your child did in kindergarten, even ten years later!
By Contributor Jennifer Dajany
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Building a bank of sight words with early readers allow students to become better readers! Introducing those words in a variety of ways will help meet the needs of a diverse class of learners. These fun, varied, games will be a hit in your classroom. These games focus on the first 200 Fry sight words as well as sight word phrases. They are easily differentiated to meet the needs of your group.
Contents include:
Top Knight
The Monster Party
Dinosaur Friends
Munchy Munch
Collecting Bugs
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Sight Words Worksheets
Are you looking for interactive sight words worksheets?
Make the most of your student's sight word practice by providing this great multi-task workbook or worksheets. Students are asked to color the word, trace the word, write the word, find the word, and then create the word as a puzzle. There is even a backside that allows the sight word to be painted.
This packet contains worksheets for 112 sight words. Among these are the 100 most common words, Wonders Reading, and Journeys wordlists.
a
about
all
an
and
am
are
as
at
be
been
but
by
can
called
come
could
day
did
do
does
down
each
find
first
for
from
get
go
good
had
has
have
he
help
her
here
him
his
how
I
if
in
into
is
it
its
like
long
love
little
look
made
make
me
my
many
may
more
no
now
not
number
of
on
one
or
other
out
play
part
people
she
said
see
so
some
than
that
the
their
then
them
these
they
there
this
time
to
too
two
way
up
use
want
was
water
we
will
were
with
what
when
where
which
who
write
would
words
yes
you
your
© Kathy Crane Kindergarten Kiosk
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This handwriting book (My Power Words Book #1) contains 25 of the most common high frequency (power) words. Students will be able to practice reading, spelling, and writing these words in their own special book. Books 2 and 3 continue on for a total of 75 sight words to read, write, and spell in a great workbook format!
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This collection of worksheets contain 24 common sight words. These pages offer practice in handwriting practice to improve penmanship and word usage as the student is asked to write an original sentence using the sight word. The sheets can be used separately or stapled to make a great workbook. For a great variety of words and skill levels check out books 1 and 3.
Also available at Teachers Pay Teachers!
This collection of worksheets contain 24 common sight words. These pages offer practice in handwriting practice to improve penmanship and word usage as the student is asked to write an original sentence using the sight word. The sheets can be used separately or stapled to make a great workbook. For a great variety of words and skill levels check out books 1 and 2.