Sight words break the phonetic code in some way. For this reason, students need to memorize how to spell and read sight words. It’s important that students break the regular components of sight words first (for example, notice the /th/ in “the” and the /w/ and /d/ in would). Next, students make a sound tweak to arrive at the correct pronunciation. In this post, find fun sight word practice for 1st graders.
Since sight words are common, students need to practice reading and spelling them repeatedly.
For some fun practice, print the fun sea animal worksheet. Kids can trace the letters, read the sight words and color the scene.
To learn more about sight words, read about orthographic mapping. Sight words are common words that often serve as articles (the), pronouns (they, their), prepositions (of, from) and words that hold sentences together. Interestingly, sight words usually come from Old English, and thus, their pronunciation has changed over time, leaving their spelling patterns looking a bit odd (or irregular).
To be effective, sight word instruction should always be paired with phonics. As stated, kids should sound out the regular components of sight words first. To do this, a child needs mastery of the most common phonics sounds.
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Our decodable book bundle introduces one phonics sound per set.
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