Sight words are common words that are not entirely phonetic. For example, "the" is a sight word. "The" has a phonetic component /th/ and an irregular component /e/. Thus, the student needs to break …
Chunking as a Sight Word Strategy
Kids need to learn to read and spell sight words. These are words that break the phonetic code in some way. For example, "there" is a sight word, because although the /th/ and /r/ sounds are regular, …
Halloween Kindergarten Phonics Story
I've written a festive Halloween kindergarten phonics story called Pam's Pumpkin. It includes short vowel words and consonant digraph words. There are some sight words in the story including: have, …
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Sight Word Tips for Struggling Readers
Sight words are common words that break the phonetic code. They are used frequently and make up about 60% of the written language. Although they are commonly used, they are a tiny fraction of all the …
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Dinosaur Sight Word Activity for Kindergartners
Sight words break the phonetic code in some way. Many pieces of sight words are phonetic, like the /th/ in the and the /c/ in could. However, every sight word has at least one component that is not …
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