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Why English-Speaking Kids Start School at Age 5

May 16, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

American children begin school at age 5. In Kindergarten, kids learn (ideally) letter sounds. Then they string sounds together to blend words. For example, a Kindergartner might read met, fin and mom. Later, they learn the names of letters. To learn to spell, teachers often encourage kids to write words slowly while saying the sounds […]

Sight Word Stories PDF

April 23, 2019 By: Brittany Marker2 Comments

Sight words break the phonetic code. Sight words include: the, they, from, would, could, from, their….etc. They are common in text, especially beginning reader books. If you’d like your student to practice reading sight words in-context, click the links for FREE sight word stories pdf. Here’s one about camels: Camels If you’d like more FREE […]

Research Based Strategies for Teaching Sight Words

March 21, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

Sight Word Activities for Kindergarten

For struggling readers, learning sight words can be challenging. You may have reviewed “there, were, was…etc.” across several lessons only to realize that your student still doesn’t recognize them. It appears that your student is blind to sight words. You’re at a loss. You’ve heard that sight words allow kids to start reading books. Yet, […]

Sight Word Practice Worksheets (Dump Truck Fun)

March 19, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

sight word practice worksheets

Are you teaching sight words? You should start teaching sight words when you begin teaching the phonics sounds systematically. Sight words are common, especially in early books. They do not follow the standard rules of English. Instead, at least one aspect of each sight word breaks a rule. For example, “there” is a sight word, […]

Free Printable Sight Word Worksheets

February 19, 2019 By: Brittany Markercomment

printable sight word worksheets

Sight words break the phonetic code. As a result, kids need to memorize sight words. Struggling readers often have difficulty memorizing sight words. To help them, be sure to introduce words systematically (2-4 new words at a time), review old sight words, and have them practice spelling sight words. In this post, I offer free […]

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