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 words in English in total. There are about 120 sight words worth memorizing and about 170,000 words in English […]
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 phonetic. For example, the /e/ in “the” is irregular and the /oul/ in “could” is also irregular. […]
Sight Words for Older Students
By the time kids are in second grade they should know most sight words (if not all). If they are missing some sight words, reading can be laborious and difficult. Their accuracy rate might be low. Sight words are common and a lack of sight word knowledge will cause a student to reach a stasis. […]
Why English-Speaking Kids Start School at Age 5
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
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 […]