Kids need to learn to read and spell sight words, because these words do not follow the phonetic code. Sight words have at least one irregular component. Children should learn phonics, the …
Silent e Exceptions
Silent e is a common phonics rule. Some silent e words include: skate, gate, hike, pile, poke, cove, cute, rake... etc. The silent e rule also goes by the name of bossy e and magic e. Kids usually …
Kindergarten Sight Word List
Kindergartners need to know letter sounds, short vowels, and some sight words to read books. Short vowels are: a_ as in hat, e_ as in met, i_ as in hip, o_ as in hot, and u_ as in cup. Reading …
How to Teach Sight Words
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, …