Sight words
Are they that important ye or no? I think this is the one thing that lower grades need to master and have solid before moving to second grade. If you wonder how important these words are just take any book you own and start highlighting all the sight words you see on one page. You will be amazed to see how much ends up being highlighted. Below I am going to list different fun activities you can do with your sight words and places to find resources. If you have any other ideas please leave a comment.
What are sight words?
Edward W. Dolch developed lists of the 220 most frequently used words in children's books. Form 50 to 75% of the text consisted of the words he put on his lists which became known as the Dolch words' lists. A reader who knows the Dolch words will recognize the majority of the words in a typical selection.
Dolch also developed a list of 95 commonly used nouns.
Dolch sight words should be recognized on sight (instantly) for reading to progress smoothly.
Many of these words cannot be sounded out by decoding rules. Many of them can't be represented by pictures, for example: if, do, am, for, as, so, be. They are service words which give meaning and direction, e.g. here, there, now, then, on, at, in, over, today.
Sight Word Shakers
Write or print out all the sight words and cut them up. Make sure to laminate them before placing them into a container. The next part is the fun part finding a container. For containers you can use anything for free: Grated cheese containers, orange juice, etc. Anything that is a clear plastic container. After cleaning the container place rice, beans, pom poems, noodles, glitter or you can google tons of choices. Places the words in side and seal the top. Students can shake it to show the words and use them in sentences or just rainbow write.
Magnetic Letters
These are so cheap and fun to use. You can get a full set from the Dollar Tree for $1.00. You can use a cookie sheet again $1.00 from Dollar Tree. Student can practice spelling the words and even put words in order by size. I like to have them write them on a sheet and try to use them in sentences when they are farther along.
Old Magazines Cut and Paste
This one is so cheap and easy. I went onto my neighborhood site and Facebook and asked friends for old magazines. I then put them in a center and had students cut out letters for sight words and glue them in their notebooks. This is a great one for new teachers just starting. Use them in sentences or stories .
Are they that important ye or no? I think this is the one thing that lower grades need to master and have solid before moving to second grade. If you wonder how important these words are just take any book you own and start highlighting all the sight words you see on one page. You will be amazed to see how much ends up being highlighted. Below I am going to list different fun activities you can do with your sight words and places to find resources. If you have any other ideas please leave a comment.
What are sight words?
Edward W. Dolch developed lists of the 220 most frequently used words in children's books. Form 50 to 75% of the text consisted of the words he put on his lists which became known as the Dolch words' lists. A reader who knows the Dolch words will recognize the majority of the words in a typical selection.
Dolch also developed a list of 95 commonly used nouns.
Dolch sight words should be recognized on sight (instantly) for reading to progress smoothly.
Many of these words cannot be sounded out by decoding rules. Many of them can't be represented by pictures, for example: if, do, am, for, as, so, be. They are service words which give meaning and direction, e.g. here, there, now, then, on, at, in, over, today.
Sight Word Shakers
Write or print out all the sight words and cut them up. Make sure to laminate them before placing them into a container. The next part is the fun part finding a container. For containers you can use anything for free: Grated cheese containers, orange juice, etc. Anything that is a clear plastic container. After cleaning the container place rice, beans, pom poems, noodles, glitter or you can google tons of choices. Places the words in side and seal the top. Students can shake it to show the words and use them in sentences or just rainbow write.
Magnetic Letters
These are so cheap and fun to use. You can get a full set from the Dollar Tree for $1.00. You can use a cookie sheet again $1.00 from Dollar Tree. Student can practice spelling the words and even put words in order by size. I like to have them write them on a sheet and try to use them in sentences when they are farther along.
Old Magazines Cut and Paste
This one is so cheap and easy. I went onto my neighborhood site and Facebook and asked friends for old magazines. I then put them in a center and had students cut out letters for sight words and glue them in their notebooks. This is a great one for new teachers just starting. Use them in sentences or stories .
Paint Chip Word Sorts
This is another cheap but amazing center idea. Get a collection of FREE paint chips from any store. Write sight word letters on one of each color per set and cut them up. Place these in baggies and have the students put them in order. Spell them out and write them out.
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