Sight words are carefully chosen because they don't follow the usual phonetic rules. These are words that appear most often in children's texts. Sight words are chosen based on their frequency of occurrence in the English language. This supports fluency, allowing students to focus on rather than word decoding. The goal is for the word to be identified 'on sight' without phonetic decoding. Sight words, also known as high-frequency words, Dolch sight words, or Fry Sight Words, are commonly used words that early readers are encouraged to recognize instantly. If not, scroll down for fun activities to use with the sight word list included! If you're unfamiliar with teaching kids to read, Here's a quick breakdown of the concepts of Sight Words. I used this sight word list to keep track of she was remembering.
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