Intervention
Ella Cardin
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Jackye Wilder
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Sight Words
Why Learn Sight Words?
Learning to read can be challenging and a lot of work. Children who learn to read high frequency words by sight will increase their confidence and fluency in their reading. Improving your child's ability to recognize sight words will likely help him/her with overall reading speed and accuracy, as well as comprehension. As most children master decoding skills, they naturally begin to become more efficient readers. Learning to recognize whole words by sight rather than by decoding each word is part of that process. Naturally, reading a whole word by sight rather than decoding letter-by-letter and sound-by-sound is a much more efficient and faster process. When children have not mastered sight words at their grade level, it hinders their reading acceleration.
There are many ways to help your child learn his/her sight word at home. Teaching sight words through songs, games, and the use of manipulatives makes learning them easy. Ask your child's teacher for his/her grade level word list. Access the internet for words lists and games online. These sources are great for free flashcards you can print.
Printable Sight Words
Dolch Sight Words
Sight Word Songs
Tips for learning sight words:
Why Learn Sight Words?
Learning to read can be challenging and a lot of work. Children who learn to read high frequency words by sight will increase their confidence and fluency in their reading. Improving your child's ability to recognize sight words will likely help him/her with overall reading speed and accuracy, as well as comprehension. As most children master decoding skills, they naturally begin to become more efficient readers. Learning to recognize whole words by sight rather than by decoding each word is part of that process. Naturally, reading a whole word by sight rather than decoding letter-by-letter and sound-by-sound is a much more efficient and faster process. When children have not mastered sight words at their grade level, it hinders their reading acceleration.
There are many ways to help your child learn his/her sight word at home. Teaching sight words through songs, games, and the use of manipulatives makes learning them easy. Ask your child's teacher for his/her grade level word list. Access the internet for words lists and games online. These sources are great for free flashcards you can print.
Printable Sight Words
Dolch Sight Words
Sight Word Songs
Tips for learning sight words:
- Start with a smaller number of wight words and focus on them for a week. Five to ten words may be a good start for children.
- Create two sets of cards with words on them, and play matching games like Go Fish or simply mix up the cards and have your child pick out the matching cards to pair up.
Why Read 20 Minutes?
Tips from Mrs. Wilder
Research shows that children who read books for 20 minutes a day perform better in school. Here are some great ways to get your child reading!
*Articled Adapted from Scholastic.com
- Set aside a reading time. Pick a reading time that is good for everyone. It might be before bed-time or even after homework.
- Pick a reading place. Find a comfortable place so everyone can enjoy the book.
- Read together. One person can read the book, or people can take turns.
- Involve and engage listeners. Before you read, point to the book's title, author, and illustrator. Discuss what you think the story is going to be about. As you read, ask what you think will happen next. Engage listeners with exciting voices!
- Fill your home with reading materials. Place books, magazines, newspapers, and more throughout the house so your child is surrounded by things to read.
- Read yourself, so when you child sees you read, he/she will be inspired to read.
- Older siblings can read to younger siblings. By reading to a younger sibling, the reader will gain confidence.
- Start seasonal traditions. Pick a special book to read every year during a holiday.
- Keep your favorite books around. It can help a new reading build confidence and fluency by practicing when re-reading a favorite book.
- Participate in the Vanntastic Readers Club. Read 20 minutes per day and join the monthly celebration activities sponsored by PTO.
*Articled Adapted from Scholastic.com
