It’s likely something they say often! I know when my students pretended to be me while playing during recess, I’d often hear, “I’m going to wait. What is something you can picture them saying? Think of an important person in your life- your parent, sibling, teacher. So, there are also 2 important things to include when introducing new sight words: Now, even with these 3 elements included, many kids may forget the sight words.
But, when we do learn that phonics rule, that part will no longer be tricky.īy following this method, you will be including all 3 components that kids need in order to remember a word: Go over the phonics rule and explain to kids that this part is tricky because we haven’t learned that rule yet. Read it slowly while sliding your finger underneath it, then ask kids to identify the letters they know are making sounds they know.
#Beginning sight words how to
yet! Here are the steps for how to teach sight words I tell my students that we are learning a new word that has parts we know and parts we haven’t learned. The problem is that children often haven’t learned the phonics rules they follow before encountering them in text. But the reality is, that most sight words are phonetic. Yes, there are some sight words that aren’t phonetic and kids will have to memorize those. Likewise, asking kids to just memorize the spelling of words without giving them any phonetic reasons for the spelling is not going to result in magical sight word memory! 3 KEY COMPONENTS FOR SIGHT WORD MEMORY If someone gives you a phone number unless you repeat it 3,198 times and make it into a song, it’s likely you will have forgotten it within a few minutes. I used to do this big time! I even had a little “word jail” we’d put the words in.īut, think about it. I’ll tell you the other two after I tell you about mistake #2! MISTAKE #2: ROTE MEMORIZATIONĪsking students to memorize the spelling of sight words because they “don’t follow the rules” is not effective. In fact, there are 3 key elements to include in sight word introduction and MEANING is one of them. It’s important to provide sight words in context so that kids understand the meaning of the word. Using isolated sight words just not effective in helping kids remember the words. They are common mistakes, so if they sound familiar, you’re not alone! MISTAKE #1: ISOLATED SIGHT WORDS While isolated sight word flashcards have their place in review, when first introducing a word, there are two mistakes to avoid. But, how do we teach sight words so that they stick? TWO BIG MISTAKES TO AVOID WHEN TEACHING SIGHT WORDSĭo you remember “drill and kill” with sight word flashcards? When kids don’t recognize sight words with automaticity, their fluency is hindered, as well as their comprehension.
By the time they’ve reached the end of the sentence, they’ve forgotten the beginning! You’ve likely had students who sound out every word in a sentence and it takes them forever. We know sight words are important, but there are some big mistakes we have to avoid when teaching new words and there are 3 key elements to include in your sight word instruction!
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