Tag Archives: sight words

Introducing Your Child to a New Word

I can remember as a student myself taking home list of words that I was supposed to be able to read by a specified date. My sister also has these list sent home with her girls. Once a list is mastered, the student moves on to a harder list. In addition, at the beginning of each nine weeks, I send home a list of words that the students are responsible for knowing. The words that teachers send home have various names. Some teachers call them sight words or high frequency words. In my classroom I call them popcorn words because … Continue reading →

Learning to Read: Sight Word Games

Sight words are a great focus of elementary education and for kids learning to read, sight words are very important. There are a lot of ways to help your child learn their sight words and to remember them and at this age, the more fun it is, the more likely you are to engage and hold their interest. So in that vein, here are a few sight word games that I play with my daughter. Sight Words Race Use a timer that will buzz or ring and set it for 1, 2, or 3 minutes and hold up the flash … Continue reading →