Friday, January 10, 2014

Sight Words

In the classroom we have a word wall where we add small words that we are learning.  Knowing and remembering small words (without having to sound them out) is a key component in developing strong readers.  

To assist your child to be a strong reader write down each word on a card or small piece of paper and create a word wall in your child's bedroom or on the fridge so they can practice daily.  Reading these words and using them to read & write at home will strengthen the skills they are learning at school.

For students who don't yet know their letter names & sounds (some of the JKs) practice those first (on a daily basis) before you introduce small words.

Some of the words we have learned so far:
and     a      at        can      I            like
me      no    see     here     there     in
you     for    we       the      new

You can also add colours (red, blue, green . . .) and number words to this list (one, two, three . . .).