In the past, I had some mixed feelings about sight words. I was undereducated and thought they were all about drill-n-kill. You know, how most people use a flash-card?!
Well, after some great meetings with my reading coach, I saw the light ~insert choir music and beautiful beams of light... picture me with my hands in the air as well~
I understood how teaching my kiddos to recognize common words could help free up some space in those brains for the tricky words that need to be decoded. Once I started putting a little more emphasis on sight word fluency, my kiddos’ reading fluency started to show improvement. Who would have thought?! Reading groups were actually moving and kids were feeling the success. I was in love.
Soooooo, I decided that this summer I was going to work on sight word activities that could be used daily – bell work, mini-lesson, small group, whole group or work stations. I just finished making a pack of sight word activities for the Dolch Pre-Primer list. I had a lot of fun creating it and I hope you will find a place for it in your room.
I am going to start working on the Primer list during naptime tomorrow! Let me know what you think!
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