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Sight Words Rationale
This year we will be working on learning Edward Fry’s list of 1,000 high frequency words. These words combined with systematic phonics instruction will BOOST your child's reading level to SUPER HERO READER STATUS. Fry's 1,000 Words are sight word that typically words that must be memorized as sight vocabulary and can not be sounded out with phonics rules. We are working towards whole class and individual rewards for achieving automatic recognition of these words. These most commonly used words are ranked by frequency. The first 25 make up about one-third of all printed material in English. The first 100 make up about one-half of all written material, and the first 300 make up about sixty-five percent of all written material in English. The best way to learn high frequency words is directly through reading a lot, so please encourage your child to read, read, read! If a child is having trouble recognizing these high frequency words, fluency is then slow to come. Playing games using these words is a good way to offer your child more exposure to these words. Some children remember a word after only a few exposures to it, while others might need dozens of exposures. There are children who need to see a word hundreds of times in order to remember it. All learners are different--no one is the same! Learning sight words should be fun, not tedious work. Engage your child by making it into a game. Some kids love seeing how many words in a list they can accurately read in a minute--for those children, use the timer to make it an extra challenge. For others, playing a simple memory/concentration type game is more fun. Exposure to high frequency words doesn't have to mean boring drill work--be creative! |