Sight Words
Sight Word Practice
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What follows are YouTube videos of the 220 Dolch Sight Words
They are listed in order of frequency of use. Even though they come labeled with "grade levels", our goal is for all our first graders to be able to read all 220 Dolch sight words, in 3 seconds or less, by the end of their first grade year.
As your student watches the video, have him try to say the word before he hears it on the video. The voice on the video is his means of self-checking to make sure he got it right. If there are words that he is struggling with, write them on 3x5 cards; working with 5 words at a time -continually replacing known words with unknown words, until he has mastered all 220 words.
Your student can practice these words on his iPad or tablet (if it has access to the internet) by going to Chrome or Safari and entering this link https://sites.google.com/a/pvlearners.net/cmcghie/social-studies/sight-words
Dolch Sight Words: First 20 words on the Primer List
By clicking on the icon below, you will be taken to a list of all the sight words from our Wonders first grade Reading Program.
Dolch Sight Words: Final 20 words on the Primer List
Learning these words will help students with reading in class. Your student will be working on these words during their regular reading time in class; but it would help him to also practice them at home, if he is experiencing difficulty.
Click on the bookworm below, to go to Readquarium: A site with online reading games.
Dolch Sight Words: The first 26 words on the Primer List
Are you "all ears"? If so, you are ready to play the "Listen and Match" on-line sight word game. Click on the cute animal with the big ears, and you will be taken to a site where you can play the game. You will be playing a memory game in which you need to match each sight word with a spoken word.
What are sight words?
Sight words are words that we see and use often when
reading and writing. They are high frequency words like:
like, the, and are. Sight words are difficult for children to
read because they often don't sound like their spellings.
These words, therefore, must be memorized.
Sight word knowledge increases reading fluency, speed,
and accuracy. In order for children to become better
readers they must develop a large sight word vocabulary.
Did you know?
The first sight word list was compiled by Edward W. Dolch
who was interested in helping parents and educators
improve the reading ability of their children. The Dolch
sight word list of 220 words makes up over 50 -75 percent
of the words in children's books.
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Dolch sight Words: The Second-set of 26 on the Primer List
Dolch 2nd Grade Sight Words: Words 1 Through 23
Dolch Sight Words, Second Grade Level: Words 24-46
Dolch Sight Words, 3rd Grade Level, List A, Words 1-21
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Dolch Sight Words, 3rd grade Level, List A, Words 22-41
Dolch Sight Words
Below are the Dolch Sight Words lists for quarters 1, 2, 3, and 4. These are the sight words from the district curriculum map. Although we will be studying all of the 220 Dolch sight words, these are the minimum words that the student must know and be tested on, in order to meet the basic district standards. Please help your student with any words he does not know by writing his unknown words on 3x5 cards and practicing the words with him. Work with 5 words at a time, replacing known words, with unknown words.
Sight words are an important part of fluency, so it is important that your student be able to read all the words correctly in three seconds or less -no "sounding out" of sight words. Sight words must be learned to the point of automaticity.
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Dolch Sight Word List 1 for 1st quarter Dolch Sight Word List 2 for 2nd quarter
Dolch Sight Word List 3 for 3rd quarter Dolch Sight Word List 4 for 4th quarter
A video with all of the first 100 sight words.
Color Words Song
Months of the Year Song
Sight words need to be read in 3 seconds or less --no sounding out. Work with 5 flash cards, only. As words are learned, replace those word cards with unknown words. Repeat the process until all the words are known.
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