Below you will find a list of The Five Big Ideas of Reading and Letter Recognition. Your student can select a components and then choose a Home Activity and then play a game.
*Sight words are meant to be read quickly and not sounded out. Please practice sight words regularly. You can read off the list, play games, make flashcards, etc.
*Phonemic Awareness- The ability to notice, think about and work with individual sounds.
*Letter Recognition- Ability to know name and sound of upper and lower case letters.
*Phonics- Letter sound relation to reading and spelling words accurately and quickly.
*Vocabulary- Understanding of new words and concepts.
*Fluency- Reading quickly and accurately, and with expression.
*Comprehension- Making meaning of text and communicate meaning about what was read.
Sight words are meant to be read quickly and not sounded out.
Please practice sight words regularly. You can read off the list, play games, make flashcards, etc. Start with the second grade list and work your way up through the fourth grade list.
Second Grade Dolch Words:
always
around
because
been
before
best
both
buy
call
cold
does
don't
fast
first
five
found
gave
goes
green
its
made
many
off
or
pull
read
right
sing
sit
sleep
tell
their
these
those
upon
us
very
wash
which
why
wish
work
would
write
your
Third Grade Dolch Words:
about
better
bring
carry
clean
cut
done
draw
drink
eight
fall
far
full
got
grow
hold
hot
hurt
if
keep
kind
laugh
light
long
much
myself
never
only
own
pick
seven
shall
show
six
small
start
ten
today
together
try
warm
Fourth Grade Words:
above
across
address
ago
air
airplane
almost
also
ant
awake
bad
bake
banana
bath
beans
beat
began
bend
beside
between
bill
bit
blow
bone
born
bottom
bowl
brave
breakfast
brick
broke
broken
brought
bug
building
built
busy
button
camp
cap
care
careful
case
center