Sight Word Information

Sight words

Sight words are words we want students to know by memorizing, not by sounding them out. These words are encountered frequently in print:  

  the,  is,  for,  but,  we,  do , has,

who,  little , water , number , put,  or,  when ,how  , many,  her,  two , find  ,over  ,live , words,  write  ,and , you,  on,  at , not  ,can,  will , that , what  ,me  ,called , than , yes,  one , your  their , then,  would , could,  long , new , give,  each , more , a  ,it  ,are  ,be , was,  said,  up , no , did,  our,  its  ,came  ,of , had , use , if , them,  him  ,first,  down,  made,  very , part , way,  to  ,he,  go , like , all  ,she,  so,  with,  get,  good , other,  don't , as,  by , an,  about , these , into,  been , day,  work,  after,  time , in,  am,  see,  this , have,  there , make , my  ,come,  they , his , here  ,from,  were , which,  out , some , look  ,now,  may,  know , just, people

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Only focus on a few at a time and remember that the typical Kindergarten student is expected to gain far more than just these.

Ideas on How to Practice:

Find them in magazines and cut them out

Write them in sidewalk chalk  

Spell them with magnetic letters  

Paint them  

Use shaving cream on the side of the bathtub and spell them  

Put them on post-it notes around your house  

Draw sight words on your child's back and then have them guess the word

Write a book (like our I See books) with different sight words  

Play Memory with the sight words  

Type them on the computer  

Make a power point presentation with words; Students read them as it goes by