Frequently Asked Questions
1. For which grade levels is SWWT designed?
Sight World World Tour is designed for Pre-K through 3rd grade students, but can be used as needed.
2. How does it work?
There are three primary ways I use this as a teacher:
1. Whole Group Practice / Warm-Ups - ask your whole class to stand and yell the words as they appear on screen. This provides an easy way to practice but also takes the pressure off less confident readers. As they master the levels, you can increase the speeds.
2. Individual Practice - assign certain levels as sight word or spelling lists for students to study through the week. This allows me to assign different worlds for different students depending on their sight word knowledge base.
3. Small Groups - Under the Resources tab you can find word checklists. These give parents and teachers the opportunity to assess which words a child knows well and which he or she consistently misses. If a child needs to more practice, you can follow the Quizlet link under Resources to customize a digital flash card set for them.
3. Why are there different video speeds?
I could give an academic answer to this question (e.g. students learn at different rates), but the real answer: the fast-paced versions are more exciting and attention-getting. I tell students that if they practice and master the normal speed, then their reward will be the super fast speed. It builds anticipation and creates fun, engaging, and hilarious end results!
4. How often should I use it?
Like any curriculum, students can get burnt out if you overload them with this content. The best way to implement this program is to (a) set guidelines for progression and (b) make it part of your everyday rhythm.
If students randomly jump from character to character and world to world, there will be very little consistency and very little progression. If students experience all 14 worlds in a one-hour sitting, they will miss out on both the quirky, world-specific components that make it fun and the sense of accomplishment that comes from exiting and entering new worlds.
5. Why is the music so fast and crazy sometimes?
Each world has customized music that fits its characters. On 2x speed and 4x speed, however, the tempo is increased to add energy and excitement. If it's too bothersome, just decrease the speed of the video using the YouTube gear icon.
6. How can I report errors?
If you identify any errors - be they errors in spelling or production errors - please email 2086xxoo@gmail.com. Thank you!
7. Are there any updates on the way?
Yes, updates will happen regularly. I'm currently adding a Harry Potter level that will replace Frozen as World #11 and converting the Frozen level to a new verb endings level. I'm also in the early stages of planning a mathematics version in this format.