Sight words are the glue that holds the sentence
together.
Sight
words are words
that should be memorized to help a child learn to read and write.
Learning sight words allows a child to recognize these words
at a glance — on sight —
without needing to break the words down into their individual sounds and is the
way strong readers recognize most words. Knowing common, or high frequency,
words by sight makes reading easier and faster, because the reader does not
need to stop to sound out each individual word.
Once a child is able to read
all of the sight words, s/he has access to up to 75% of what is printed in
almost any piece of children’s literature.
Children do not learn new words by being exposed to them only once. Repetition
is key to sight word acquisition.
Here is a complete list of sight words for grades K and 1 and ideas/games
to practice sight words at home.
Sight Word
List
Practice reading these words by sight. Can you spell the red words?
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red
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see
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blue
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and
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I
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orange
|
like
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purple
|
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black
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me
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yellow
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to
|
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a
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brown
|
the
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green
|
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white
|
my
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pink
|
go
|
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we
|
here
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is
|
have
|
|
said
|
for
|
you
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play
|
|
in
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was
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but
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she
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can
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did
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they
|
get
|
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put
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your
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are
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of
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could
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at
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would
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he
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not
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should
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it
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Mr.
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Mrs.
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Ms.
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any
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two
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do
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many
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Grade 1 High Frequency Words by Theme
Theme 1 -go
on
the
and
here
jump
not
too
we
a
find
have
one
to
who
Theme 2-five
four
in
once
three
two
upon
what
do
for
I
is
me
my
said
you
are
away
does
he
live
pull
they
where
Theme 3-animal
bird
cold
fall
flower
full
look
of
see
all
call
eat
every
first
never
paper
hall
why
also
blue
brown
color
funny
green
like
many
some
Theme 4-children
come
family
father
love
mother
people
picture
your
friend
girl
know
play
read
she
sing
today
write
car
down
hear
hold
hurt
learn
their
walk
would
Theme 5-grow
light
long
more
other
right
room
small
these
could
house
how
over
own
so
world
fly
give
good
her
little
our
try
was
Theme 6-by climb found morning out shout show cow door horse now table there through wall
Ways to
practice sight words at home
• Paper Plate Toss: Write sight words on paper
plates. Use like Frisbees to throw after reading the word.
• Concentration: Make a duplicate set of word
cards and play “Concentration” • Go Fish: With a duplicate set of word cards
play “Go Fish”
•
Tic –Tac-Toe: Write words in the tic-tac-toe spaces. Take turns selecting a
space to read. If read correctly, an X or O is placed on the space until
someone wins.
•
Word-O: This is played just like BINGO. Fill in a card with the words that you
are working on. Call out the words and mark the spaces. The first one with a
card covered calls out the word "WORDO"!
•
Word Hunt: Look for target words in books or in the newspaper. If using the
newspaper your child can highlight or circle the word ring words that he/she
finds
•
SNAP: You put the sight words you want them to practice on flash cards and put
the flash cards into a jar (maybe like an oatmeal jar). Also, you write the
word SNAP! on a a few flash cards and put them in the jar also. The kids can
play in partners or in groups of 3 or 4. They take turns pulling a card out of
the jar. If they can say the word on the card automatically with no struggle,
they get to keep the card. If they struggle, they have to put it back. If they
pull out one of the cards that says SNAP! They have to put back all of the
cards they've drawn.
• Play coin toss – Put words on the floor -
children take turns to toss a coin onto a word and say that word.
•
Play who am I? For example, I rhyme with bed, I have 3 letters, and I end in
“d”.
• Children go outside and practice writing
their words with chalk on the concrete.
• Flashlight words - turn off lights. Tape
words on the wall or ceiling. Use the flashlight to shine on the word then
read.
•
Children make their own word wall/dictionary using photocopied small sight
words and scrapbooks labeled with a letter of the alphabet on each page... can
be added to throughout the year.
•
Make words using play dough.
•
Beat the clock - how many times can a word be written in 1 minute etc
•
Play stepping stones - place words on the floor and children walk over them
saying the word as they go to get to the other side of the stream. Make words
using letter tiles -scrabble pieces
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Make words using stencils.
• Make words using alphabet stamps.
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Make words using magnetic letters
• Delicious Words -Write your words in whipped
cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat
•
Good Clean Words -Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other
surface that can be cleaned safely
