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Sight words account for up to 75% of the words in a passage. For students to become fluent readers, it is vital that we help them learn sight words with automatic recall or "automaticity".
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This website has so much to offer for sight word fluency a.k.a Dolch words, Fry Words, High Frequency Words.
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Click on link above.
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Sight words fall into two categories:
- Frequently Used Words — Words that occur commonly in the English language, such as it, can, and will. Memorizing these words makes reading much easier and smoother, because the child already recognizes most of the words and can concentrate their efforts on new words. For example, knowing just the Dolch Sight Words would enable you to read about 50% of a newspaper or 80% of a children’s book.
- Non-Phonetic Words — Words that cannot be decoded phonetically, such as buy, talk, or come. Memorizing these words with unnatural spellings and pronunciations teaches not only these words but also helps the reader recognize similar words, such as guy, walk, or some. ~From www.sightwords.com
