Sight Words

Our Weekly Sight Words

WORDS ARE LISTED WEEK BY WEEK, WITH THE MOST RECENT WEEK AT THE TOP

Week 25 – March 28

1. hen
2. wheat
3. grow
4. bread
5. share
6. moral
7. hope
8. plant
9. bake
10. castle

Week 24 – March 21

1. ginger
2. bread
3. run
4. fast
5. man
6. fox

Week 23 – March 14

1. fairy
2. tale
3. tail
4. three
5. little
6. pigs
7. house
8. wolf

**NOTE: The words I had previously assigned for this week will be used when Miss V. is done her unit.**

Week 22 – March 7

1. now
2. new
3. your
4. round
5. around
6. soon

Week 21 – February 28

1. jump
2. just
3. must
4. made
5. make
6. let
7. live

Week 20 – Feb. 21 – NO NEW WORDS (Spring Break!)

Week 19 – February 14

1. Valentine
2. love
3. kind
4. know
5. if
6. into

Week 18 – February 7

1. his
2. hers
3. here
4. hear
5. help

Week 17 – January 31

1. how
2. has
3. happy
4. have
5. had

Week 16 – January 24

1. going
2. go
3. good
4. got
5. get
6. gave
7. give

Week 15 – January 17

1. away
2. done
3. does
4. eat
5. eleven

Week 14 – January 10

1. buy
2. before
3. cold
4. could
5. would

Week 13 – December 6

1. then
2. them
3. like
4. to
5. too
6. no
7. yes
8. this

Week 12 – November 29

1. him
2. her
3. was
4. that
5. they
6. with
7. do
8. so
9. did

Week 11 – November 22

1. BLEND cards this week!

Week 10 – November 15

1. for
2. look
3. we
4. little
5. down
6. not
7. big

Week 9 – November 8

NO NEW WORDS – It’s a practice week!

Week 8 – November 1

1. a
2. am
3. as
4. at
5. be
6. bear

Week 7 – October 25

1. Halloween
2. he
3. she
4. but
5. is
6. it
7. because

(because = baby eats candy apples until she explodes)

Week 6 – October 18

1. are
2. an
3. any
4. ask
5. all
6. said
7. can
8. up
9. see
10. on

Week 5 – October 12 NO NEW WORDS – Practice, practice, practice!!

Week 4 – October 4

1. and
2. me
3. my
4. you
5. in
6. ten
7. pink
8. white
9. purple
10. brown

Week 3 – September 27

1. five
2. six
3. seven
4. eight
5. nine
6. red
7. blue
8. green
9. orange
10. black

Week 2 – September 20

1. one
2. two
3. three
4. four
5. yellow

Week 1 – September 13

1. I (This is just a chance for families to get their cards purchased or made and start a routine.  Expect ten next week!)

What Are Sight Words?

Sight words are words that are often not phonetically correct and/or do not follow traditional spelling and phonics rules. Essentially, they are words that children can recognize by sight alone and do not need to sound out. Teachers may choose sight words from a list such as Dolch, or may simply choose words they want their students to know.

Sight Word Cards

In September, the families in my classroom are responsible for Sight purchasing a package of small index cards (or making their own, but since they’re 100 for a buck at the dollar store most families buy them). Each week, students are assigned 5-10 words which come from a variety of places, but primarily they are high frequency Dolch words and words from units we are working on in class or our reading series (Collections). My students are responsible for copying each word neatly on to a card and placing the cards in a safe place at home. Parents are asked to review the sight words at least 3 times per week during home reading time. Students are tested regularly at school to check their progress. My experience has been that parents are very happy to help their child with this process and the success rate is fantastic.

This process, in combination with our in-class sight word work, ensures great mastery over sight words by the end of the year!

In Class Sight Word Work

We use many programs & activities to enhance home sight word study. We have a basic schedule that we modify & add to as necessary.

Monday: Words are introduced & used in sentences, and we begin to look for them in packages & various contexts throughout the week.
Tuesday: Words are added to student dictionaries
Wednesday: Word Play (downloadable information package coming soon!)
Thursday: Wordo (Download the Wordo board)

In addition, we also use programs such as Making Words throughout the year. If you’re curious as to how Making Words works, here’s a sample lesson plan from Sask Ed.

Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards in PDF Format for Printing

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