![]() Research shows that students memorize sight words more efficiently when working on 10 words at one time. Considering that students are learning the words at different rates, this problem becomes even more challenging. One of the things I was most confused about was how many words I should be working with at one time. □) 5 Things You Should Know to Teach Sight Words 1. (Thank goodness! Otherwise I wouldn’t know what to think. □īecause sight words are so important for new readers, there has been a LOT of research done to help us understand how students learn sight words best.Ī lot of the “best practices” defined by different studies, papers and academics overlap. So I did my favorite thing – I turned to research. ![]() I assumed that students who had higher mastery were learning them all at home, so what was the point of even trying anymore? Also, I wasn’t sure how to increase their mastery through memorization when flashcards weren’t working. I didn’t know how to manage the different rates at which my students learned the words. There were just so many factors that were out of my control. When I was a new teacher, I really struggled to teach sight words. As I researched, I learned how they differ and it helped me teach them more effectively. ![]() ![]() Note: Did you know that sight words and high frequency words are different? I thought they were the same for the longest time. It is imperative that our students memorize sight words if they are going to become fluent readers. □ĭid you know that the 100 most common sight words and high frequency words make up 50% of what we read as adults? For our new readers, the percentage is even higher. These 5 things will help you make the most of your instruction time to benefit both you and your students. Sight words are so important for our new readers but it can be frustrating to teach sight words when it doesn’t seem like any strategies are working. ![]()
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