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Not only should you listen to your child as they begin to read, please make certain you are reading to your child every night. It is important they hear you read.

                                     

Please scroll down to find the sight words.

Reading For Meaning


Check for meaning by asking these questions:

v Did that make sense?

v What do you see in the picture that might help?

v What happened in the story when ______?

 

 

Word Attack Skills    


When your child comes to a word they don’t know, try some of these clues instead of giving  them the word right away:  


v   How do you know?

v   Did that sound right?

v   What letter does it begin with?

v   What is another word that might fit here?

 

Self Checking

It is important that your child should learn to check himself/herself as he/she is reading.  Here are some suggestions to encourage self-checking:

v  Why did you stop? 

v   Can you find the tricky part? 

v Try that again.

v Are you right?

 


 

Dolch Sight Vocabulary*

PP1

PP2

P1

P2

11

12
a little all our after let
and look am out again live
away make are please an may
big me at pretty any of
blue my ate ran as old
can not be ride ask once
come one black saw by open
down play brown say could over
find red but she every put
for run came so fly round
funny said did soon from some
go see do that give stop
help the eat there going take
here three four they had thank
I to get too has them
in two good under her then
is up have want him think
it we he was his were
jump where into well how when
  yellow like went just who
    must what know  
    new white    
    no will    
    now with    
    on yes    

PP1 = PrePrimer (Kindergarten - First level)          11= First Grade - First level

PP2= PrePrimer (Kindergarten - Second level)      12=First Grade - Second level

P1= Primer (Kindergarten - Third level)

P2=Primer (Kindergarten - Fourth level)

* Words are ordered alphabetically according to grade level.  Most students come to first grade knowing many of the words on the PP1 and PP2 lists.   By the end of first grade, students are expected to be able to read the words on all six lists. This is the same list of words that your child's classroom teacher is using.  True sight vocabulary recognition means instant recognition of words (within 5 seconds), which makes the process of reading more automatic. 

Learning to master sight vocabulary takes much drill and practice.  Work with your child each night on the words in his/her word bag that do not yet have checks from me.  Use the extra day(s) on weekends to review all cards.  If your child does not yet have a bag of sight words, start with the lists above, studying no more than 5 a week.  Thanks for your help.  Knowing many sight words will greatly improve your child's reading.