![]() ![]() This bolsters their reading self-esteem, which in turn makes them want to read more. Children should be repeatedly exposed to these words so that they learn them quickly. Edward Fry took the Dolch researched list and created 1,000 most frequently used words and he put them in order of frequency. He chose words that were most often used in children’s reading books during the 1920s and 30s. Edward William Dolch created the list by using 220 phonetically irregular words and 95 common nouns to create his Dolch Sight Word List. Dolch Sight Words and Fry Sight Words are the two lists you can work from. There are two lists but most of the words overlap. ![]() For the purpose of this post, I’m going to focus on sight words. Many programs fail to intergrate both of these in their reading programs, which is unfortunate but important for homeschooling moms to know. Am I saying that you shouldn’t teach Phonics? NO! Never! Phonics is important or just as important as teaching sight words. What happens if the Reading or Phonics program you selected does not include the teaching of sight words? I suggest that you do it on your own and it is quit simple. ![]() Knowing sight words is one of the basic building blocks when learning how to read and one that should not be ignored. These words are phonetically irregular words, meaning you cannot use phonics to decode them so they must be learned by sight. Words like “the” “in”, “a”, “it”, and “is” are all part of this very important list. Why? Well because sight words are about 87% of all the words that children read in their trade books. If you are teaching reading to your little one or have a child who is having trouble reading, then it is vital that they become proficient in sight words. This past week I’ve had a lot of on the road time traveling to see family and I realized that I haven’t writtern about that which I love so much! So I will be posting things about teaching reading in hopes that I can help someone out there that is having trouble or just starting out and could benefit from these posts. So I started with that with him and viola! he was reading away real quick! This led to me going back to school to get a Masters in Reading K-12…it was so much fun! I actually miss being in college learning about the art of teaching reading! □ I took him to help him how to read and write better and learned that Tony was VERY proficient in Phonics but not in sight word recognition. Smart boy but had never been properly taught to read as a small child, unfortunately he is one of those quiet good kids that get left behind by teachers when they have too many students to tend to (this was his specific case). Tony was reading at a 2nd grade reading level and his teacher and school was threatening to retain him. I learned this around 1998-1999 when I was helping a neighborhood kids in the 5th grade. I love to teach reading and it really comes as second nature to me. ![]()
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