Sight Words

Sight Words 

Sight words are words that do not follow phonics rules and must be memorized.  We work on sigh words in class but some students will need extra practice at home to master these words. Students can practice their sight words at home by having the words written on to flash cards.  Flip all the flash cards over and have the student read the card.  If they can read it then they can take the card if they cannot, they then place it back in the pile.  Mastering the sight words will help the students with their reading and writing.  Please only do 5 words at a time, until those words have been mastered.  Once a word has been mastered, replace the mastered word with a new one.

Everyone has their own learning style.  For some children, learning the words in isolation is difficult (flash cards only).  It is much more beneficial for your child to manipulate the word in different ways, and much less stressful as well!  Here are some other suggestions/ ways you can practice these sight words at home.  

• Write a sentence using the word.
• Use magnetic letters, play dough, or letter stamps to build the word, trace the word in coloured sand.
• Draw a shape around the word. (tall, small, or descending letters)
  
• Play concentration with two sets of each word.
• Use a whiteboard or chalkboard to practice the word.
• Play go fish (with two sets) or write them on a card and play bingo.
• Lay them out on a table and play "I spy"
• Draw the shapes for the child and fill in the sight word. Make a box for each letter.
  
  
  
• Use the word along with other sight words to create sentences or short stories.
• Find the word in the newspaper, in a magazine, or a favourite book.  
• Create your own word search using the sight words. 

Here are the words that we will work on this year:

Pre-Primer Sight Words

a	funny	make	the	and	go	me	three
away	help	my	to	big	here	not	two
blue	I	one	up	can	in	play	we
come	it	red	where	down	jump	run	yellow
find	little	said	you	look	for	see

Set 1

all	four	out	this	am	get	please	to
are	good	pretty	under	at	have	ran	want
ate	he	ride	was	be	into	saw	well
black	like	say	went	brown	must	she	what
but	new	so	white	came	no	soon	who
did	now	that	will	do	on	there	with
eat	out	they	you

Set 3

after	give	may	thank	again	going	of	them
an	had	old	then	any	has	once	think
ask	her	open	walk	as	him	over	were
by	how	put	when	could	just	round	every
know	some	fly	let	stop	from	live	take

Grade Two Sight Words

always	fast	pull	use	around	first	read	very
because	five	right	wash	been	found	sing	which
before	gave	sit	why	best	goes	sleep	wish
both	green	tell	work	buy	its	their	would
call	made	these	write	cold	many	those	your
does	off	upon	don’t	or	us