INTRODUCING SIGHT WORDS IN KINDERGARTEN

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Let's understand, what exactly are sight words and how to introduce and enforce them.

Sight words instruction is an excellent supplement to phonics instruction. Phonics is a method for learning to read in general, while sight words instruction increases a child’s familiarity with the high frequency words he will encounter most often.

 Introduce up to three new words only in one lesson time, and use game time to practice the new words.

A sight words instruction lesson should be about 30 minutes long, divided into two parts:

• Sight Words Lesson : Use our Teaching Techniques to introduce new words and to review words from previous lessons - 10 minutes.
• Sight Words Game : Use our games to provide reinforcement of the lesson and some review of already mastered sight words to help your child develop speed and fluency - 20 minutes.

Introduce New Words

When first beginning sight words, work on no more than three unfamiliar words at a time to make it manageable for your child. Introduce one word at a time, using the five techniques. Hold up the flash cards for the first word, and go through all five techniques, in order. Then introduce the second word, and go through all five teaching techniques, and so on.

This lesson should establish basic familiarity with the new words. This part of a sight words session should be brisk and last no more than ten minutes. As your child gets more advanced, you might increase the number of words you work on in each lesson.

Review Old Words

Begin each subsequent lesson by reviewing words from the previous lesson. Words often need to be covered a few times for the child to fully internalize them. Remember: solid knowledge of a few words is better than weak knowledge of a lot of words!

Reinforce with Games

Learning sight words takes lots of repetition. We have numerous sight word games that will make that repetition fun and entertaining for you and your child.

The Sight word games play the most entertaining part of the program.

They reinforce what the lesson teaches. Do not use games to introduce new words.

NOTE: Be sure the child has a pretty good grasp of a sight word before using it in a game, especially if you are working with a group of children.

I will be posting all the related documents like- Lesson Plan, Flash Cards, Worksheets, Games Sight Words lists for the teachers use in my next post.
I hope they are useful!