Introduction to Reading: Sight Words Part 1

This class will teach the first quarter of Fry's first 100 words. We will study 5 words per week, and meet 2 times per week.
First Meeting per Week: Practice the phonics skills needed to decode this week's sight words. (Sight words can be decoded, but often used more advanced phonics skills, such as blends, digraphs, and shwa sounds.) Next, I will introduce each word and demonstrate blending the sounds together. Students will have an opportunity to build the word with letter manipulatives and practice writing the word. Then, we will search for sight words hidden in sentences. Before class ends, we will review all studied sight words in a flashcard format. Optional homework will be assigned. 

Second Meeting per Week: Review all studied sight words in flashcard format. We will review phonics skills as needed and practice word building. Then, I will call out a word and ask students to spell it from memory (either with letter manipulatives, writing, or spelling aloud). We will play at least one game, such as bingo, before ending.

Week 1: the, of, and, a, to
Week 2: in, is, you, that, it
Week 3: he, was, for, on, are
Week 4: as, with, his, they, I
Week 5: at, be, this, have, from
This class will offer a lot of interaction between learners and the teacher. We will use slides to view the sight words and to demonstrate how to play the games.

Students should be familiar with all letters and their basic sounds before enrolling in this class, and be ready to sound out words. 
This class is a little different than many common approaches to sight words as we are working on both phonics and memorization.