Sight Word Sounds Level 1: Practice Spelling, Reading and Writing Sight Words

Sight words don't have to be a mystery. We can sound them out! During each lesson learners will practice spelling, reading, and writing five new sight words. Special attention will be paid to the letters in the words as well as the sounds that the letters (and/or letter combinations) make so that learners can build their phonetic awareness and word-level reading fluency.

Class Structure:
1. One sight word at a time will be displayed for students to see. I will read the word aloud to introduce it. Then, learners will participate in a word study. We will look at each of the letters in the word as we spell it aloud together. After that, we will discuss the sounds we hear in the word. (The number of letters in the word may not be the same as the number of sounds we hear in the word. For example, the word "made" has four letters but only makes three sounds as the e is silent). I will guide learners in isolating each of the sounds we hear that make up the target word and discussing any spelling rules or phonics sounds that appear in the target word before we practice blending the word as a group. 

2. Let's move! Next, we will practice spelling our focus word using chants, cheers, or movement activities. We may pretend to be opera singers and spell our sight word in our best opera voice. We may pretend to be basketball players and "dribble" each letter in the word before shooting our ball into an imaginary basket. Or, we might imagine we are frogs and jump in the air as we say each letter in the word. The possibilities are endless! 

3. After getting some wiggles out with a sight word chant or cheer we will practice writing the word we just spelled. 

****During each class we will practice a minimum of five words. We will do more if time allows!****

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    Class schedule:
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****May****
Week of May 5th: am, eat, saw, this, good
Week of May 12th:  who, under, she, with, yes