This ongoing class will help students who are new to reading and those who would like a review to gain long term mastery of the Pre-Primer Leveled Dolch Words! We will study a new set of words, but also review previously practiced words for continued mastery. =)

We will practice fun tips and tricks to help us remember each word, use different mediums (crayons, colored pencils, markers) to practice writing each new word, and read multiple sentences using our new words. It is imperative to use a variety of methods to teach sight words. Students must see the word form, must write the word, and they MUST be able to read their new words in context. 

Many students may be able to recite a word off a flash card after they have reviewed it a few times, but it is very different when the student is asked to read this same word when in a story or in a sentence written. Students often have a difficult time remembering these words when asked to read them in a sentence or story. In my own classroom, I have seen this with countless students, which is why I always have my students practice reading sight words in sentences. This is the key to not only being able to recognize a word in text, but to be able to read it fluently as well!

My goal is for all of my students to successfully read all sight words in any text with confidence and precision. =)  In each class, we will study five different pre-primer words. NO prior classes are needed. =)  The words "I" and "a" will be used in addition to each set of words. 

 
Our word schedule:

Set 1:  can, see, help, me, you

Set 2: we, play, go, run, and

Set 3: up, to, down, said, jump

Set 4: come, look, it, is, not

Set 5: yellow, red, blue, find, make

Set 6: little, my, the, big, for

Set 7: have*, one, said, two, three 

Set 8: it, is, here, in, where

Set 9: away, is, funny, here, the 

*have is not a pre-primer word