Transcript Sight Words and Word Walls

Sight Words and Word Walls
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Sight words
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Sight words are words
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___________ word list is one commonly
used list of sight words
Words appear on the list in order of
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Most common words first
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Characteristics of Sight Words
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Three main characteristics
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Dolch has 3 lists of 100 words (4 X 25)
Words usually taught in groups of 5 or 10
Why Learn Sight Words
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First list of 25 makes up _____ of early written
material
First list of 100 makes up____of early written
material
When children quickly build a sight vocabulary they
get an enormous boost in ability to read
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The more often a reader stops to figure out a word,
the less he understands a passage
How to Teach Sight Words
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There are many ways to teach sight words;
this is only one example of how a teacher
might systemically introduce sight words
Example
Grade one class
This week’s new words are
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Monday
Five new words posted on board
Teacher
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“Find the word that starts with p”
“Find a word that ends with a /t/ sound”
“Can you find another word that ends with a /t/ sound?
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Sight Word Homework
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This week’s five words go home on Monday night in
each student’s agenda
Monday – _________________________
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Tuesday
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contour)
Wednesday
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Print each word with different colour crayons
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letter cards sent home at beginning of semester)
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Thursday
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Plus
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each word five times)
After Christmas child prints a sentence with one
of the words (different word each night)
At School
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Teacher regularly talks about the words during the
week
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E.g. Today is Pizza Day. I want to eat pizza.
On Friday class has spelling dictation (teacher says
the word and child has to write them but can use
words on board as reference
Then words are posted on classroom word wall
For Some Children…
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For most children, these activities will be
enough for them now to have these words as
sight words ( they know them on sight)
For some children, much more repetition will
be necessary and children will not learn
these sight words as quickly
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must be done to help a child build a sight
vocabulary
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More ________________________ of
previously learned words will also be
necessary
Be able to describe a variety of hands on
activities you could do with a small group of
children who are having difficulty learning
sight words. (see text)
Word Walls
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A word wall is a
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These words are a
reference for children
when they are writing a
story (they are not able
to use a dictionary yet)
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Example
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W w
when
who
want
we
went
was
Word Walls
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Words on word walls are
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teacher knows children often use in their
writing (example, under P, the word
Peterborough might appear for children who
live in this city)
If a child is writing a sentence and doesn’t
know how to spell a word, he thinks about
how it starts and then checks that list.
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This helps the child become more
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and gets them used to consulting a source
other than an adult.
Word walls are usually
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Working with Word Walls
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Teachers / EAs need to work with word walls
and the children to get them using the word
wall
Today we might look at the “w’ list
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Find a word that ends with the /t/ sound.
Find a word that rhymes with me.
Find a word …..
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Also, when asked by a child how to spell a
word, check yourself to see if a word is on
the word wall. (e.g. went)
If it is, ask “What sound do you hear at the
beginning of the word? What list should we
look at?
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Ask questions until the child is able to locate
the word
What To Do If a Child Asks You How to
Spell a Word
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Try to help the child figure out how to find the
word rather than just telling them the word
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Word wall
Sound it out (if it is phonetic)
Look on a map
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Tell the child the word when
Tell the child the word when
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It will be hard to find (primary children haven’t yet
learned good dictionary skills)
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