It was the just the hook I needed to motivate them. I would give them a certificate and they got to put their name on a baseball and place it on our baseball champ poster. I told them, if you pass these 20 baseball words then you are a baseball champion. So for instance, the first set of 20 Dolch words I put on baseball cards. So I wondered, what would happen if I wrote the sight words on balls. well just about anything you can imagine. Youth sports just happens to be pretty active in my little community, and I knew that my students were active in T-ball and soccer and hockey and tennis. So I thought a lot about what it might be that I could use to HOOK them into wanting to master their words. I mean, I had some great activities and games and things, but they just weren’t motivated to master them. So, first of all, many years ago, when I first started teaching kindergarten, I had a really had a difficult time motivating my students to learn their sight words. Ok, to start with, let me just briefly tell you a little bit about how I teach sight words in my classroom. Sight Words! And all those unanswered questions including one about making a ‘home-school’ connection. So I want to take the opportunity to speak specifically about one of those topics today. that I might just take for granted because it’s part of my routine. Things that are just second nature to me. You might like our Kindergarten Spelling Folder or 1st/2nd Grade Spelling Folders to help remind kids of the spelling of sight words they’ve learned.One of the reasons I love attending SDE’s National Conference each year is because I always come home with a ton of questions from teachers about things I never think to blog about. Once learners have been taught the sight words, it’s great to hold them accountable to spelling them correctly. The next time I assessed, the learner got about, after, and again within one second. About, after, and again were also read the first time I assessed, but not within one second (hence the red horizontal line). So from my markings, I can tell that the learner read all within one second. Blue ink was used on the second assessment. Helpful Tip: If you use a different colored pen every time you assess (making sure to also write the date in that particular color), you’ll be better able to keep track of WHEN your learners mastered each sight word.įor example, in the image above, I used red ink the first time I assessed.

On subsequent assessments, learners can read all the words again, but listen specifically for the words with no marking or just a – in the blank to see if they can become a + this time.

If learners read the word correctly within one second, place a cross (+) to indicate they have mastered that word.

If learners take longer than one second, but still read the word correctly, place a vertical line ONLY in the blank (-).

If learners skip the word or read it incorrectly, do not mark anything in the blank.

On the sight word checklist, include your learner’s name and the date(s) of the assessment.

The goal is for learners to be able to read the word within one second of seeing it.

Learners go through the list and read each word. Learners can use a scrap piece of paper to cover all but one column of sight words. Pulling words from several lists also makes these sight word lists more comprehensive. So it’s against the law for me to use the exact same words from one list. The reason I combined Dolch and Fry is because most sight word lists are copyrighted. The 2nd grade sight words come from Dolch 2nd grade and Fry’s second one-hundred words.The 1st grade words come from Dolch P, Dolch 1st grade, and most of Fry’s first one-hundred words.

The Kindergarten sight words come from Dolch PP and a few words from Dolch P.They’re super handy to have an idea of the sight words your learners should be held accountable to reading or that you need to teach. In this pack, you’ll find K-2 sight word lists and checklists. Now I’m updating and expanding those lists for K-5 learners. Printable K-2 Sight Word Lists & ChecklistsĪ few years ago, I shared some printable sight word lists.

Grab these K-2 sight word lists and checklists to help you assess the sight words your K-2 learners need.

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