Sight Words

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    Sight Words in Kindergarten

    What are sight words?

    Sight words are simple and common words that children learn to read without sounding out the letters, for example: the. When children are able to quickly recognize words this allows for greater reading fluency.

    Sight Words Poems Kindergarten
    Sight Word Poems Kindergarten

    Sight words are a huge component of our kindergarten literacy program. To help our students develop this skill I love using sight word poems. Poems (especially those that rhyme) are easy for young learners to follow and they often feature repeating patterns that help students predict and sound out words. In our classroom, we start a new sight word poem each week and I send every student home with a poem in their sight word duotang. We practice reading the poem each day (sometimes in unison, sometimes independently, etc) and look for other high frequency words. I project the poems onto our SmartBoard so they are easily visible and allow students opportunities to come to the board to spell the word or circle other findings, such as capital letters and punctuation marks.
    The poems that I use (shown above) come in two templates. I use the one with the picture box with my JKs and the option with the blank writing lines with my SKs.