Teach kids to strategize, not memorize with activities for decoding sight words with phonics secrets for science based reading instruction. The purpose of this packet is to demonstrate how “sight words” are actually just like ANY other word, and that if kids know the Secrets, they can just READ them! With the Secrets, kids don’t have to MEMORIZE words, they can just READ them ….even in kindergarten! The Secrets explain the sounds letters make when they get together in words, with posters to help kids remember for independent reading and writing -making for the ideal “SOUND WALL!” The Secrets aren’t skills, they’re just stories that kids ALREADY know, based on behaviors they ALREADY understand. Not only is that WAY TOO LONG to make kids wait for the “whole” phonics code they need to read and write, but it’s also the reason that kids have to memorize so many words in K-2 …because they haven’t yet learned the phonics skills needed to read them! They need to know ALL of the sounds letters make when they get together -something that often takes 3-4 grade level years, from prek-3rd grade. Rather, kids need to actively decode them, and to do this, they need to know more than just the individual letter sounds. For beginning and struggling readers, the transfer of unfamiliar words into sight memory should be the ultimate goal, but NOT through rote memorization of so-called “sight word lists.” Decoding Sight Words with Phonics Secrets (Pt 2)ĭecoding Sight Words “Interactive” Add-Onĭid you know that for experienced readers, virtually EVERY word is a sight word? That’s because the definition of a sight word is ANY WORD that is recognized by sight, meaning that it has already been “orthographically mapped” in the brain.
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