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''Please'', do not use Dolch Sight Words, Fry's 100 Instant Words, or any collection of "sight words" to be memorized . The problem with teaching all of these words as sight words is that the great majority can be spelled phonetically. Even those that are a little trickier do have phonetic rules that they follow, or at least most of the word can be sounded out. Teaching sight words before children have a solid phonetic foundation gives them the idea that words just have to be memorized. This will cause them more problems in the long run. | ''Please'', do not use Dolch Sight Words, Fry's 100 Instant Words, or any collection of "sight words" to be memorized . The problem with teaching all of these words as sight words is that the great majority can be spelled phonetically. Even those that are a little trickier do have phonetic rules that they follow, or at least most of the word can be sounded out. Teaching sight words before children have a solid phonetic foundation gives them the idea that words just have to be memorized. This will cause them more problems in the long run.<br> | ||
That being said, there are a few high frequency words with odd spellings that are worth pointing out to the children. Notice that even though the words below have irregular spellings, the ???? | |||
are, of, people, two, was |
Revision as of 16:54, 3 March 2012
Please, do not use Dolch Sight Words, Fry's 100 Instant Words, or any collection of "sight words" to be memorized . The problem with teaching all of these words as sight words is that the great majority can be spelled phonetically. Even those that are a little trickier do have phonetic rules that they follow, or at least most of the word can be sounded out. Teaching sight words before children have a solid phonetic foundation gives them the idea that words just have to be memorized. This will cause them more problems in the long run.
That being said, there are a few high frequency words with odd spellings that are worth pointing out to the children. Notice that even though the words below have irregular spellings, the ????
are, of, people, two, was