Sight word

Sight word

A sight word is any word that is known by a reader automatically. Sight words are pronounced without decoding the word's spelling. A common first sight word is a child's given name. Beginning readers are at an advantage when they learn to read sight words that occur frequently in print such as those included on the Dolch and Fry word lists. It is possible to read a word on sight but not know the meaning of the word. For example, a child might be able to read on sight "there, their and they're" but not understand the differences in meaning. In phonics instruction, sight words refer to common words where one or more phonemes in the word has a unique spelling that cannot be sounded out using common phonics rules (for example: "aunt"," friend", and "sieve"). Reading researcher Diane McGuinness estimates that there are approximately 100 common words in English which fit this description, and require specific word-level memorization. [McGuinness, Diane. "Early Reading Instruction: What Science Really Tells Us about How To Teach Reading", page 58. MIT Press, 2004.] This amount is far less than the 220 sight words listed on the Dolch word list.

ee also

* Most common words in English
* Reading education
* Dolch Word List
* K5 Stars
* Phonics

External links

* [http://connwww.iu5.org/cvelem/RR/Fry_Words.html Fry's Instant Words]
* [http://www.sightwordswithsamson.com Sight Words with Samson] -- An online sight words software product
* [http://www.stcsig.org/usability/topics/readability.html Readability Research] -- Includes information on Edward Fry's readability graph.
* [http://www.literacyconnections.com/Dolch.php Dolch Words, Fry List and others] -- Links to lists of sight words
* [http://www.quiz-tree.com/Sight-Words_main.html Sight Words Flash Exercises]
* [http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/sightwords.html How to sound out sight words] -- Shows an easier way to learn sight words and explains why they shouldn't be memorized as wholes
* [http://www.k5stars.com Sight Words Games]

Category:Types of words, reading,

Sources

Durkin, D. (2004). Teaching them to read. [sixth edition] Boston: Pearson of Allyn & Bacon


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