Today I got on the computer in search of Sight Words. Savannah’s reading has greatly improved, but she struggles with the words that are simply holding the sentence together. I notice that she starts guessing what the word might be according to whatever the picture above the sentence looks like. Instead of sounding it out or even beginning to recognize and memorize certain common words.
I found a lot more than I bargained for! I thought I would pass along some great sites for anyone else dealing with phonics and reading. The first one is Starfall. I clicked on it and then had to wait for Savannah to get done playing all kinds of word games before I could continue my search. She loved it! Gamequarium is great because it has a lot of choices. Although for us right now, she can’t exactly navigate the site alone since it is primarily word choices with no pictures to help her out. Still, it’s nice to have everything in one spot.
And finally, if you’d like to print your own set of sight words, EdHelper was my favorite of them all.
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