Most primary teachers do some form of quarterly sight word testing and it can be a daunting task when you have 25+ students to individually test, along with all the other quarterly testing that needs to be done. Whether you are teaching in person or remotely, you can test your students’ sight word fluency quickly…
Those rhyming Dr. Seuss books aren’t just silly and fun. Hearing and creating those words with rhyme and alliteration is one key component of phonemic awareness, an essential pre-reading skill. In fact, research has repeatedly shown that a child’s awareness is the primary predictor of reading success in kindergarten through second grade. Phonemic awareness is…
Sight words are the most frequently used and repeated words found in student text. And building sight word smarts is so important especially, But they are also important because many of them can’t be sounded out. We just need to know them by sight. Have you ever heard one of your students trying to sound…
Not every student needs to learn the same list of sight words each week. And it’s actually easier than you may think to individualize students’ sight word mastery! First, you need to assess your students. I suggest you do this at least once a quarter or more often if you can. This way you can…
Sight words, letters, sounds, word families, syllables, prefixes and suffixes… There’s a FLUENCY SPEED DRILL for that! And 2 minutes a day is all it takes. We all know the benefits of getting our 1st graders proficient with their sight words. For years, our team used flashcards, games, sentence strips, and everything we could think…
By this time in 1st grade, we want our students to be reading independently with fluency and comprehension. They should be able to select a book at their level and read it…REALLY reading! And the thing is, our students want to read more! Many of us stop our students’ excitement of reading independently by requiring too…
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