You may also be interested in our Ready2Read program that combines both phonics AND sight words As an educator, I understand that children need both components to successfully learn how to read. If the student is familiar with the sight words, they may be able to decode the meaning of the sentence and paragraph. HERE THEY ARE I am VERY excited about these pre-primer color by number sight word printables since they provide a new way to introduce and teach sight words. Sight words helps build context to the text. Instead of trying to decipher what all of the words mean, they can focus on the words that they aren’t familiar with. If a child has the ability to master the large capacity of sight words, they can be able to recognise at least half a setence!Ĭomprehension is promoted through the used of sight words. The first 100 sight words can represent over 50% of English text. This is why it is highly important that students get introduced to these words as early as possible. There are many sight words that do not follow basic phonic structures, meaning that they cannot be sounded out. 75% of words used in beginning children’s printed material have sight words. No matter how they learn them, these words will increase their confidence and reading skills, and set them up for reading success. It holds 16 different sets of flashcards, and up to 100 cards in each case! It is great.Sight words build speed and fluency when reading. Download Free PDF Now The pre-primer sight word list includes the following words: Closing Teaching these words can be done in a variety of creative ways like word hunts, memory games, activity mats, and tracing sheets. One of my favorite features of the 4×6 flashcards, is that I have all of them in one beautifully organized case. Planet Flashcards / Solar System Fact Cards To see them all head over to my Flashcard / Activity Card page! I actually have a lot of other completely free 4×6 flashcards, that are all set and ready to be printed as well! Here are just a few of the options.
Directly upload the images to your preferred store, and then have the flashcards shipped to you, or you can pick them up right at the store.Save the file to your computer and either: The fit perfectly in the Iris Organizing ContainerĬlick HERE to download the file.Read- Less likely (not as easy) to tear / rip / destroy them You can print them in full color for super cheap.This is fun and engaging for young children. So I used a picture of the sun to make a sentence. For instance, the sun is not one of the Dolch sight words. Children will read the sentences while adding the picture words where appropriate.
Children will put into practice all the hard work and actually read sentences accompanied by pictures. Making them 4×6 flashcards, makes it SO MUCH EASIER. The words used in this printable book are all from the Dolch pre-primer list accompanied by pictures. Pre-primer sight word sentences is a short booklet that grows children’s reading confidence. More specifically to be printed at your local photo copy and print center (like Wal-mart)! What makes these different from “normal” flashcards, is that they were created to fit on 4×6 photo paper. The file to download the Pre-Primer Flashcards is completely free, and found below. Pre-Primer Sight Words: How does this work?Įasy. I use the Dolch scale – which begins at the Pre-Primer level, followed by Primer, and so on.ĭid you know? 50% of all reading texts are made up of the same 100 words! The most used along with the most repeated words in the English language are known as sight words. There are many different levels of sight words. Sight words are one of the major building blocks in a child’s ability to become a successful reader. Which ever you choose to use, they are essentially quite similar. There other lists as well like Fry Sight Words, Jolly Phonics has its own set of tricky words and Letterland has its list of high frequency words too. These Pre-primer Sight Words, flashcards might not be the most exciting or most fun activity for your child, but they are very important. The Dolch sight words lists are probably one of the most commonly used sight words set in preschool or kindergarten.