Sight Word Resourcesĭisclosure: Pre-K Pages is a participating member of the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.Education > English Language > Alphabets & Phonics > Kindergarten Words that Start with A Published at 17 September, 2022 By Fatima Bhutta Kindergarten Words that Start with A There is also a cloud and raindrop bulletin board motivational system you can create. Each time they reach their goal and learn all the words of one color they get a certificate of achievement in that matching color. They are highly motivated to move up the rainbow to the next level and so on. The students start out at the bottom of the rainbow on purple with words like “I”. The motivational aspect of Rainbow Words is another great feature. I purchased the matching colored baskets at Really Good Stuff It’s also easy enough for the kids to follow too, they always know which color they are working on. Now during word work time each student has their own ring of color coded sight word cards (see picture below) and I know that they are working on the words that they should be. I color coded all of my sight word cards to match the words on the rainbow. You don’t even have to use their words, you can make your own and stick them on the rainbow.

Their words follow a certain sequence that our district does not so I just re-arranged the words on the rainbow to suit my needs. Rainbow Words is a fantastic solution to this problem.īasically, it’s a large rainbow you place on your wall, each color of the rainbow is assigned certain words that stick on the rainbow with Velcro.

I use assessment checklists but it is time consuming to go around the room and look at the list, then figure out what each student needs to be doing. It is difficult to remember which words each student knows. Rainbow Words is a unique combination of a sight word motivational tool, an organizational system, and a tracking system all rolled into one. I also incorporated Heidisongs into my Rainbow Words program (see pictures and explanation below). Using flashcards, the students sing the corresponding HeidiSongs each night to their parents. Heidi Songs was such a big hit I decided to incorporate the songs into our homework routine to spice it up. Many parents asked for the lyrics to the songs so they could help their children practice the words at home. The parents could hardly believe it either, their children were learning the sight words so quickly and were singing the songs non-stop day and night. I have had such great success using HeidiSongs with my classes I can hardly believe it. When children are seeing, hearing, saying, and moving they are more likely to remember. This method works well because it incorporates the different learning styles.

Each song features movements that the students make with their bodies as they sing the songs. What makes Heidisongs unique is the multi-sensory aspect. Heidi has a song for every sight word and each song is so catchy your kids will beg to sing them again and again. One of the most important things to remember when teaching sight words is to make it both fun and memorable HeidiSongs Sing and Spell the Sight Words DVDs offer a unique way to do just that.

Students will be able to read more fluently if they have learned to recognize sight words instantly.

Sight words make up about 50% of any written text.

These are considered high frequency words.

Sight words are the most frequently used words in the English language.

When teaching reading to youngsters, it helps for them to have these sight words memorized because these are common words they will come across frequently. These words need to be memorized because decoding them is difficult.

Some examples of sight words are come, does, or who that don’t follow the rules of spelling. Sight words are words that are immediately recognizable and do not need to be decoded. Tips for Teaching Sight Words in Pre-K and Kindergarten Sight Words What are sight words?

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