Sight words...High Frequency Words...Pop Corn Words...Heart Words...
Whatever you call them...they make up a big part of our language arts instruction. And don't you just love them? Don't you love trying to explain why was is w-a-s and not w-u-z. And that the o in of makes a short u sound, but if you add another f--well then it makes a short o sound again. Sigh.
Although I love matching games and rainbow words and flashcards and all those other nifty ways we teach sight words, the best way to teach them is, of course, in context. So over the years, I have made a bunch of sight word books. So here are the first set. I have the kids read them to themselves, and then read them to 3 friends (and the friends sign the back). I also have them highlight the new word.
Book: I Like Parties
Sight Words: I, like
Book: Bounce, Bounce, Bounce
Sight Words: I, see, color words
The kids like to make their own "bounce" lines. I also have them underline the color words with the corresponding color of crayon.
Book: Animal School
Sight Words: I, see
This books forces the kids to look at both picture clues and letter clues (initial consonants).
This could say I see a rabbit or I see an elephant. They have to look at the r at the beginning of rabbit to figure out what the word is.
Book: I am..
Sight Words: I, am, like
Book: I Can
Sight Words: I, am, can
Book: I am an Artist!
Sight Words: I, like, to
The kids can color their own picture here...
Download Book_I am an artist (like to)
Book: I Go, Go, Go!
Sight Words: I, go,to
This book features environmental print. I print these in color, but they also work in plain old black and white.
Book: We Like School
Sight Words: we, like, can
This book is a little challenging as it does not follow a repeating pattern.
I will add my next set of books over the next week or so. I will also put these in the printables section on the right sidebar. Enjoy!
