Sight word information

Sight Words

Good afternoon parents, 

This week, there will be sight words coming home for the children to learn. This is very exciting for our Year One children, as we have been participating in a variety of sight word activities over the last few weeks. The focus of sight words is for children to be able to recognise the words quickly and effectively without having to sound them out.

I’m aware that sight words were sent home last year in Pre-Primary and I encourage you to support your child as they continue to consolidate words they know and practise the words they have more difficulty with.

The aim of the sight word rings are for your child to practise reading them every night in conjunction with their reading books as a way to build up their vocabulary and easily recognise the words in the books they are reading. It is important to remember that children do not learn new words by being exposed to them only once, repetition is the key to sight word acquisition.

The children will be tested every few weeks on their sight words and they will be moved onto the next list of 25 if they have mastered all of the words on their ring.  At this stage of the year, we will be testing 10/15 words at a time so that children can take the time to really get to know their sight words off by heart. I would also encourage you to get your children to write their sight words on dotted thirds or scrap paper and put them into sentences so they are using them in their writing. 

Please note for your child to move onto the next set of 25 sight words the children must be able to both READ and SPELL all the words correctly. Over the year I will provide you with some games that you can play using the sight words to make the learning fun!

If you have any questions, please email me.

Have a great week!

Miss Prowse