Sight Word Fluency in 5 Minutes a Day (or Less)
I think we can all agree that sight word knowledge is important to fluent reading. Since sight words are functors, the glue that hold sentences together, they're everywhere in our reading. Once students have a good sight word vocabulary, their reading takes off. In short, students struggle less and reading becomes more pleasurable. Knowing sight words is just one more tool we can give students' to put in their reading toolkit.
KEEP IT LOW STRESS.
As much as we want students to know their sight words, we have to use caution in choosing how to teach them. Making sight word instruction another chore is stressful for everyone. We know stress inhibits our brain's memory system. The more stressful we make learning, the less students remember. So...
How do you teach sight words easily and effectively?
Here's a system that's super easy and takes only few minutes to do with each of your small groups. Once I started using it with my students, I realized it was a game changer. Students' sight word recognition and fluency soared after only 2 weeks! There aren't many things we teach in school that have such fast results with just a little investment of time, but this one is a winner.
FRY OR DOLCH?
Using the Fry Words with the original Dolch learning system makes all the difference. Give it a try! Grab my free printable sight word cards and instructions here. Watch my demonstration video here.
You'll be up and running tomorrow!
Teach joyfully,
