Take for example a few of the verbs from Dolch’s pre-primer list: jump, play, see. Sight words help children make sense of what they are reading by providing clues to the overall meaning of a sentence.
While many pieces of children’s literature use illustrations as a companion to words, ultimately we want our young readers to be able to decipher the meaning of a text primarily by reading and understanding the words. Even though many of the Dolch sight words contain fewer than five letters, they are critical to a text’s meaning. Sight words provide clues to the meaning of a sentence. Once children know Dolch’s sight words, they only need to slow down their reading to focus on decoding new, challenging words.ģ. They become so focused on “sounding out” the words that they are not able to think about what the words are actually saying. When children have to decode each word that they encounter in a sentence, they not only become frustrated they begin to lose the meaning of the text. Reading is tough work! As fluent readers we often underestimate the amount of focus and energy reading takes when you don’t know most of the words on the page before you.
#Meaning sight words free
Sight words free up a child’s energy to tackle more challenging words. When a child sees that she recognizes more than half of the words on the page, she has the confidence to attempt to read it.Ģ. Because Dolch’s sight words make up 50 to 75% of the words in any children’s text knowing these lists of high frequency words gives young readers a huge advantage when attempting to read new stories. Sight words can provide this proof for a developing reader. They need evidence that they have what it takes to achieve. Children are smart though! They don’t always believe they can complete a task just because we tell them they can. When children believe they can learn something new they are much more likely to actually acquire new knowledge. The power of self-efficacy (a person’s belief in his ability to accomplish a task) in learning situations cannot be underestimated. Here are some of the many wonderful benefits of teaching sight words to your children:ġ. Sight word instruction is one of the best uses of the time you spend helping your children learn to read. To compound the situation today’s kids, parents and teachers are all busy! As adults we are constantly faced with deciding what activities are the best use of our time with our kids. With so many different approaches to reading instruction choosing strategies and activities to help them develop into strong, confident readers is difficult. All parents and teachers want their children to be good readers.
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