Learning and Practicing Your Sight Words
The Dolch Word List is also called Sight Words or The Dolch 220.
It includes the most frequently used words in the English language.
Sight words make up 50 to 70 percent of any general text.
Therefore, teaching The Dolch Word List is a crucial goal of education in grades kindergarten through 3.
Many of the 220 Dolch words cannot be "sounded out" and have to be learned by "sight," that is memorized.
The list is divided into grade levels.
It includes pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and verbs.
The basic list excludes nouns, which make up a separate 95 word list.
Because fluency in reading the Dolch 220 and the 95 nouns is essential to literacy, a variety of techniques are used to teach them, including: reading Dolch literature books, using flash cards, playing games, and writing activities. Repetition and practice are very important in making recognition of sight words automatic. Once this core of basic sight words has been memorized, children read more fluently, with greater comprehension.
Once you learn the sight words, you will have a strong base on which to build your reading skills.
Practice your sight words daily. Once you learn them, reading will be a cinch!
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