That way, my students are learning the curriculum sight words as we come to each unit and week number. Most Kindergarten curriculums have between 20 and 40 words. The first thing I do is create a sight word list using a mixture of curriculum words, Dolch, and Fry sight words. And that’s OKAY! All students learn at different paces so this sight word program is perfect for all classrooms.
Some students learn their sight words quickly, while others may need more time. The whole purpose of this program is to allow students the time they need to learn their sight words. However, most DO learn 100 sight words! This Read the Rainbow Sight Word program motivates my students to learn their sight words.
#KINDERGARTEN SIGHT WORD LIST PLUS#
I know that this seems like A LOT, but they don't HAVE to learn all 100 plus words. In order to help accommodate that jump, and make sure my students are ready for 1st Grade, I include over 100 sight words on the Kindergarten sight word list. If the student has mastered all of the words on that list, they get their sight word certificate and a sight word bracelet! If they are still having trouble, I look at the checklist and determine if they know enough of the words to move on, or if they need to keep practicing the words on the previous list.How Kindergarten Students Learn 100 Sight Words in a YearĮven though my Kindergarten students are only required to learn 50 sight words, the first grade curriculum is a big jump. On days that I finish teaching a particular list, I do the sight word checklist. (On Fridays I like to pass out Skittles, M&M’s, or Dojo points for a sight word spelled correctly!) Thursday: Play a sight word board game or a printable sight word gameįriday: Have students use dry erase markers to practice writing the new words and any words previously learned. Wednesday: Play a memory or matching game with only the words learned so far (I like to use sensory bins here!)
Tuesday: I ntroduce word 2 and repeat steps from Monday
#KINDERGARTEN SIGHT WORD LIST HOW TO#
Monday: I ntroduce word 1, talk about the letters in the word, how to say it, spell it, and identify it with a foldable book they can take home to their parents to show them the new word. Here’s a little snapshot of what it looks like:Ģ sight words per week, introduced in small groups during literacy centers, starting with List 1 I created 7 lists, of 9 kindergarten sight words each, and made it a schedule for the week, which helps the students and parents tremendously since they know what to expect. If they still need time to learn letters and sounds, I’d focus on that first!) (I would make sure your students have a good understanding of letter identification before moving on to sight words. I started by choosing the words I wanted to use and ordering them from the least difficult to the most difficult, while still making sure they were appropriate for kindergarten. After seeing how much my students improved, I wanted to share it with all the other struggling kindergarten teachers out there! Let’s get to it! I Googled so many sight word lists and ideas and finally created a system that worked for me and my class. (hello first year teacher problems!)įast forward to my third year of teaching, I knew I had to fix something. Every time I gave a sight word assessment, I panicked because I had no clue if I was “doing it right”. We didn’t really have a way to “teach” the students sight words, it was just a list of words my kids were expected to know by the end of the year. When I first started teaching kindergarten, I remember sight words were a beast I was not ready to tackle.
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