SIGHT WORD INFORMATION

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Sight words

Sight words are words we want students to know by memorizing not by sounding them out. These words are encountered frequently in print:  

  the,  is,  for,  but,  we,  do , has,
who,  little , water , number , put,  or,  when ,how  , many,  her,  two , find  ,over  ,live , words,  write  ,and , you,  on,  at , not  ,can,  will , that , what  ,me  ,called , than , yes,  one , your  their , then,  would , could,  long , new , give,  each , more , a  ,it  ,are  ,be , was,  said,  up , no , did,  our,  its  ,came  ,of , had , use , if , them,  him  ,first,  down,  made,  very , part , way,  to  ,he,  go , like , all  ,she,  so,  with,  get,  good , other,  don't , as,  by , an,  about , these , into,  been , day,  work,  after,  time , in,  am,  see,  this , have,  there , make , my  ,come,  they , his , here  ,from,  were , which,  out , some , look  ,now,  may,  know , just, people
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Only focus on a few at a time and remember that the typical Kindergarten student is expected to gain far more than just these.

Ideas on How to Practice:
Find them in magazines and cut them out
Write them in sidewalk chalk  
Spell them with magnetic letters  
Paint them  
Use shaving cream on the side of the bathtub and spell them  
Put them on post-it notes around your house  
Draw sight words on your child's back and then have them guess the word
Write a book (like our I See books) with different sight words  
Play Memory with the sight words  
Type them on the computer  
Make a power point presentation with words; Students read them as it goes by