Dear Parents and Caregivers,
This school year your first grade student will become a sight word star! Sight words, or high frequency words, make up 50% of the words most commonly used in reading and writing. They are also frequently words that can't be "sounded out" using grammar strategies. Our goal is to recognize these words on sight in order to increase reading fluency.
To help us achieve our sight word recognition goal in first grade, we are using Fry's first 600 sight words. Each list is broken down into groups of 20 words. Your child will have five lists in their Safari Binder. Practice each list at home. They can test with me each day at school. When they read their list in 30 seconds or less without errors, they will receive a sticker on the chart at school, and they will be ready to practice the next list of 20 words at home. When your child has mastered all 100 words on the chart, they will receive a special certificate and will be ready to move on to the next list of 100 words.
Thank you for taking the time to help your child become a sight word star!
This school year your first grade student will become a sight word star! Sight words, or high frequency words, make up 50% of the words most commonly used in reading and writing. They are also frequently words that can't be "sounded out" using grammar strategies. Our goal is to recognize these words on sight in order to increase reading fluency.
To help us achieve our sight word recognition goal in first grade, we are using Fry's first 600 sight words. Each list is broken down into groups of 20 words. Your child will have five lists in their Safari Binder. Practice each list at home. They can test with me each day at school. When they read their list in 30 seconds or less without errors, they will receive a sticker on the chart at school, and they will be ready to practice the next list of 20 words at home. When your child has mastered all 100 words on the chart, they will receive a special certificate and will be ready to move on to the next list of 100 words.
Thank you for taking the time to help your child become a sight word star!