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Making Sight Words Seriously Fun!

February 5, 2017 By Mary Amoson 2 Comments

I get asked all the time for more digital teacher training and professional development ideas for those who can not go to conferences. You have been heard loud and clear. I want to present to you all this Making Sight Words Seriously Fun! Webinar that focuses on FUN, meaningful, and relevant sight word activities, ideas, and activities to promote sight word learning for little ones.

Check out this Webinar by ESGI

First, here is a link to this webinar.

Then, I know you get a ton of ideas that you can use year round for many learners, young and older. I wanted this webinar to be the most useful for you. {Please note that the freebie file with 14 activities was only for those who watched the webinar LIVE a few weeks ago.}

Who wants Clickable Links to Ideas?

Now, here is a link to the freebie handout with CLICKABLE links to all these freebies, ideas, and detailed posts. 

Next, so many of you watched this webinar and gave me such positive feedback that it warmed my heart. THANK YOU for honoring me with your time and attention. As promised, I am answering your questions that you submitted while this webinar was live.

Q- How many sight words do I expect my students to know at the START of Kindergarten?  

A- Zero. I am usually happy if they know “a” and “I” as letters and happen to get them correct as sight words. Our county tracks student growth so we have to assess students in certain areas at the start of the school year. One of these areas is sight words. I assess each student to see who knows what words. We test this exact same list at the end of the year to assess growth and sight words are just one of the areas we assess.

Q- How to you determine if a student knows a sight word?

A- If a student can read it within 3 seconds.  BUT if a student has mastered lots and lots of sight words and they are easy for them, I do strongly encourage them to spell them correctly in their writing.

Q- How many words do I teach each week?

A- I start the year off teaching one a week. But once we (as in the whole class) get the idea of letters coming together to make words, I stretch the number as well. Soon, I am teaching three a week. Then I move up to 6 a week, but I repeat a harder word each week. So the easy answer is 5 new words a week. BUT the real key is constantly using all the words you have taught.

Q- Where did you get the sight word cards at?

A- The multisensory cards are created by Child1st Publications and they are called SNAPWORDS. I personally used these with my oldest daughter and I plan to use them with my youngest very soon. They also have 3 apps you can use in addition to the cards or instead of the cards.

Q- Can you scan QR Codes using iPads?

A- YES! Except if you have an iPad1 because it was created without a camera. It is highly unlikely you have this older iPad. If you have a camera feature and can download a FREE app that is a QR Reader, then yes!

Q- Where can I find your QR Codes activities?

A- I create a plethora of QR Scan & Learn activities. You can find them here.
Side Note- I always provide a test code on the cover or in the preview to try out on your school’s wifi to make sure the wifi filters allow the links.

Q- Where can I find the watercolor sight word sheets?

A- They are in my Sight Word Stations packs along with all the other hands on, engaging, and meaningful sight word activities to teach you students to read sight words. You can find them here. They are broken down into weeks or sets as well as in money saving bundles.

Q- I can’t find a blog post about the Kabam! Game?

A- Finally, I wrote up the directions to this game and you can read all about it here.

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  1. Teri Hamby says

    February 13, 2019 at 2:43 pm

    Do you have something that shows when you teach which sight words? I am trying to decide what is the best order for introducing and teaching them.

    Thanks!!

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    • Mary Amoson says

      February 13, 2019 at 8:39 pm

      If I could pick, I would start with Dolch PrePrimer, Then Dolch Primer, Then Dolch First Grade, Then Dolch Second Grade, Then Dolch Third grade word lists. I use to teach them in this order and it makes sense AND set my learners up for success. You can also read here to see my curriculum map.
      https://sharingkindergarten.com/yearataglance/

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