How to Teach Sight Words - Science of Reading // sight word activities for struggling readers
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- Are you wondering how to teach sight words according to the Science of Reading?! In this video, I share 3 different sight word activities to use with any student, but they are specifically useful with struggling readers! Watch the video to check them out!
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Just a note: I have taught for over 20 years and I never taught kids to just memorize their Sight Words. I always taught them to look for the phonics patterns and notice the irregularities. Your strategies are very similar to the way we were taught many years ago - in a successful balanced literacy classroom. Unfortunately, over the years, school systems taught teachers to teach 'programs' instead of the research-proven workshops.
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Exactly! I have over 25 years experience. In recent years, we have acquired over 5 different programs to teach phonics. We added another program this year! I never taught to memorize sight words.
Yes, I also I don't recommend memorizing, most of them do that because they don't letter names.
Can you recommend some resources/curricula?
I’ve been teaching upper grades for 25 years. I’m now teaching first grade and I’m really enjoying it. I have a lot to learn! Thanks I’m so glad I found your videos! My confidence is growing.
During a field placement a teacher taught sight words by drilling students everyday with flashcards. They couldn't remember most of them and she told me there was nothing else she could do to teach them. I thought that couldn't be true and I am so glad I found this video! It definitely boosted my confidence and made me excited to teach!
So very helpful in teaching my 4 year old how to get better at reading words. She's well on her way and this seems like it will certainly give her a boost. Thank you for posting!
These are GREAT ideas! I've been teaching for almost 30 years and these are fantastic new ideas for me to use! Thank you!!!
thank you so much! I’ve just started tutoring a kid who possibly has dyslexia/dysgraphia, and I was clueless on how to help him. Then I got to the “multiple senses” part of the video and it clicked!
Thank you! This is my first year teaching kindergarten and I have been wanting to learn more about the science of reading. This was a great start for me and I was looking for good ways to teach sight words! Exactly what I needed.
Susan, you are such a great teacher! Your students are so lucky!!!!!
Love these activities. I like that these strategies can be taught whole group to introduce words, and once the kids are familiar with the activities they can easily be adapted to word work stations as a way to continue to review and practice words.
These are all such wonderful ways to engage students in learning about sight words! Thanks for sharing! I’m familiar with the Elkonin boxes, but I’ve never thought to use play dough with it to address the sensory component of it or to compare the different sight words. Thank you for once again sharing such valuable ideas and resources!!
The idea of the play is so creative and impressive. I'm very excited to try it with my first-time teaching second graders!
A colleague of mine just shared information about the science of reading and I'm very interested in learning more about it. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I absolutely love everything you do. Our Staff PD just started the Science of Reading.
I 💕 Science of Reading! I feel like the pieces are finally coming together !
Thanks for this excellent video. I'm not a teacher, but I began using many of your suggested approaches with my kids at around age 3, and am happy to report that by their first day of kindergarten today, at age 5 1/2, they are already able to read simple first reader books on their own.
I'm new to first grade. These are great ideas for engaging young learners. I'll definitely be incorporating them this fall!
Thank you for your video. I am from Sydney, Australia and have recently swapped to homeschooling. Your video has given me great insight on how I can help my 6 year old with progressing in her spelling. I really appreciate when educators share such great insight, so thank you again for putting this video together
Hi, I'm teaching English as a second language to students who don't speak English at all. So I definitely am going to try this. You were right, I was taught the 'old school' way and they did sight words to us just like you said: by memorizing. This video really makes sense because I feel like students would really get the word down by sounding out the letters in a word that's taught to them. So great thank you from Micronesia.
Love this strategy! Just be careful when teaching the "th" part in think, that you don't add the schwa sound at the end. "th" in think is unvoiced, so it should not have your voice in it :)
Love the use of playdough!
Yes, please be careful to not add that extra sound at the end.
/d/ not /duh/
/w/ not /wuh/
/th/ not /thuh/
Thank you for this video. As a mom struggling with sight words the way hes being taught isn't helping him... strongly believe sound and blending helps or "plugging them together" the way you did here especially this past week he did much better since im teaching him the way i want not the way they want 🙏 thank you i now know im doing it right after watching this and have so many more ideas ❤😭
Sensory writing I've done but love the sound boxes and comparing. Definitely including this for my ELs.
Thanks so much for this! Recently my academy has started teaching younger and younger kids, and throughout my career I’ve mainly taught older students, so I never had to get into the nuts and bolts of teaching phonics. You’ve equipped me with a lot of good ideas to make my current and future classes more dynamic,
Visually connecting the letter shape with sound applies for all new words. It was helpful!
I really enjoyed this and have so many great ideas to start implementing whole group and small group! Thank you! 💕
This is interesting that you show them the word first and then have them do the boxes. I have learned to have them hear the phonemes first and you record and show them those unusual spellings for the sounds as they occur. I'll continue to put the phonemic awareness before the written word is presented. Fortunately, even though I taught all through the period of time you mention with the sight word expectations, most teachers figured out that it wasn't just flash and say and had similar approaches to teaching these words. Teachers are always smarter than the current trend/approach because they observe the learners. I adore your fingerlights idea! I hadn't seen that before and hope to add that in with a tutoring student soon. I also LOVE your "What is wrong?" to aid in visual memory. I just found you and hope to follow along and pick up more tips for Title reading and tutoring beginning readers.
I'm not a teacher but I have a first grader who is having a little trouble memorizing sight words long term. He can know them backwards and forwards while we're working on them and using them, but forget some if there's a short period of time that they haven't been the focus. My son has ADHD as well so doing sight words using different activities keeps his attention as well. These are great tips not only for making sight words fun but also to not just use pure memory but to know how to segment the word. Which may be what they do at school but at home we're just told to go over them and have him write them three times. I'm so thankful I found your channel. We just started but I can already see he has a better understanding of what to do if he can't remember a word. He immediately starts to segment the word. Thank you so much!
I teach Grade 6 in Thailand and have only ever taught teenagers / older people English. Now I have a kindergarten student who needs help with math - thank you so much for this! I've subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your work!
I really appreciate the tips. I have taught 6th grade for 30 years and this year have taken on a 2nd grade. The science of reading is an entirely new concept for me, so really enjoying the sound boxes and heart word ideas.
This makes so much sense. As someone who learned a bit of ASL one professor said that at some point we won’t even have to think about what people are fingerspelling because we will memorize the shape that the word makes if that makes sense😅
Thank you for putting this up. I love the multi sensory bit
I really like this. I found myself stating that you cannot use phonics for sight words and found words that you could actually use phonics with. I just called them exceptions. At any rate, this helps me to let my hair down and believe in what I noticed. So super cool! I like the heart method too! That really helps!
This is awesome. I am teaching my grandson French and I have been wondering how to teach reading to him. These are great ideas that will really help. I am so glad I found your channel.
Thank you so much. I have primarily taught intermediate grades for most of my 20 years and now 2nd grade. I feel like I never really learned reading instruction on a primary level. My focus was always comprehension and fluency. I feel like I'm missing so much in regard to reading instruction. I'm excited to learn more from your channel.
I love how you provide evidence and explain why you teach the skills. Another fun sensory activity is to spell the word on your partners back. You can also use magnetic chips and wands.
I found your video by chance because I was looking for something else. It was a great discovery because I have been looking for new ways of teaching sight words other then drilling students everyday. Thank you! I can't wait to try these new activities.
Thanks so much! I am not by training a teacher but am tutoring new refugees from Afghanistan in learning English. None in the family have ever been to school. This is very helpful!
I am doing a 1st grade lesson plan for my interview and this is exactly what I needed for a refresher!
This is the first time trying to teach this and I think the sensory activities will definitely be a success for mapping. Thank you!!!!
This was phenomenal. I’ve always been told to teach the sight words by memory. This makes more sense.
No it wasn’t very sweet
I'm a second year resource room teacher. I cannot wait to use some of these methods. These are perfect for intervention, imo!
This is so helpful!😁👍 I'm a homeschool mom to a boy who is in some ways a 1st grader but other ways a Kindergartener. He hadn't wanted to learn his letters and sounds too much last yr so I'm trying to get him going this yr. These are GREAT ideas for us bcs he's very active so I think he'll like the sensory learning. Thank you!
SUCH a good video. I’ve always taught sight words by phonemes, ESPECIALLY if the child knows letter recognition and sounds, they will try to decode it anyway and for the words that can’t be decoded I’d show a video on the word.
Thank you so much for this video! You explained these strategies so well. I am a new teacher and I’ve been struggling with teaching my students sight words. This is so helpful!
Susan, I have been following you since March 2020. I love your Sunday spotlight! I am so happy to see that you are keeping up with the research in teaching reading and that you were referencing Kilpatrick and the science of reading. Please let me know if you know of any good decodable easily printable texts for first grade students.
I just started a sound wall this year. This was great! Thanks!
This is a fantastic video! I am in my second year of teaching Kindergarten, and always looking for fun, effective strategies for supporting my class! You did a great job modeling and explaining how to teach these strategies! Can't wait to try them out!
This is new to me! Thank you! I am going to try it tomorrow.
Thank you so much! I'm always looking for good ways to help my spacial thinkers learn along with the traditional learners.
Love it and this will definately help me in my grade one class this term. I love thenew ideas.
I love the different ways you showed how to teach sight words. I’m going to do them with my kinders. Thanks
Thank you for the tips and modeling each one! You’re right it’s always good to keep up with our professional development 👩🏻🏫
This is great. We are working with teachers to create sight word lessons supported with sign language. It gets challenging when students can't hear.
Love your take on sight words as a new tutor I really appreciate it.
This is a wonderful resource. I'm making games based off these activities for my students.
Teaching grade 1 for the first time! This is wonderful. Thank you.
Love it!!! You're awesome! Your students are very lucky to have you.
These are great suggestions. I’m actually a first grade French immersion teacher and plan on trying some of these with my students (using, of course, French phonemes)
I have heard about Heart Words but I had not seen them explain in the way Really Great Reading's Heart Word Magic did it. That you for introducing me to a great new resource.
Thank you for these strategies. I will be using them soon.
I am a university student and trying to learn all about this subject "Science of Reading." You break things down easily, with step by step process. I appreciate you sharing the knowledge you have become an expert in. I just subscribed.
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The strategies presented were great. I like the idea of using several modes of learning, such as tactile, visual, and auditory. These activities will definitely help a student learn their sight words. My favorite was the phoneme mapping.
I actually have to do a site word exercise with the students on Monday. Thank you very much for this video!
Wow, Susan! Very useful information with tons of engaging activities! Thank you!
yeeey!!! thank you!!! great ideas!
Thanks Susan I'll definitely try these activities
Excellent tips and content as usual! Thank you!!
I home educate and really appreciate all the game ideas that you shared!
Love the play dough in the sound boxes! They’re sensory buttons!
Thank you teacher. I really like the playdough
So what are you thinking about …
Oh so helpful! Thank you!!
Love using Playdoh as a multisensory way to say each phoneme when using Elkonin boxes!
I am teaching sight words to a group of first graders. Thanks for this video! It is extremely helpful!
Amazing strategies!!! Thank You!!!
This is all new to me. I will definitely start using this with my lower students. I work with third grade and I start incorporate strategies like this with 😊
Great tips I’m going to try in my class this January. I definitely got some new ideas. Thank you!
I learned something new and I can’t wait to put it to practice in the classroom this school year! Thanks!
I am a teacher and psychopedagogist here in Brazil. I loved your channel!
Such great ideas! I love the play dough push with the sounds!!!
Thank you for a great video. I am a homeschooling mom and I have been looking for ways to make sight word learning fun for my kids. They will really enjoy these activities. 😀
The strategies that you shared are very engaging and like you I was also of the perception that sight words could not be decoded. Thank you for the insightful strategies. I also allowed students to clap at different levels while spelling the sight words, eg. clap above the head for tall letters, before them for the short letters and below the knees for the letters that are written below a line, words such as thing.
wow i am learning a lot , thank you for this teacher Susan.
Very Helpful ...thank you for taking so much trouble to help out others...
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for posting. This was great. I will be implementing in our homeschool.
I teach in kindergarden and i am so enjoying to teach them. I’m so glad to found your video. Now, i can improve. Thank you
I learnt so much. Amazing !!!!!
Love these!
Thanks for sharing. This will help my students with their reading. Kingston Jamaica 🇯🇲
I'm a first-year literacy teacher and this was so helpful! Thank you, I look forward to learning more from your channel!
Please don't teach your students sight words. Teach them phonics and encourage frequent reading.
Thank you! I will try this with my toddler. she loves play dough so this is a great idea!
Great! They can also use different colors to mark the matching sounds, and different color of playdough to show irregular sounds.
Love the play dough idea and thanks for adding the different color for irregular sounds idea!
Thank you!! Another great video !
Great video for Specialist teaching thank you - different take on Sight Words!🙂
This is the most useful video on teaching I have watched in a long time.
I use some of these great strategies in Reading Recovery but love the playdough and finger light idea-my students already have the finger lights which I purchased for Flashlight Fridays. Thank you so much.
Tell me about flashlight Friday...
@@lizwalker3148 We turn off all the lights and read a book with our flashlights or finger lights. I purchased finger lights from the Dollar store for my class when we were in person and gave them each one (I collect them after each class but have them sanitize first). I also bring in books for them to read from the library (during Covid) or my own collection (not during Covid). Before Covid they read with a partner; after independently. Virtually we still do it too but it is not as much fun as in person but students still enjoy it. I either have them read in front of the screen silently or put them into a Break Out Rooms with a partner. I also switch things up by starting with my own book which I read in the dark to them with my light. Students read silently or with a partner for about 10 minutes.
Susan I love your videos on teaching sight words!
Thank you! I am going to use phoneme mapping on Monday.
Thank you for the tips!
Love this! It really helped me!
These are wonderful ways to teach sight words. I surly will be using them in my classes
Great information, I learned a lot. Thanks!