Happy Friday! Sorry my post is up later than I hoped! This was our first week of school and we’ve been busy! Today I’m sharing 3 sight word booklets for the word “that”. I hope these are useful to you!
In this download, there are these 3 booklets:
- Pool Party
- The Garbage Truck
- What Does That Animal Say?
Each of these sight word readers focus on the word “that”. They also use words that were learned in previous sight word readers. The child can also use the pictures to help them read the sentences. You may have to help them with words that are not sight words. Encourage your child to sound out words, if they can!
You can download the FREE sight word readers here —> Sight Word Reader- that
Find all the sight word readers in my collection HERE.
Print pages 2-12 on paper. (Page 1 is my Terms of Use.) You can also print the pages front and back. If you have troubles printing, make sure Adobe is up to date. You can download the most current version here.
If you want to print these without color, make sure to select “print in greyscale” on the print menu.
After printing, cut out the pages and staple them together. Enjoy reading with your little one!!
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Are you teaching sight words to young readers?
You’re in the right place!
In this post I’ll show you exactly how to teach sight words using hands-on lessons and free printable sight word books.
But first things first …
What ARE sight words, anyway?
It depends whom you ask.
When reading researchers use the term sight words, they’re referring to the words that a reader recognizes instantly, on sight.
Sight words can also refer to words that our readers encounter frequently when reading. That’s the definition I’ll be using here. We want our readers to know these words instantly as they work to become fluent readers.
It’s time to rethink how we teach sight words.
I used to think that when we teach sight words to young readers, we should teach them as whole words. This is why I used to share a collection of sight word books that taught the words through repeated exposure. (Those will soon disappear from the site and my shop.)
But research is telling us that this isn’t how the brain learns to read.
In order for kids’ brains to make new words a part of their permanent sight word vocabulary (the fancy word for this is orthographic mapping), they need to connect the sounds to the letters.
In other words? Sound it out.
Integrating high-frequency words into phonics lessons allows students to make sense of spelling patterns for these words. – readingrockets.org
I know what you’re thinking.
What about words that we CAN’T sound out?
We call attention to the parts of the word that are phonetic (and there’s usually at least 1-2 of them). Then we teach learners to learn the tricky parts by heart.
How to teach high frequency words to young learners
- First, know our goal here. Our goal is not to teach loads of sight words as whole words, because kids need to connect the sounds to letters when reading. Instead, our goal is to integrate sight word learning with phonics instruction.
- Next, we need to make sure our learners are ready to sound out words. Not sure? Check out this post.
- All set? Great. Name the new word, and have your learner repeat it.
- Name the individual phonemes (sounds) in the word. For example, in the word is, there are two phonemes: /i/ and /z/.
- Spell the sounds. Call attention to any unexpected spelling. In is, we spell /i/ with i and /z/ with s.
- If possible, have your learner read related words. Has and his are great words to read alongside is because they are short vowel words with an s that represents the the /z/ sound.
- Have your learner read connected text. Connected text can be decodable sentences or books.
Watch the video to see a sight word lesson in action …
Where can you find sight word lessons and decodable sight word books?
You’ll find a beginner’s collection below. Enjoy!
P.S. I look forward to adding more of these to our membership site, The Measured Mom Plus. I do not plan to add any more free books to this page. Learn more about membership here.
Sight word readers
SIGHT WORD WORKSHEETS THAT ALIGN WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING
Sight Word Worksheets – Based on the science of reading!
$15.00
Say goodbye to worksheets that simply keep kids busy. THESE worksheets help kids focus on the spellings of each individual sound … which is exactly what they need to master these high frequency words!
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These sight word books are emergent readers that focus on sight word instruction using Dolch words or words from Fry’s list. This bundle of ten books provides…
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Pick a few sight words {more or less depending on the group} and write them all over chart paper. Read a word and students have to find it.
Sight Word Book for «Yes» Color the Sight Word Book 94
Sight Word Book for «Be» Color the Sight Word Book 92
Sight Word Book for «Be» Color the Sight Word Book 91
Sight Word Book for «This» Color the Sight Word Book 90
Sight Word Book for «This» Color the Sight Word Book 89
Sight Word Book for «An» Color the Sight Word Book 88
Sight Word Book for «An» Color the Sight Word Book 87
Sight Word Book for «Make» Color the Sight Word Book 86
Sight Word Book for «Make» Color the Sight Word Book 85
Sight Word Book for «Friend» Color the Sight Word Book 84
Sight Word Book for «Friend» Color the Sight Word Book 83
Sight Word Book for «Stop» Color the Sight Word Book 82
Sight Word Book for «Stop» Color the Sight Word Book 81
Sight Word Book for «Down» Color the Sight Word Book 80
Sight Word Book for «Down» Color the Sight Word Book 79
Sight Word Book for «Up» Color the Sight Word Book 78
Sight Word Book for «Up» Color the Sight Word Book 77
Sight Word Book for «Too» Color the Sight Word Book 76
Sight Word Book for «Too» Color the Sight Word Book 75
Sight Word Book for «They» Color the Sight Word Book 74
Sight Word Book for «They» Color the Sight Word Book 73
Sight Word Book for «That» Color the Sight Word Book 72
Sight Word Book for «That» Color the Sight Word Book 71
Sight Word Book for «All» Color the Sight Word Book 70
Sight words are commonly used words that are an essential part of any educational curriculum.
These high frequency words are part of everyday life, so it is important to teach our students these words on sight so they don’t have to sound them out each time they are encountered.
These sight word books were created out of a desperate need for my own self-contained classroom.
Students in my classroom, verbal and nonverbal, were struggling with identifying, reading, and learning sight words… but they had IEP goals to meet and I had zero curriculum to help them achieve their annual goals.
So I created these sight word readers for them.
Because the district I worked for did not provide a reading curriculum with a specific set of sight words to master, I chose to start with the Dolch word lists and common words found within the grade level curriculums my students were experiencing in inclusion.
{ Grab the Sight Word Readers here. }
In my classroom, this is typically how we use the sight word readers. You don’t have to follow my schedule or plans; make them work for you, your students, and your schedule.
First, it is very individualized. Not every student is reading the same sight word reader every week or at the same time. It depends upon the sight words the student knows, IEP goals, grade level, and so many other factors.
But you know your kids best, so you will best be able to determine how and where to start!
On Monday, I introduce a new sight word reader. This is done during Guided Reading block when we have small group.
On the first day (so Monday), we read the story 5x and then fill in the trace and writing pages of the sight word. After this, either I or the student will take one notecard and create a sight word flash card to add to their binder ring. (Nothing fancy here, just a marker on white notecards, hole punched and put on a binder ring.)
On Tuesday, we will re-read the story again. Then we will begin working through the activity pages. We practice reading our sight words using the flashcards.
On Wednesday, we will re-read the story again. Check all of our work on the activity pages (so essentially we are doing them all again as reinforcement, but we call it “checking our work”). Then I will sign the last page as the certificate of completion for that sight word book. We practice reading sight words using the flashcards.
If there is time at any point during small groups during these days, I will let them color in the pictures.
This is the general schedule for my lower level students. Many of my higher level students will read 2 sight word readers in one week (or try to) on a Monday-Tuesday, then Wednesday-Thursday rotation.
It is very variable… meaning if we have an assembly, field trip, special schedules change, or any alteration to our classroom schedule, this does affect our guided reading block schedule. But ya’ll know about that… us special education teachers are flexible!
{ Grab the Sight Word Readers here. }
The video above is a great preview and demonstration of exactly what you get with each sight word booklet and the activities the students will complete for each sight word.
But let’s take a closer look…
Skills included in each sight word reader include:
• Read it.
• Trace it.
• Write it.
• Find it.
• Color it.
• Cut and paste it.
The sight word booklet also includes a certificate as the last page.
If you’re on the fence about the sight word readers, or want to see a more in-depth look:
• First, watch the video preview to see everything in one book.
• And then download the freebie to try out!
{ Grab the Sight Word Readers here. }
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