Sunny41
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Post by Sunny41 on Sept 23, 2018 11:40:18 GMT -6
Well I guess we are at that stage where our kids are learning sight words and reading. What works for you? What struggles are you having?
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Sunny41
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Post by Sunny41 on Sept 23, 2018 11:43:34 GMT -6
We haven't gotten to the sight word part of class yet but we are working on it at home with some phonics books (Peppa and Diego). I'm not sure I'm doing it properly. We are only in the 1st book for short a. I'm teaching him how to put the sounds of letters together to make the word but I wonder if it should just be memorizing the look of the word instead.
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Post by wedding on Sept 23, 2018 12:15:44 GMT -6
C had been very into trying to read so I got some of those books that have a few words. Like step books and am trying to work on the alphabet and what each letter sounds like. It’s harder than I thought it would be so I’m interested in tips.
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Post by flamingo on Sept 23, 2018 12:59:01 GMT -6
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Post by loony on Sept 23, 2018 13:44:11 GMT -6
We did Teach your child to Read in 100 easy lessons (which should be titled in 100 lollipops!) over the winter. It’s 20 minute lessons.
The way it teaches works really well. It’s definitely a mix of phonics and sight words. Glowing reviews. She’s in TK now and tested at a 1st grade level in reading. She’s been reading bedtime stories to L, which melts my heart.
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klong11
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Post by klong11 on Sept 23, 2018 14:42:40 GMT -6
I'm not really into sight words. I feel they need to learn to sound words out first. Yes, there are some words, the, on, an, it, and, that can be sight words, but these days people want to turn every word into a sight word, Cadence's teacher included.
I work with Cadence on sounding things out, not memorization.
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guster
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Post by guster on Sept 23, 2018 15:07:50 GMT -6
Another fan of phonics over here. I haven’t seen site words make an appearance in J’s previous school, And I haven’t seen them listed on the curriculum map for this school.
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tallb
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Post by tallb on Sept 23, 2018 20:23:16 GMT -6
J has declared he wants to learn how to read. He knows his sounds and letters so we are starting with some Bobs books that should arrive tomorrow. They start with only a few letter words and kids work up from there. We have tried sounding out in other books but there is so many freaking combination sounds, I don't think it's fair and he gets frustrated.
Funny/sad that I legit taught kids to read and can barely remember how to do this..
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Sunny41
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Post by Sunny41 on Sept 23, 2018 21:08:40 GMT -6
I came up with 3 "tools" for learning to read
1) say the letters
2) say the sounds of the letters
3) put the sounds together to make the word.
We've been doing this with at, cat, that, hat, can, tan. Once we got the 3 tools down he seems to be more willing to try rather than saying I can't. But I wondered if I should be doing something different for these sight words. I don't think our school starts it until the spring but I know a girl in K that has to know 10 sight words by the end of Sept. She's an August kid so not that far off from E.
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tallb
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Post by tallb on Sept 23, 2018 22:18:22 GMT -6
Sunny41 is E showing an interest in learning? I am only doing it since j is asking and trying to read our bedtime stories, which isn't going well. Otherwise I fully intended on letting him learn in K with that curriculum and then jumping in to help if he's struggling. If anything I'm worried if j does learn this year, he will be bored next year when the class is working on the basics. I just don't want you to feel pressured to figure out how to teach reading! I can't cite it but I swear I've read that early reading isn't a marker for anything super special past a year or two.. the other kids can catch up quickly and be at the same level when they are a bit older.
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Post by Sunny41 on Sept 24, 2018 15:38:35 GMT -6
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Post by Sunny41 on Sept 24, 2018 16:39:04 GMT -6
Sunny41 is E showing an interest in learning? I am only doing it since j is asking and trying to read our bedtime stories, which isn't going well. Otherwise I fully intended on letting him learn in K with that curriculum and then jumping in to help if he's struggling. If anything I'm worried if j does learn this year, he will be bored next year when the class is working on the basics. I just don't want you to feel pressured to figure out how to teach reading! I can't cite it but I swear I've read that early reading isn't a marker for anything super special past a year or two.. the other kids can catch up quickly and be at the same level when they are a bit older. He wasn't showing interest in it but I could tell he isn't as engaged in school yet because it's review of letters. Once we got the tools established he has been doing really well with it though. |
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guster
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Post by guster on Sept 24, 2018 16:53:13 GMT -6
This is great and a lot of fun! |
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Post by jewels on Sept 24, 2018 18:36:22 GMT -6
My girlfriend is a 2nd grade teacher who has her masters in reading and is generally known as the ‘go to’ teacher to get kids to read. I asked her tonight and she said the following:
1) most important thing to foster kids learning to read is to read to them often
2) kind of like potty training, kids will learn when they are ready, not before
3) she believes in sort of a mix of phonics and sight words, but mostly phonics
4) she has some apps she really likes. She’s going to compile a list and let me know. I will share with you
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klong11
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Post by klong11 on Oct 12, 2018 11:14:30 GMT -6
Ok, so when did sight words become high frequency words and every other word is now a sight word?
Dear teacher, PURPLE is not a sight word!!!!
Teach my child to sound things out, that is what I'm teaching at home.
Not EVERY word can be a sight word.
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Post by tgrimes on Oct 12, 2018 11:43:20 GMT -6
Ok, so when did sight words become high frequency words and every other word is now a sight word? Dear teacher, PURPLE is not a sight word!!!! Teach my child to sound things out, that is what I'm teaching at home. Not EVERY word can be a sight word. I just found this out last night at open house. They're starting with colors. Maybe it's a new thing. |
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Post by klong11 on Oct 12, 2018 12:10:19 GMT -6
Ok, so when did sight words become high frequency words and every other word is now a sight word? Dear teacher, PURPLE is not a sight word!!!! Teach my child to sound things out, that is what I'm teaching at home. Not EVERY word can be a sight word. I just found this out last night at open house. They're starting with colors. Maybe it's a new thing.  |
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Post by joelies on Oct 12, 2018 15:15:02 GMT -6
Colin's class does "snap words" and they started with "a", "me", "my", "the" and "like". They do pictures and context for the other words, plus we're focusing on the first letter when there are multiple possibilities. I can't even imagine trying to focus on multi-syllabic words as sight words!!
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