A Starting Point For Learning Sight Words
Sight word lists are important when you start to teach your child to read. They give you, as the “teacher”, a good idea of the main words your child needs to learn as sight words and also give you an idea of the sight word flashcards you can look for to buy, make or download to work with your child.
There are many sight word lists including the Dolch sight words (used primarily in the States) and also the lists published by the Department of Education in the UK. The list below is a good starting point for teaching your child to read sight words because it has the hundred most common words used in children’s books. Knowing these words, along with being able to read phonetically spelled words using phonics, will help to make your child’s reading more fluent, helping them to enjoy what they are reading more.
The first 100 most important sight words according to the UK government’s Letters and Sounds document are the following:
1. the
2. and
3. a
4. to
5. said
6. in
7. he
8. I
9. of
10. it
11. was
12. you
13. they
14. on
15. she
16. is
17. for
18. at
19. his
20. but
21. that
22. with
23. all
24. we
25. can
26. are
27. up
28. had
29. my
30. her
31. what
32. there
33. out
34. this
35. have
36. went
37. be
38. like
39. some
40. so
41. not
42. then
43. were
44. go
45. little
46. as
47. no
48. mum
49. one
50. them
51. do
52. me
53. down
54. dad
55. big
56. when
57. it’s
58. see
59. looked
60. very
61. look
62. don’t
63. come
64. will
65. into
66. back
67. from
68. children
69. him
70. Mr
71. get
72. just
73. now
74. came
75. oh
76. about
77. got
78. their
79. people
80. your
81. put
82. could
83. house
84. old
85. too
86. by
87. day
88. made
89. time
90. I’m
91. if
92. help
93. Mrs
94. called
95. here
96. off
97. asked
98. saw
99. make
100. an
Sorry to repeat, but this bit is important! Knowing these words as sight words will make children a lot more fluent and confident in their reading. When you combine these words with a knowledge of phonics, then their reading fluency will increase and their comprehension and enjoyment of reading will also increase accordingly.
If you need a pack of sight words flash cards then click below to get started.
Key Words Flash Cards: Key Words Flash Cards (Key Words Reading Scheme)
[...] and therefore we learn by looking at them and knowing what they say, sight words. There are sight words lists available to know which sight words are the most important but the phonetic words should be learnt [...]
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