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Question 1: Sincerely, Answer to Question 1: Simple things teachers and parents can do to help children to read:
How to motivate children who are reluctant to read:
Question 2: He is still having trouble w/ site words. We have remodeled our children's bedrooms, in the mean time, we have miss placed the site words that we have recieved over his first three years of school. Is there any way that you could possiably send me a copy of site words that are for the ages of K-3? That would be extremely helpful. It is not that the school system will help but they are are in the final stages of building and changing schools. Thank you very much, Response to Question 2: As most students go back to school this week, many parents and families are asked to support their children with practicing sight words.
Sight words are one way some teachers support reading instruction. There are several different sight word lists commonly used, but one of the most common is the Dolch List. The Dolch list of sight words, first published by Edward William Dolch, Ph.D. in his book, Problems in Reading, in 1948, is a list of the 220 most common words in the English language, excluding nouns. The list makes up from 50 to 75 percent of all ordinary reading matter excluding proper names. This might be the list that your child's teacher gave you or it might be another list.
It is also good for parents to know that using sight words is in some ways like helping children memorize math multiplication tables. They are helpful for children because they increase the speed at which a child can read or answer some math questions, but it is also important to help children build reading comprehension and problem solving skills.
Many children love memorizing sight words and multiplication tables. If that is the case it is a wonderful opportunity to build on their enthusiasm, but it is also important to spend time reading full stories, poems or song lyrics and asking your questions about the content.
Helping children with sight words connects with the word recognition and spelling items on many standardized reading assessments. Tests also usually include word meaning, silent reading comprehension and sometimes oral reading rate. Reading books with your child and talking with them about the books will help build their reading ability in all areas.
* Here are some definitions for term clarification:
(taken from "The Literacy Dictionary: The Vocabulary of Reading and Writing," Harris, T., Hodges, R. Editors, 1995, International Reading Association, Inc.)
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