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Learning the difference changed how I taught them. I thought they were the same thing for the longest time. Did you know there is a difference between sight words and high frequency words? They have to identify all of the letters and put them in the correct order.Īlthough students can’t sound sight words out, identifying letters on their own often helps lead them to the familiar word. I love that to build a sight word, they have to study the word. One of my favorite ways to have my students practice sight words is by building them. Sometimes they use my favorite sight word apps, other times they play hands on games. I have a sight word learning center in my classroom that is devoted to giving my students tons of opportunities to practice sight words in different ways. Over the years I’ve learned that many of my students learn best through hands on activities.
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Some learn from music and videos while others learn from listening to read alouds. It’s pretty easy to recognize that our students all learn in different ways. One of my favorite ways to encourage new readers to practice sight words is to have them build the words in different ways.Ĩ Engaging Word Building Activities for Students to Practice Sight Words To be fluent readers, our students have to recognize sight words instantly. Sight word instruction is really important in early childhood.