#030. How to Teach Sight Words in 10 Minutes a Day
The Teach Joyfully Podcast
English - December 03, 2020 13:00 - 9 minutes - 14.9 MBHow To Education literacy classroommanagement education elementaryeducation elementaryteachers readingandwriting teaching teachingliteracy Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Let’s talk about how we teach sight words. There are two camps with sight words – teach them and don’t. I’m just going to jump right in and tell you – I’m in the teach them camp.
Yes, there are many sight words your students can figure out. But there are just as many students that they can’t. Most sight words and their spellings don’t make sense to children. So, trying to decode them becomes a minefield.
I've got a simple, effective system for sight word instruction that will be a game changer for you and ALL of your students.