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What exactly are sight words? People seem to have a
different definition. Are they wor ds that can be decoded
or not decodable? Please anwer.

Marci
KinTX /blockquote>

I've been taught that sight words are words that can not be
decoded.

On 4/05/05, Marci wrote:
> What exactly are sight words? People seem to have a
> different definition. Are they wor ds that can be decoded
> or not decodable? Please anwer.
>
> Marci
Apr 15, 2005
Jacque/WA/K-1 /blockquote>

On 4/15/05, KinTX wrote:
> I've been taught that sight words are words that can not be
> decoded.
>
> On 4/05/05, Marci wrote:
>> What exactly are sight words? People seem to have a
>> different definition. Are they wor ds that can be decoded
>> or not decodable? Ple...See More
Apr 16, 2005
Beth /blockquote>

Sight words are high frequency words. Most are not decodable
and therefore need to be learned. There are a number of
professional books out that have different lists. Our school
uses Frye's list.

On 4/16/05, Jacque/WA/K-1 wrote:
> On 4/15/05, KinTX wrote:
>> I've been taught that sight ...See More
May 8, 2005
KinderDee /blockquote>

I attended a workshop a couple of years ago that did something
very interesting with words--grouped them by colors.

red words=words that are not decodable. You need to STOP and
learn them by sight.

yellow words=words that are decodable if you know the special rule
such as the two vowel rule, or...See More
Jun 5, 2005
EmC /blockquote>

This sounds like something I saw at a Debrah? Whyte conference. It's kind of like the word
wall at this site: [link removed]

Sight words are words we don't sound out phonetically because they don't consistenly
follow the rules (Ex. The, does, of) Sight words are also often high frequency words but
not a...See More
Mar 23, 2007


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