Not exact matches
If a child demonstrates
strong early phonics skills but seems to have difficulty with
sight words, then a
stronger emphasis on
sight word instruction would be indicated.
Of course, not all high frequency
sight words are phonetically irregular, but, as noted earlier, the
strongest emphasis should be placed on explicitly teaching phonics;
sight word instruction should be viewed as having only a supporting role in early reading instruction.
In other
words, good readers will often tend to master more
sight words as a result of their general vocabulary knowledge applied during reading, which can lead to the conclusion that a
strong emphasis on teaching
sight words is well placed.
The fact that these assessments are
strong indicators of early reading success suggests an important role for
sight word instruction in kindergarten and first grade.
I have
strong programs of phonemic awareness, phonics,
sight word recognition, etc. woven into my curriculum.
As a result, middle and high school textbooks written for earlier generations with
stronger academic backgrounds might have proved too challenging for the new cohort.39 In addition, researchers likely placed more emphasis on primary school readability in the 1920s when the prevailing approach to reading instruction shifted from a phonic approach to a
sight -
word approach, which required easier vocabulary.40
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