Sight Word Superpowers: Learning High-Frequency Words

English Language Arts Grades Kindergarten 5:07 Video
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Lesson Description

Discover the magic of sight words! Learn fun ways to recognize and read common words that appear a lot in books and stories. This lesson uses a video to help you become a sight word superstar!

Video Resource

Learn to Read High Frequency Words

Miacademy Learning Channel

Duration: 5:07
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Key Concepts

  • High-frequency words (sight words) are words we see and use a lot.
  • Recognizing patterns in words can help us learn them faster.
  • There are fun ways to practice reading sight words.

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify at least 5 high-frequency words.
  • Students will be able to explain one strategy for learning sight words.
  • Students will be able to participate in a sight word game.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what their favorite books are. Ask them if they notice any words that they see again and again. Introduce the idea of 'sight words' or 'high-frequency words' - words that we use a lot.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Play the Miacademy Learning Channel video: "Learn to Read High Frequency Words." Encourage students to pay attention to the different ways the video suggests for learning sight words.
  • Pattern Sorting (10 mins)
    After the video, discuss the different ways the video suggested to sort words. Use large index cards with sight words printed on them. Guide students to sort the words based on the first letter, the number of letters, or if they have long or short vowel sounds (as shown in the video). Emphasize the /th/ sound and the different ways it can sound in a word, as demonstrated in the video.
  • Sight Word Sentences (10 mins)
    As a class, create simple sentences using only sight words. Write these sentences on the board, emphasizing spacing between words. Example: "I see the cat."
  • Sight Word Memory Game (8 mins)
    Prepare pairs of sight word cards. Have students play a memory game, matching the sight word pairs. As they find a match, have them read the word aloud.

Interactive Exercises

  • Sight Word Hunt
    Hide sight word cards around the room. Have students find the words and read them aloud. This incorporates movement and reinforces word recognition.
  • Sentence Building
    Provide individual sight word cards. Have students arrange the cards to form simple sentences.

Discussion Questions

  • What are sight words?
  • Why is it helpful to learn sight words?
  • What is your favorite way to practice reading sight words?

Skills Developed

  • Sight word recognition
  • Phonological awareness (identifying sounds in words)
  • Sentence construction
  • Active listening
  • Collaboration

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What are sight words?

Correct Answer: Words we see a lot

Question 2:

Which of these is a sight word?

Correct Answer: The

Question 3:

How can sorting words help us learn them?

Correct Answer: It helps us see patterns

Question 4:

What sound does 'th' make in 'the'?

Correct Answer: /ð/

Question 5:

What game can we play to learn sight words?

Correct Answer: Memory

Question 6:

The words 'and' and 'a' have how many letters?

Correct Answer: One, or three letters

Question 7:

This is a three letter word:

Correct Answer: The

Question 8:

The letters t and h make the /th/ sound. The word this sound is in is:

Correct Answer: Think

Question 9:

Which of these words has a long vowel sound?

Correct Answer: See

Question 10:

What can we use to play a memory game?

Correct Answer: Sight word cards

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

We use sight words very ________.

Correct Answer: often

Question 2:

'The' and 'and' are _______ words.

Correct Answer: sight

Question 3:

We can sort sight words by their first ________.

Correct Answer: letter

Question 4:

The word 'the' starts with the letters ____.

Correct Answer: th

Question 5:

A fun way to learn sight words is to play a _______ game.

Correct Answer: memory

Question 6:

Some sight words have long vowel ________.

Correct Answer: sounds

Question 7:

A quick and easy way to use sight words is by making _________.

Correct Answer: sentences

Question 8:

The words: a, I, and to have just _______ letter.

Correct Answer: one

Question 9:

The sound /ð/ is in the words the, that, they, _____, and there.

Correct Answer: this

Question 10:

_______, thing, and through have the /θ/ sound at the begining.

Correct Answer: think

Educational Standards

K.2.F.3:Students will begin to develop a sight word vocabulary by decoding and reading regularly- and irregularly-spelled words in isolation and context with increasing automaticity. K.2.PWS.4:Students will blend letter sounds to decode simple Vowel/Consonant (VC) and Consonant/Vowel/Consonant (CVC) words (e.g., VC words = at, in, up; CVC words = pat, hen, lot). K.1.L.1:Students will actively listen using agreed-upon discussion rules with prompting. K.1.S.2:Students will engage in collaborative discussions about various topics and texts, including their own writing, with peers and adults in small and large groups with prompting.

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