Kindergarten 'Sight Words' - where to get hold of them?

[TillyG]

Hi
My daughter started Kindergarten at the start of this year and has recently started bringing home simple books to read. However, a lot of these books contain "sight words" (ie, those words that can't be taught by sounding out, you just have to learn them as-is). But the teacher hasn't given us a list of what the sight words are yet.

Is there anywhere online where I can print off a list of them so I can start helping DD out? She's getting really frustrated by it.

Thanks in advance

TillyG x

[sandy cheeks]

I just found out about the sight words ds is in prep and they get 4 a week there is lists of 100 up to 300 we dont have the 100 list so far we have had
we I
this sun
as look
school was
the if
is at
I dont know if this helps maby google

[TillyG]

Thanks - you're a star!

I did try googling for "nsw kindergarten sight words" but didn't get very far. Have just tried looking for "reception sight words" (from UK sites) and have found this site: http://www.familylearning.org.uk/rea...rintables.html

which has a whole bunch on so I will print off and go from there.

I'm a bit cross with the school/teacher really as we were told at our meeting about reading that they would be getting the sight words come home and THEN they'd start getting their home-readers, probably in Term2. But 2 days after the meeting, DD comes home with her first book and still no sight words - grrrr.

[sandy cheeks]

We got readers first then the sight words book a week later just so the kids got used to it maby ur school is doing this as well. Also go to any reading/writing info nights as possiable (if they have them) as the system has changed a fair bit I was doing everything wrong
They look good I'm printing them 2 now ta

[TillyG]

I guess it's only been a week or so that DD's been bringing home her reading book - so maybe the sight words will come soon. I know that at another local school (my friend's child goes there), they've had sight-words from week 1 (just a couple each week) and haven't yet started on the reading books... so I guess all schools have their own little ways of doing things LOL.

I went to the reading meeting the other week but so far that's the only meeting we've had. Got teacher interviews towards the end of term apparently so I guess I can store up any concerns until then.

[BigRedV]

Maybe look on the NSW Dept of Ed website or the board of studies website. Also, maybe you could just choose the sight words from her home reader and write them on lttle cards and when she brings home a book every week, she has a word bank of sight words.

here is the list of 100 most common words, not all are sight words but she could start learning them anyway.

1. the
2. of
3. and
4. a
5. to
6. in
7. is
8. you
9. that
10. it
11. he
12. was
13. for
14. on
15. are
16. as
17. with
18. his
19. they
20. I

1. at
2. be
3. this
4. have
5. from
6. or
7. one
8. had
9. by
10. word
11. but
12. not
13. what
14. all
15. were
16. we
17. when
18. your
19. can
20. said

1. there
2. use
3. an
4. each
5. which
6. she
7. do
8. how
9. their
10. if
11. will
12. up
13. other
14. about
15. out
16. many
17. then
18. them
19. these
20. so

1. some
2. her
3. would
4. make
5. like
6. him
7. into
8. time
9. has
10. look
11. two
12. more
13. write
14. go
15. see
16. number
17. no
18. way
19. could
20. people

1. my
2. than
3. first
4. water
5. been
6. call
7. who
8. oil
9. its
10. now
11. find
12. long
13. down
14. day
15. did
16. get
17. come
18. made
19. may
20. part

[TillyG]

Thanks Lozzaaa

I did try the Dept of Ed and board of studies websites but all I could find was the mention of sight words, no examples or word-lists at all.

I did also think of writing out the words from her reading books (she has one every single day!) but I wasn't too sure which ones were "sight words" and which ones aren't, iykwim?

I will definitely print your post out though as that's a really handy and comprehensive list!!!

Thanks!

[mum2peanut]

Sight words are just that basic words that should be known on sight, they can be sounded out but the idea is that as soon as they see that word they recognise without needing to sound out (the, it, was has, and etc) . Where I teach, the kinders get given a word wall to practise on at home, and as they get better their word walls get harder.
Be careful about picking out random words for her to learn in isolation, as her age, it's all about using the words in context and using the pictures as cues.

[Miss_N]

Google Dolch Sight Words. My school uses them and I teach Yr 2/3 but the Prep/1 class uses these lists of sight word too!

Theres also Sight Word Games called Magic 100 and Magic 200. These are the 100 and 200 most frequently used words when children are reading and writing! I use these in my classroom and make them into word games!

HTH!!!

[TillyG]

Brilliant - thanks for that. I'll google it in the morning

Thanks also for the advice mum2peanut... I don't want to go in all guns blazing and overwhelm her, so I'll start with some of the little words which seem to come up all the time in her books