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Teacher
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classroom learning.
Does your child…
- struggle to read age-appropriate books fluently?
- lack the confidence to try new stories?
- try to avoid reading?
- struggle to understand what they are reading?
If so, they may be struggling with sight words. Dolch words are a list of the most common 220 service words (made up of five grade levels) and 95 nouns used in the modern English language. However, many of these words cannot be sounded out phonetically and so they need to be recognised ‘by sight’.
If a child does not know these words, they will struggle to read with fluency and comprehension. Since these words make up between 50 and 75 percent of words found in schoolbooks, it’s not surprising that a child struggling with sight words would also struggle in every other learning area. This in turn affects their confidence and motivation for learning.
Our downloadable Dolch Sight Words resources are designed to assist children to master these words in fun and engaging ways.