Reading+strategies

[|Dolch word lists]

This site has the word lists that you can print out. They are in groups of words.

The 220 Dolch Words comprise from 60 to 85% of the text in children's early reading materials. Therefore, a child who knows the Dolch Words has much of the base needed to recognize the majority of the words in a typical selection.

The grade equivalence rating scale for the Dolch Sight Word List was obtained from **//Diagnosing and Correcting Reading Disabilities, Second Edition,//** by George D. Spache. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1981, p. 159. The rating scale was devised by Elton G. Stetson. "The Reading Equivalence Table" is shown below. Please note that the lowest level on this scale is beginning first grade, rather than kindergarten, thus figures on the SORT do not equate to scores on the test of Dolch Word Knowledge.

**Rating Scale for the Dolch Word List**


 * ~ Score

0-20 21-40 41-60 61-75 76-80 81-100 101-120 121-140 141-160 161-170 170-171 ||~ Reading Level

1.1 1.2 1.3

1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 ||~ Score

172-175 176-180 181-185 186-190 191-195 196-199 200-202 203-206 207-210 211-220 ||~ Reading Level

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 ||


 * Interpreting these data requires some care. It is important to note that //the intervals between grade levels on this scale are not equal!//** A child must master 170 words during first grade; the second grade ratings fall between 170 and 210 words – only 40 words. Thus, the more words that are acquired in the later stages of learning the Dolch Words, the faster the apparent progress through grade levels. A child can learn 100 words and gain only five months of credit in the earliest stage, while a similar number of words acquired after the first hundred have already been learned yields twice that much academic “growth.” This is because the first year of instruction in reading often focuses on teaching the sight words necessary for fluent reading and good comprehension.

[] Great site with all the strategies outlined and some printables

[] A teacher has leveled commercial books using Scholastic Wizard and has organized them by their levels.

[] This article states that if you space words further apart it helps children with dyslexia to read. The use of E-readers help because the can change the text to help them.

[] Excellent website that demonstrates reading strategies for children with significant disabilities with videos!

[] Website with online games has other grades also! []

This is a fantastic (and easy!) idea if your kids are just starting to outgrow Duplo blocks, and coincidentally just starting to be interested in reading. Lindsey at Filth Wizardry took a marker and some white stickers and wrote out dozens of words her kids can sound out or already read.



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I drew a load of pictures in black sharpie that the kids wanted to colour, then they sat with the letter bricks making the words that went with each picture



Sight word games; []

How to chose a book that is just right. []

Great site with different ways of teaching sight words and other things

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[] This has the Wilson paper

[] Wilson alphabet

[] Wilson: how to write the letters.

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http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/sight_words.html Sight word books ( popcorn books)

http://www.readabilityformulas.com/fry-graph-readability-formula.php This site has how you are able to find the reading level of any book.

http://www.kindergartenkindergarten.com/2012/03/sight-word-practice-pages.html blog with great printables

http://www.learningpt.org/expertise/literacy/bestpractices/adolescentInstruction.php Good list of strategies for reading although designed for adolescents are also applicable to other age groups.

http://www.readingpowergear.com/ reading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MMiie4vNwk This is a video that has Fundations on this.