Dear Parents of Exceptional Needs Children

Reading is the one of the most important skill that a child will learn.

Dear Parents of Exceptional Needs Children,

Enclosed is a complete listing of the Dolch Basic Sight Words divided by the grade level (pre-primer to grade three). Please unite the school staff in reinforcing and teaching your child these sight words. Please feel free to make flash cards to assist with this important task within the home environment. Reading sight words is one of the basic building blocks of learning how to read. A sight word is a word that children can read readily without having to sound it out. To lay a foundation for learning how to read, it is imperative to introduce sight words to children. Displaying a word wall in your home will be a useful visual aid for your child as he/she reads each sight word, while practicing them and committing them to memory. Many sight words are difficult to portray with pictures or hard to sound out through phonics methods. Therefore, these words must be learned as sight words and they must be quickly recognized in order to achieve reading fluency. Once children have learned and memorized these basic sight words, they are able to read more fluently and with greater comprehension.

Thanks

Mrs. Edwards Special Education Teacher (Kindergarten/First Grade Interrelated Teacher)