1st Grade Reading

1st Grade Reading focuses on developing foundational reading skills, including phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension for young learners.

Advanced Topics

Sight Words and High-Frequency Words

What are Sight Words?

Sight words are words you see all the time when reading. They don’t always follow regular phonics rules, so you need to recognize them right away.

Why Are They Important?

Knowing sight words helps you read faster and understand stories better. When you know these words, you don’t have to stop and sound them out every time.

How to Practice

  • Use flashcards to memorize common sight words
  • Play bingo or matching games with these words
  • Find sight words in your favorite books

Some common sight words are: the, and, you, said, was.

Learning sight words is like having shortcuts to reading!

Examples

  • Spotting the word 'the' in every story you read

  • Reading a whole sentence smoothly because you know the sight words

In a Nutshell

Sight words are common words you need to recognize quickly when reading.

Key Terms

Sight Word
A word that is often seen and should be recognized instantly.
High-Frequency Word
A word that appears often in reading and writing.