What is sight word recognition?
Not all written words are regular ones that can be decoded easily. Some words are irregular or difficult to decode. They must be memorized and recognized by sight. Why is sight word recognition important? Learning sight word recognition skills will help learners read Irregular words that can not be sounded out • For example, words such as there, was, said, come Words that are governed by more complex spelling rules that have not yet been taught • For example, words such as boy, eat Longer, more complex words that are of high interest to the learner • For example, words such as Spiderman, Darth Vader, Hannah Montana, horse Remember that learners should not only receive instruction in sight word recognition. They also need instruction in decoding skills. Instruction in sight word recognition supplements, but does not replace, instruction in decoding. Sample goal for instruction in sight word recognition When a target word is presented orally (said out loud), the learner will select the a
