What are some activities that help with sight-word recognition?
Sight-word recognition can be improved through the use of flashcards. Teachers write a word or phrase on a large piece of cardboard and “flash” it at the students for one second. Students read out the word/phrase as it is flashed. Another activity is to write a list of words that have similar spellings (e.g. retrieve, receive, resolve, reserve, reprieve), where one of the words has been repeated three times. Students are shown the list for a few seconds and then asked to identify the repeated word.
