Have you ever searched for sight word reading practice resources for your emergent readers only to find that they all include words that are well above your student's reading abilities?
I was in the same predicament. I was looking for sight word readers that I could use with my PreK students who were interested in reading. I specifically wanted readers that focused on a target sight word with predictable text and decodable cvc or short vowel words. What I found were a lot of readers that focused solely on the repetition of the sight word and disregarded the skills needed to decipher the rest of the text.
Enter my decodable sight word readers. (Ta-Da!)
As an Orton Gillingham certified classroom educator I firmly believe in the need to put reading material in front of our student's eyeballs that they have the skills to read. Yes, other texts are super important, but if we're focusing on the skills needed to decode, then we need to build on a solid foundation of phonemic awareness and empower them with reading material that they can actually read.
These easy to prep readers are divided into 4 levels.
Level one includes readers with a maximum of 3 words per page and does not necessarily use complete sentences (example: in the 'and' reader the sentences read cat and mat.) The primary purpose of these readers is to build confidence in students, intentionally expose them to sight words, and have them work on their decoding and blending skills. Complete and complex sentences are not needed to achieve those goals.
Each reader consists of 12 pages. There is a cover page, 6 reading pages that are supported by images and reading dots to encourage students to point to each word as they read, and 5 activity pages that have students writing the target sight word, identifying the word, decoding short vowel words and reading the sentences without the aid of pictures.
The sight words covered in level 1 are: a, and, he, I, in, it, my, on, she, the, we, you.
You'll also find cut and paste printable activity pages and sentence-building cards.
Levels 2, 3, and 4 use sight words taught in previous levels and have a maximum of 5 words per sentence. They also have the same activity pages and supporting printables.
Predictable text and activities are great for young learners because it gives them the feeling of knowing what to do, which builds confidence. If students don't have to worry about what to do on a page because they've been exposed to it, they can focus on mastering the intended skill.
I hope these readers will be useful with your young learners, I've loved using them with my students and 5-year old alike.
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