The more students write the word, the deeper they are able to connect that word in their long term memory. This is where the reading helps the spelling. One technique that I teach my students in spelling is to ask themselves “do all the sounds match?” when they are unsure of the proper spelling. That’s why it is important to give students opportunities to work on writing and spelling sight words, too.Īs students learn to recognize these words by sight, they can use this visual memory to help with their spelling. With opposite activities working on one helps to strengthen the other. Have you ever thought about the fact that reading and writing are opposite activities just like addition and subtraction. Not only do students get opportunities to practice sight words within a sentence, but they also get to work on the important blending skill which is foundational to their overall reading skills.

One of my favorite ways to do this is with simple sentences that use sight words *along side* CVC words. It is so important for our students to see sight words in sentences and other texts. While learning sight words starts with the word in isolation, we do not stop there. As students add more and more sight words to their memory, they are able to focus their efforts on comprehending the text they are reading. This helps to equip our students with the necessary skills to learn to read. As the year goes on, we add more and more sight words to our sight word bank and begin to build up our reading skills. We usually introduce the word in isolation, decode the parts that we can, and remind ourselves the part that we need to remember. Some sight words do not follow normal phonetic patterns, but we can help teach our students to remember the *tricky* part of the word.

Sight word sentence practice worksheet