Sight word knowledge is essential if the beginning reader is to become a truly fluent reader. Words They Need to Know contains many independent activities to enable your K-3 students to learn the first 300 essential sight words in individual, partnered, or small group settings. Primary teachers, reading specialists, and classroom volunteers will love the easy-to-use format of this sight word activity book along with the ready-to-duplicate flashcards, assessment tools, record keeping devices, gameboards, and activities.

* the most comprehensive books on word sorting available * a wide range of sorts offered at all developmental levels * great for on-grade level, remedial, ESL, Title I, and Reading First All Sorts of Sorts 3 Concentrates on vocabulary instruction. Vocabulary acquisition has been shown to occur through repeated and multiple exposures, through active engagement in learning tasks, and through incidental learning. In these 155 sorts, the students are exposed to words commonly covered in science, math, health, and social studies. The sorts follow closely the national standards for these content...

The 155 Sorts in this book provide word study practice for students in large group, small group, individual, and learning center settings. They offer a multi-sensory experience in which students manipulate and categorize words by specific features or sound parts: initial and final consonants, short and long vowel patterns, high frequency phonograms, vowel digraphs and diphthongs, common blends and endings, and "sound-alikes" such as gn and kn. There are also some fun word meaning sorts such as "has wheels" and "does not have wheels." Instructions are provided for presenting open, closed,...

* the most comprehensive book on word sorting available * a wide range of sorts offered at all developmental levels * great for on-grade level, remedial, ESL, Title I, and Reading First Continues for intermediate and upper grade students, presenting 170 word sorts that focus on spelling rules, word and phonics patterns, and spelling generalizations. These sorts reflect the types of spelling and phonics principles that intermediate to upper grade students encounter in their daily reading and written work.

(Grades 4-8) * the most comprehensive books on word sorting available * a wide range of sorts offered at all developmental levels * great for on-grade level, remedial, ESL, Title I, and Reading First The format for this book is similar: 20 to 30 words on a page with category headers so that you and your students can sort in multiple ways: open, closed, speed, "blind," and writing sorts. Great effort is taken to correctly identify and sequence the sorts by pattern in a developmental way. These are sequenced, developmental sorts and as such offer you an important teaching tool for your...