![]() The relationship between the letter and its sound equivalent is not always predictable. Unlike other languages, written English has an inconsistent phoneme-grapheme relationship or spelling pattern. Research has shown that reading improves as a reader’s sight word vocabulary grows. A piece that contains too many non-sight words is usually too difficult and frustrating. The child must use other word recognition strategies for only a few words (5 to 10 percent). Fluent reading requires that most words in a selection be sight words. Sight words may refer to reading without hesitationįor others, the term means words recognized instantly, without hesitation or further analysis. In addition to these words being very frequent, many cannot be “sounded out.” Children are expected to learn them by sight, i.e., recognizing them without any attempt to sound them out. ( The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists, 2000) state that the 25 most common words comprise about one-third of our written material, while the 100 most common words comprise about 50 percent of the material we read. ![]() When the term is applied to early reading instruction, it typically refers to about 100 words reappearing on almost any page of text.Īccording to Robert Hillerich, just three words I, and, and the account for 10 percent of all words in printed English. ![]() Sight words can be the 100 most common words “Sight words” is a common term in reading with various meanings. ![]()
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