Word Identification Strategy: Instructional Methods

Sight Word Books
www.msrossbec.com/dolchwb.pdf
Assess on a dolch list, highlight words they knew, leave blank the words they didn't know. Then create a sight word book with sentences that use the words. Twice a week student would receive instruction on the words he did not know.

Instruction was on words they did not know went like this:

• see if they knew the words
• if not tell them the word, then give them the page to read silently at their desk.
• when student was ready would come read the word from the list.
• Practice with parents, bring back with signature.
• The next day call up to re-assess. if he couldn't he would take them home again and practice.

Word Train (Begin, Middle, End of a word)
Connect the sounds in the words to the cars in a train. Beginning sounds were the engine, middle sounds with cars, and ending sounds were caboose.

Prefixes
Note cards with each prefix, then add to note cards of sight words.