Suggestions for Teaching the Dolch Sight Words

Suggestions for Teaching the Dolch Sight Words:

Make flash cards and pick ten or so words to work on at a time--- working for mastery. Talk with your child about what the word means or how it is used in a sentence.
Make word bingo cards and play bingo with your child. They will have to learn to read the words to find it on the card.
Make two sets of words and play memory or go-fish. Have your child read the words each time they turn them over in the memory game or are asking for a card in the go-fish game.
Make a tic-tac-toe game board and write a Dolch Word in each square. Play the game having your child say the word before they get to put their "x" or "o" in the square.
On the list of Dolch Words that your child's teacher sends home, highlight the words that he/she knows. As they learn new words, highlight them in a different color so that your child can see his/her progress.
Function (Four-Letter) words are very difficult for students to learn because they cannot be made concrete for the children. Make sure your child understands how they are used in a sentence. Write the word on a card, cut the word into letters and have your child arrange the letters to make the word. You might want to cut pieces of magnetic tape and put on the back of the letters. Then your child can arrange the letters on the refrigerator or a cookie sheet.