“Visual imagery uses a picture to create a meaningful association in order to read a basic sight word, which cannot be sounded out phonetically,” Gaynor said. In the book, each sight word is ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a ... decode everything before they can read a simple story, you’re going to have to wait years ...

The Dolch List of Basic Sight Words is comprised of 220 words that can assist in the corrections of reading difficulty or help prevent those problems from occurring when properly memorized.

Many words don't follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as "sight words", "instant words", "high frequency words" or "star words". A new reader finds sight ...

They grow their sight vocabulary by memorizing “high ... and the majority of early elementary students can effectively decode simple, one-syllable words like “cat.” Those who can’t master ...