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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you mean he can’t read well, or he can’t read at all? It would be strange if he can’t at least read simple cvc words like cat or sight words. Don’t they have a list of sight words they are memorizing? I have a kindergartener and he has a set of sight words and brings a small book home every day to read. It’s really simple… maybe 5-7 pages with a short sentence each and with lots of repeated words. [/quote]

This response is making me mad (jk). All we get is a newsletter every 2 weeks. In the newsletter it says the sight words they have covered among all the other things. Nothing about helping them learn it. They’ve covered about 20, he can read 10. I want a book! I’ve been thinking about buying Dick and Jane or a similar reader to reinforce the sight words because it seems like DS isn’t paying attention to the sight words specifically. Everything else he seems to do well (the teacher also criticizes his handwriting but it seems fine to me, he’s able to write all his letters legibly and on command.)[/quote]

I would do two things:

- Buy an easy set of readers. Maybe little science readers or readers that shows pictures of kids… whatever you kid is interested in.

-buy and play reading games. I bought a “sight words” flyswatter game on Amazon. You spread words out and swat the words (flies) with swatters. At this age, keep things light and fun! Try not to pressure him tot memorize the sight words. Just keep exposing and repeating in fun ways if you can.

And I don’t know if this is helpful to you, but my school has kids write one sight word per index card and punches a hole. All the sight words are put on a binder ring so kids can flip through and practice daily. Because of the ring aspect and because my son wrote and decorated the words himself, he actually likes practicing. [/quote]

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