step#7: sight words

overall there are two approaches to teach spellings, phonic and sight. while there are many words that should be learnt by phonic method, there are few high frequency words that require immediate recognition (just by sight, no time spent in attempting to read). sight word vocabulary leads to fluent reading skills. some of the sight words are an, am, are, were, there, is, was, this, that and many more. in fact, there are age appropriate sight words lists also. 

sight word teaching is another very important part of learning English reading/writing. it should be done mostly with a flashcard. some of the important pre-primary sight words are:

1. a
2. am
3. an
4. at
5. in
6. it
7. i
8. me
9. my
10. is
11. was
12. were
13. this
14. that
15. then
16. them
17. than
18. there
19. they
20. when
21. where
22. which
23. whose
24. why
25. who
26. and
27. can
28. do
29. go
30. come
31. sit
32. for
33. of
34. he
35. she
36. be
37. on
38. to
39. no
40. not
41. up
42. will
43. shall
44. see
45. out
46. so
47. run
48. now
49. new
50. but
51. play
52. yes
53. get
54. set
55. good
56. bad
57. eat
58. with
59. has
60. had
61. have
62. did
63. are
64. all