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Sight words refer to words a student recognizes instantly or “on sight”, high frequency words, and phonetically irregular words.
High frequency words - Students should read words to the teacher rather than identifying after read to.
Controversy as to whether to assess in isolation or in context. Context is helpful when the word is some familiarity with unknown word and combines use of context with partial knowledge of s -s correspondences.
To assess in context prepare sentences with high frequency words.
To assess in isolation have students read lists of words out loud.
