Phonics
Click on the link below to access an overview of our phonics program for this year:
Sight Words
This year, 1 Green will be using the Mioow
Magic Words Program. This program is
made up of different coloured lists that make up the 220 most commonly used and
read words in order of frequency.
These
are POPCORN WORDS - they must be recognised and said as
soon as they are seen. All words in the
list must be said like popcorn in order to move on to the next coloured
list.
Your
child will be tested at school on a regular basis. When a list is completed, they will move on
to the next list. A certificate will be
sent home to let you know that your child has successfully completed a list and
is ready to start practicing the next coloured list.
To
make sure children are successful they should spend some time practicing the
words on his/her word list on a daily basis (this should form part of your
homework routine). Once children have
had the opportunity to study new sight words, games are a fun, hands on way to
help strengthen their retention.
There are a
few very important things to consider when practicing these words at home:
1. When tested at school, children are usually
given five seconds to say the word in order to be successful – remember that
these are not words to be sounded out each time they are seen – although this
might be a way to first learn the word;
2. If there are only a few unknown words on their
current list (and your child is waiting to be retested at school), please feel
free to practice the unknown words in the next list – they are encouraged to do
this at school as well;
3. Remember to ask the words from the list out of
order so that they are not just remembering the list order.
Spelling
When your child has learnt to recognise and say the 220 sight words, these words will become their spelling words.
When your child has learnt to recognise and say the 220 sight words, these words will become their spelling words.
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