sight word
Recognized without sounding
A sight word is a common word that beginning readers are taught to recognize instantly by shape rather than sounding out letter by letter.
Words like "the," "said," "was," and "of" appear so frequently that fluent reading requires recognizing them on sight.
She practiced her sight words with flashcards every night.
- literacyAbility to read, write
- automaticitySelf-generating action capacity
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- phonicsSound-based reading instruction
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
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