RICA Domain: Fluency
RICA Competency: Fluency: Instruction and Assessment 5.A.3, 6.C.2
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Since this is a kindergarten class and we are still only on month two of school, the class is still working on letter recognition and concepts about print. However they have been getting tested on the high frequency sight words they will be expected to know by the end of the year. I have been pulling students out to see which (if any) sight words they know. Then for homework each week they are expected to work on becoming familiar with a sight word. For instance this week their sight word is "green." The students parents are expected to help their child learn the sight words provided on the homework calendar each week. Another way that the sight word homework is connected to reading fluency is that each child takes home a phonic book that allows them to work on reading, mostly sight words. Each book is individualized to the student's academic reading level. Therefore those who are beginning readers get a beginning reader book while other students get a bit more challenging phonics reader.
By learning these sight words students can learn to read and also help struggling readers by allowing them to identify sight words. All these sight words are one-syllable words, so that they can be easily recognized.
INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING:
My cooperating teacher does not have any visuals displaying sight words around the classroom. She does have the alphabet shown in the front of the classroom which could help with kindergarten students trying to remember how to write a letter from a sight word they forgot how to spell.
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