Kindergarten Word Wall Words

                                                                             

Introduction to Word Wall Words

Dear Parents,

As you know, Kindergarten is a very important time in a child’s life.  They will leave in June with a solid foundation of reading and writing skills that will set them up for success as they move to the upper grades.  The acquisition of sight words, or as we refer to them, “word wall words”, is essential in helping to develop this foundation.  Sight words are words that are used frequently in language and often cannot be sounded out phonetically.  Memorizing these words and knowing them “by sight” will allow your child to automatically recognize the words without having to use strategies to decode them. The ability to read and write sight words will help the students to begin conventional reading in leveled books as well as use complete sentences in their writing.

       Attached is a list of sight words that your child will be expected to both read and write by the end of kindergarten.  We are including this list so that throughout the year, you can work with your child on memorizing these words little by little. A monthly schedule of words will be sent home at a later time. Please note that your child is not expected to memorize these words all at once.  In fact, trying to memorize too many at once may result in confusion and frustration. Each word is introduced in isolation and the complexity of the words will gradually increase as the year goes on. If, however, you notice that your child can read and write all the sight words for a given month, you may want to introduce them to the next month’s words.  The students will be tested on their ability to read and write these words periodically throughout the year.

       Here are some fun things that you can do with your child to help them learn the sight words, especially if the are having difficulty doing so:

·      Spread shaving cream on a tray or table and write the word in the cream.

·      Write the word in glue and pour sand over it.  Trace the word with your finger. 

·      Trace the word into a carpet or in the air.

·      Cheer the word (t!- h! -e! the!)

·      Form each letter of the word with play dough.

·      Form each letter of the word with a pipe cleaner and trace the word with your finger.

·      Make rainbow words:  Write the word in black marker and then trace the word 3-4 times, using a different color crayon each time.

·      Word Wall Ring Cards

Word Wall Words

Comprehensive List for the Year

I    the    a     an     like     in     
up     it     me     went     
can     is     see     said     to     go

here     am     my     you     come

and     have     he     me     we     with

want     then     they     she     was

there     on     look     this     put

some     first     last     for     away

are     what     what    will     from

of     after     where     because     so

out      very     your     be     his    her   oh