Sight Word Stories

What are sight words?

Sight words are also called trick words, Dolch words, Fry words, flash words, and heart words.
They are the words that appear most often in reading.
They are not necessarily nouns and may not be visualized ~ such as the, is.
Sight words must be recognized by sight – they often have irregular spellings and can’t be sounded out, but the science of reading has taught us that some parts of sight words CAN be sounded out. See heart words. The heart represents the small part to be memorized – the rest of the word can be sounded/tapped out.