Open court kindergarten sight word list3/15/2024 I definitely wanted songs for the number words, so those were first on the list! Then my district got a new intervention reading program called “ SIPPS,” and it had an entirely new list of words on it that I had to teach. Words covered are: Zero the Hero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, about, around, but, eat, fight, find, funny, get, into, new, ride, please, pretty, saw, say, says, so, under, which. Here’s why: I NEVER would have imagined that a child would need spelling song for a one letter word- but people were asking me for them, so I wrote them! And there you have it! Some people ask me why I didn’t include songs for the words “I” and “a” until Sing and Spell Volume Four. People started asking for Dolch words, so I went through the Dolch list and picked out all of the missing words from numbers 25-50, except the word “but,” which I figured would ONLY get me into trouble! Naturally, later teachers started asking me why I skipped it and so I included it on volume five anyway! Words covered are: A (the word, not the letter!), all, am, as, be, by, came, dear, did, friend, from, good, had, his, I (the word), if, love, made, nice, now, out, over, put, some, then, very, will, and your. These were the words that I still needed to teach in my classroom because they appeared in a lot of basic “easy readers.” There were about 12 words that I really wanted to record songs for at the time, such as “look,” “come,” “help,” “want,” and “one.” To round out the list, I went to the first grade teachers at my school, who asked me for songs for those hard words like there, their, and they’re, etc. Words covered are: again, away, because, come, could, help, house, how, jump, little, look, make, one, run, should, their, there, they’re, three, to, too, two, want, we’re, were, when, where, who, why, and would. I know that I sure needed those songs, that’s for sure! Also, there was a demand for the color words as well. This is because I was presenting mainly in CA at that time, and teachers in CA were asking me for the words from this list. These words came from the Open Court reading program as it was published in CA in 2005. Plus, there are two punctuation songs: one for capitals and one for spaces. Words covered: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, white, gray, pink, an, at, big, do, down, has, in, it, no/yes, not, small, this, too, up, we, what, who. I think one of the reasons for my early success was that so many people needed the exact same words that I did, because HM was one of only two state adopted language arts programs in CA at the time. These are the words that were on the very old Houghton-Mifflin (California version) Kindergarten list (around 2005), plus a few that my district required at the time. Words covered: and, are, can, for, go, have, he, here, is, like, me, my, of, on, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, to, was, with, you and I’m Done (the period song.) Here is how the lists for each sight word CD/DVD came to be: Maybe that’s why they seem to match up pretty well. But remember, I have five volumes of them, not just two! As my district changed their required sight word list, I increased my collection of spelling songs to match it.Īs far as your guess as to which reading program my CD’s and DVD’s are based on- well, if they match Open Court Imagine It, that is pure luck, LOL! I have never even seen that one! BUT… I did use a very old Open Court (California version) list for Sing and Spell Volume 2 when I was creating that CD. Any suggestions for how I should pace it? Your feedback is much appreciated!Īll of the words on my Kindergarten Pacing Guide are on at least one of my Sing and Spell CD/DVD’s. Is this correct? My district uses the Dolch Word list. After some research, it appears that your cd’s (dvd’s)are based on Open Court Imagine It Reading Program. (For example: first teach the words on #1 and then #2…etc.) However, I noticed that some of the words on our original list are not on these cd’s (dvd’s) and/or some of the words on your cd’s/dvd’s are not on your kindergarten Pacing Guide. Since we purchased your Sing and Spell Volume #1 and Sing and Spell Volume #2 CD’s and DVD’s last year, I was going to use them as a pacing guideline. I’m in the process of re-vamping our Kindergarten word list.
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