How many of you have emergent readers who once they realize there is a predictable pattern in a book, they stop paying attention to the words and only focus on the pictures?
Well, I wanted to share a fantastic resource that I have been using for the past few years to support sight word instruction. They are called Short Books.
And they are just that, short little books aimed to help increase automaticity in reading the most frequent words of English.
What I love is that these books do not repeatedly use phrases such as, "I can..." on each page. Instead, the language structure is varied so that the reader has to pay close attention to the letters and words in order to read the text. For example, the following variations are used within "can": "Can I go..." "I can see..." "Can I see..."
What I love is that these books do not repeatedly use phrases such as, "I can..." on each page. Instead, the language structure is varied so that the reader has to pay close attention to the letters and words in order to read the text. For example, the following variations are used within "can": "Can I go..." "I can see..." "Can I see..."
The series of books are numbered and as a new word is introduced it is incorporated with the words previously introduced, so they build upon one another. I also love the last page of the book. It has several of the introduced sight words jumbled up on the page for the reader to identify in isolation.
Can you tell they were created by a teacher?!
Thank you for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteWhere does one get these short books?
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You can order the Short Books directly from their website. I linked the picture to their website, so all you need to do is click on the picture. They do accept school purchase orders, as this is how I ordered them a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
These look great. I've shared some free high frequency word flashcards on my blog that teach children and parents ways to sound out the words on the back.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the process of making a larger set following the same concept to sell at a very low price. I'm testing them out on some friends and their children. I hope you check out my free flashcards. http://beginningreadinghelp.blogspot.com/2011/11/20-free-high-frequency-word-flashcards_08.html