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Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens:
How Can We Categorize and Sequence Sight Words for Student Success?
Kathy Hart Smith, Ph.D.

2. How do you teach reading? Phonics Sight Vocabulary Language Experience
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How do you teach reading?
Phonics
Sight Vocabulary
Language Experience

3. PP not
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None of the above! X

4. PP not
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We teach children!

5. PP not
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Some children are really good with auditory skills. They are good at matching symbols and sounds.

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Other children are really good with visual skills. They easily recognize words.

7. What happens when there is a mismatch?
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What happens when there is a mismatch?

8. PP not
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HELP!!

9. We need to help children integrate phonics and sight vocabulary.
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My belief:
We need to help children integrate phonics and sight vocabulary.

10. Let’s look at the beginning of the phonics continuum.
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Let’s look at the beginning of the phonics continuum.
Initial and final consonants
Initial consonant blends and digraphs
Short vowels – CVC pattern
Affricates
Final consonant blends and digraphs
vCe – common long vowel pattern
Ganske, K. (2014). Word journeys: Assessment-Guided phonics, spelling, and vocabulary
instruction (2nd ed.). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

11. PP not P ran 1 him 2 sit 3 ten Initial and final consonants
Initial consonant blends and digraphs
Short vowels – CVC pattern
Affricates
Final consonant blends and digraphs
vCe – common long vowel pattern
Ganske, K. (2014). Word journeys: Assessment-Guided phonics, spelling, and vocabulary
instruction (2nd ed.). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

12. Looking Back At The History of the Dolch Word List
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Looking Back At The History of the Dolch Word List
The 1930s
Problems In Reading, 1948
Verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions
University of Illinois Archives &#169

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Pre-primer: (40 words) a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you
Primer: (52 words) all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes
1st Grade: (41 words) after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, giving, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when
2nd Grade: (46 words) always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don't, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your
3rd Grade: (41 words) about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, nine, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

14. PP not
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Take a look at

15. PP not
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Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens:
CVC – Beginning Phonics?
PP – (5 out of 40 words)
big
can
not
red
run
P – (4 out of 52 words)
but
did
get
ran
1 – (6 out of 41 words)
had
has
him
his
let
put
2 – (1 out of 46 words)
sit
3 - (5 out of 41 words)
cut
got
hot
six
ten

16. Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens: Word Families?
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Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens:
Word Families?
PP – (5 out of 40 words)
and in it my
play
P – (6 out of 52 words)
all am at he
well
will
1 – (8 out of 41 words) an by
old
round
stop
then
think
walk
2 – (5 out of 46 words)
best or
right
sing
wish
3 - (4 out of 41 words)
far
pull
light
pick

17. Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens: Basic vCe words
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Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens:
Basic vCe words
PP – (1 out of 40 words)
make
P – (4 out of 52 words)
ate
came
like
ride
1 – (1 out of 41 words)
take
2 – (4 out of 46 words)
five
gave
made
use
3 - (1 out of 41 words)
nine

18. Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens: Color Words?
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Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens:
Color Words?
PP – (3 out of 40 words)
blue
red
yellow
P – (3 out of 52 words)
black
brown
white
1 – (0 out of 41 words)
2 – (1 out of 46 words)
green
3 - (0 out of 41 words)

19. Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens: Number Words?
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Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens:
Number Words?
PP – (2 out of 40 words)
one
three
two
P – (1 out of 52 words)
four
1 – (0 out of 41 words)
2 – (1 out of 46 words)
five
3 - (5 out of 41 words)
eight
nine
seven
six
ten
Note:
First is in the second grade list.

20. Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens: So, What Should We Do?
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Looking At The Dolch Word List with a New Lens:
So, What Should We Do?
What makes sense for children in our classes?
Phonics-based
Word families
Authentic reading

21. In other words: Organize for how your children learn best!
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In other words:
Organize for how your children learn best!

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Fun Ways To Do This!

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