Where Did Sight Word 60 Come From?
What Is Sight Word 60?
The premise of Sight Word 60 is that in the course of a school week, 5 days, students get over 60 exposures to each sight word and that happens in just a few minutes each day. No long lessons. No materials to prep. A few high impact, engaging minutes to teach sight words.
Brain research says we need 21 exposures to learn something and move it into long term storage and be able to recall the information. So, why not triple that and get 60 or more exposures?!
Sight Word 60 works with any sight word list. Dolch. Fry. And if your district is like mine, we have our own list that changes frequently (and by frequently it depends on who you ask because when you ask different people you get a different list…but that’s beside the point…). My district requires our kindergarten students master 100 words.
How Does Sight Word 60 Work?
Day 1 is introducing the words.
Sentences: Sight Word 60 Day 2
Sentences: Sight Word 60 Day 3
Sight Word Grids: Sight Word 60 Day 4
Games: Sight Word 60 Day 5
Sight Word Freebies:
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16 comments
Love your video!! I got the Big Word app that you recommended. Did you just take a picture of the word and use the words in your camera roll so that you could flip through them?
Do you always capitalize the first letter? I was just wondering. Thanks for sharing! Becky
We do the same review but I make a video of the words they decorated. We then say the word, spell the word, and say the word. They love it.
Check it out
I just started sight word 60 this week and I am loving it. My students are too! Thanks for always having such amazing ideas!
Amanda 🙂
Mrs. Pauley’s Kindergarten
That is just the way the app works….sometimes I forget to make them lower case!
Yes!
I have read about how you do sight words before but the video makes it so much better! Thanks for this series of posts!!
GENIUS!
I absolutely loved your monster shape activity. It is very educational and engaging. Thanks for sharing.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU… for sharing your Sight Word 60 program. I started implementing it as soon as you shared it in March and I have seen amazing results. Cannot wait to start off next school year with this!
Hi!
I have tried to download Big Words to my Ipad, but I do not seem to find it. Can you show me the icon of the app? Thank you for sharing all this with all of us!!
Eeekk….I don’t the ability to show a picture here in the comments. Wish I could. I just know it is called Big Words
Where do I find days 2-5 for the sight word 60?
Hi Jessi!
Just search for Sight Word 60 in the search bar and they will all come up!
Are there sight word grids for first grade? I would love to use them in my classroom. Thanks! Trisha
They are for Kindergarten but they are editable so you can make your own! 😉