

With these words, be sure to explicitly discuss the parts of the word that both DO and DON’T follow their expected sounds. Since the ai sounds like /ĕ/ instead, it is considered an “oddball.” The word they has the /ā/ sound at the end, but the ey pattern is used instead of the expected ay pattern. a word that makes the same phonics sound but is spelled differently than expectedįor example, said has the visual vowel team pattern of ai, which usually makes the sound /ā/.a word that has the same visual pattern as other words within the same category, but the pattern does not make the expected sound.On the chart, you’ll see the term “oddball.” This comes from my Words Their Way training, and is a wonderful way to explicitly teach the parts of a sight word that are expected/regular and the parts that are not expected/not regular.Īs explained at the end of the chart, an “oddball” can either be: For example, you’ll find all the CVC words listed together such as: but, at, is, had, and yes.īecause many sight words can be fully sounded out using phonics and nearly all the others can be partially sounded out, combining the two strategies is a POWERFUL way to teach sight words! Not only is there a chart, but all 250 sight words are then provided via flashcards by their phonics skills! Quick Confession: These are really high frequency word flashcards, as they feature all of Fry’s first 100 words, all of Dolch’s words by their phonics pattern.

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Curated word list from Dolch and Fry to help prepare students grade levels Pre K through third grade for successful learning.
