Definitions for sight word
sight word

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1. sight wordnoun

   A word that a learner recognizes, or is expected to recognize, on sight.

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1. Sight word

   High frequency sight words (also known simply as sight words) are commonly used words that young children are encouraged to memorize as a whole by sight, so that they can automatically recognize these words in print without having to use any strategies to decode. Sight words were introduced after whole language (a similar method) fell out of favor with the education establishment.The term sight words is often confused with sight vocabulary, which is defined as each person's own vocabulary that the person recognizes from memory without the need to decode for understanding.However, some researchers say that two of the most significant problems with sight words are: (1) memorizing sight words is labour intensive, requiring on average about 35 trials per word, and (2) teachers who withhold phonics instruction and instead rely on teaching sight words are making it harder for children to "gain basic word-recognition skills" that are critically needed by the end of grade three and can be used over a lifetime of reading.

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1. Sight word

   A sight word is a word whose spelling is not straightforward and, therefore, does not enable a learning reader to determine what spoken word it represents just by sounding it out according to the rules. Learning readers recognize sight words from having memorized them or by drawing their meaning from context. In more linguistic terms a sight word lacks a complete one-to-one correspondence between its graphemes and phonemes and must be decoded on a discourse level. Sight words occur in a language that has an alphabet yet uses a spelling system that deviates from the alphabetic principle to varying degrees, i.e. orthographic depth. Although a sight word is the smallest unit in word-level-up approaches to teaching reading skills, such as whole language, the concept is also used in sublexical methods such as phonics, the basis of which is phonemic awareness and the regular spelling conventions of English. Reading researcher Diane McGuinness estimates that there are approximately 100 common words in English which fit this description. This number is far less than the 220 sight words listed on the Dolch word list.

How to pronounce sight word?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sight word in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sight word in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sight word in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_Word
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sight word