You can read more about the importance of sight words for kids here.
Of course, there are always exceptions to the sight word rule, but this is a good starting point for understanding the purpose of sight words and the need for sight word memorization as an important building block on the road to reading. These words must be memorized through repetition and exposure, or memorized by sight. However, words like “four” and “she” cannot be sounded out phonetically or broken apart into chunks. For example, the word “cat” can be sounded out with individual letter sounds “c-a-t” and thus is not a sight word. You might be wondering, what is a sight word? In general, Sight Words are words that cannot be sounded out phonetically and must be read by sight.
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