Dolch Sight Words - use with your readers in ESL classes

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 6:07 pm

Listen to the show.

This show starts off with a quick discussion about the new teacher tips video blog that Matt has put together on DreamEnglish.com called the Teach Kids English Show. They are short 3-4 minute videos packed full of tips for teachers that are teaching young learners.

Talking briefly about MES-English's 5th anniversary on the web, Matt brings in the show's main topic, Dolch Sight Words. We first go over briefly what sight words are for those that are unfamiliar and then discuss how Matt found them to be inspiring and exciting in some classes where phonics only was failing. For Matt's class they really sped up reading and the learning process and he talks a little about why he feels they were successful.

Mark has taken the original sight word lists and made a 3 level version for his learners. You can find those downloads and a more in-depth explanation of the lists on the MES Dolch Sight Words Materials page. There's also a bit more there on Dolch Sight Words.

We also go over:

Thanks for listening!

MES-Member Joined: 22 Jul 2010 Posts: 8

Good video.

I always use puppets when I teach dialogues, but he managed well without.