SIGHT WORDS CHRISTMAS TREE

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SIGHT WORDS CHRISTMAS TREE decorating activity is carefully designed for preschoolers, kindergartners and lower elementary children to promote literacy and reinforce reading / spelling of high-frequency words through fun hands-on invitations to learn and play.

With this SIGHT WORDS CHRISTMAS TREE Activity Pack, you will receive:

1. an instant 11-page 30 MB PDF  download AND
2. an instant 5-page Sight-Words-5-LEVELS-MFTH download (words arranged in a table format)

*THIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT*

Having been sharing our hands-on invitations to learn and play on Instagram, I now offer a digital resource you can CLICK | PRINT | GO to save you time from endless research or preparations. My printables are designed to promote ACTIVE HANDS-ON play-based learning, making homeschooling fun, educational, and open-ended. *If you laminate prior to use, you can use these resources over and over again! AND along with the digital download, you also get to see ACTIVITIES IN ACTION! So, you get a resource + ways to play at your fingertips!

WHAT ARE SIGHT WORDS?

If you have a preschooler you might often hear the term “sight words.” Those are words that appear most frequently in the reading text. Also referred to as Dolch Words, sight words are lists of specifically chosen high-frequency words. And, sight words are clues that hold the connected text together (sentences), giving reading its meaning. In fact, if a child is to decode each word s/he comes across, reading will be too strenuous. In addition, some words in the English language simply cannot be phonetically decoded, and many of these sight words defy standard phonetic conventions, meaning that they are practically impossible to sound out. As such, a child must learn these words by SIGHT rather than by sounding out, blending, or segmenting. Thus, frequent practice through fun hands-on invitations to learn and play will make sight words learning desirable rather than dreadful!

Did you know that SIGHT WORDS account for 50 to 75 percent of the words that appear in print? So, it is important for children to learn the correct spelling and to recognize the words instantly by SIGHT in order to achieve reading fluency! This allows a child to concentrate on reading comprehension without having to stop and decode each word. Sight Words HANDS-ON activities are a fun way to reinforce the reading/spelling of high-frequency words. These activities also promote fine-motor control and hand-eye coordination, not to mention all the sensorial fun your little will be having!

FUN FACT according to Fry’s research:

• 12 sight words make up 25% of words your little one would encounter while reading

• 25 sight words make up approximately one-third of all published text

• 100 sight words make up 50% of the words we read and write

• 300 words make up approximately 65 percent of all written material

SIGHT WORDS CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATING KIDS ACTIVITY

INSIDE SIGHT WORDS CHRISTMAS TREE Activity Pack:

PAGE 2: WHAT ARE SIGHT WORDS?

PAGE 3: INSTRUCTIONS: how to determine which level your child should use

PAGE 4-5: (2) pine tree templates that fit 24 SIGHT WORDS ORNAMENTS, which account for a single level.

PAGE 6-10: 5-LEVEL COLOR-CODED ORNAMENTS: Each SIGHT WORD level is color-coded ORNAMENT and arranged in an increasing order of difficulty from 1-5. Print and cut out the ornaments and invite your child to SAY the WORD ALOUD as s/he decorates the Christmas Tree. All the words were carefully selected from Dolch Words, Fry Sight words, and Montessori high-frequency words.

1. Level 1 are BLUE SIGHT WORDS ORNAMENTS
2. Level 2 are GREEN SIGHT WORDS ORNAMENTS
3. Level 3 are RED SIGHT WORDS ORNAMENTS
4. Level 4 are PURPLE SIGHT WORDS ORNAMENTSLevel
5. 5 are ORANGE SIGHT WORDS ORNAMENTS

PAGE 11:  DISCLOSURES ~ COPYRIGHT ~ do NOT SHARE /SELL /RE-DISTRIBUTE

SIGHT WORDS DECORATING CHRISTMAS TREE ACTIVITY

INSTRUCTIONS: Print on 8.5 x 11″ letter size paper. Follow the instructions on each page.

Optional, but suggested: laminate the page for durability and use dry erase markers for multiple use.

TIPS AND HACKS TO USE THE PRINTABLE

• You can use an iron instead of a laminating machine. (I am using these thermal laminating pouches). HOW: set your iron at low temperature, as if you would iron silk. To be safe, place a plain paper OVER the laminating sheet and iron over it. (See HERE how I did it making a flower bookmark.)
• Alternatively, you can use sheet protectors and insert your page into it, and then use a dry erase marker. 
• For a quicker and more precise straight cutting, I am using a paper trimmer instead of scissors.

SIGHT WORDS ORNAMENTS DECORATE THE TREE

My materials are created with high-quality clip arts and are thoughtfully designed from the ♡ heart.

My printables are subject to copyright law and are for your PERSONAL use ONLY. You may NOT share, resell, or redistribute them in any form. You may NOT gift, email, share, link or feature this PDF on any website, blog, forum, listerserve., etc.. You MAY post a picture of this material in action on your social media channels, and/or blog/website, etc., however, please TAG @MontessoriFromTheHeart on Instagram and/or include a link to my blog www.MontessoriFromTheHeart.com

My materials are for educational purposes only, so please use common sense when implementing my lessons since I can not be held liable for anything that transpires should you follow any of my suggestions or tutorials. Always supervise your children while they are learning through play, especially with little ones as small items might be a choking hazard.

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