Why
learn to read words on sight?
Researcher
shows that learning just 13 of the most frequently used words will enable children
to read 25% of any text.
Learning
100 high frequency words gives a beginner reader access to 50% of virtually any
text, whether a children's book or a newspaper report.
When
you couple sight recognition of common and tricky words with knowledge of
phonics, that's when a child's reading can really take off…
Phase
2
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Decodable
words
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Tricky
words
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a
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had
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the
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an
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back
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to
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as
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and
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I
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at
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get
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no
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if
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big
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go
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in
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him
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into
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is
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his
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it
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not
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of
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got
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off
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up
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on
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mum
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can
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but
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dad
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put
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Phase
3
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Decodable
words
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Tricky
words
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will
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see
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you
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he
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that
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for
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they
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she
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this
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now
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all
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we
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then
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down
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are
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me
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them
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look
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my
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be
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with
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too
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her
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was
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Phase
4
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Decodable
words
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Tricky
words
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went
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said
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were
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it’s
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have
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there
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from
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like
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little
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children
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so
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one
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just
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do
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when
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help
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some
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out
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come
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what
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Phase
5
Note
that some of the words that were tricky in earlier phases become fully
decodable in Phase 5
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Decodable
words
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Tricky
Words
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don’t
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day
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oh
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old
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made
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their
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I’m
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came
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people
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by
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make
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Mr
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time
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here
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Mrs
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house
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saw
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looked
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about
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very
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called
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your
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asked
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could
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