Sight word mastery in kindergarten? IRA says, "Better not be all you do!"

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International Reading Association

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Researcher Marcia Invernizzi says drilling kindergartners about sight words can do more harm than good. See what else she has to say about teaching young learners.

Should we be teaching 100 sight words to kindergartners?

According to Marcia Invernizzi, drilling kindergartners with high frequency words on flashcards is unlikely to support the development of their sight word vocabulary.

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