Noticing
My students have really developed their knowledge of their sight words, 13 in all so far. It had been not only beneficial for their reading but for their inventive spelling.
Even students who consistently struggle have an easy time with sight words. It gives them pride and confidence to get up there and be able to read. Students who have been getting a lot of support at home and returning our supplemental packets every week in order to get new ones, have been having the most success with the sight words. Students who continue to struggle with sight words are students from whom we have not received a supplemental packet. I hate to assume, but the two students with the most trouble claim to not get any help at home, and even though I want to think the best of their parents, it's a fact of teaching that not all parents go home and work with their children.
It's funny how kindergarten has changed from what I can remember. Every year things seem to advance just a little further. In the 18 years I have been out of this particular grade I have noticed some big changes, the biggest one being the many sight words the students learn. Although I don't remember it perfectly, I'm certain our focuses were mainly on alphabetic knowledge and phonetics, writing mechanics and social development.
In how it's changed, I wonder if that is daunting to some parents. Some of my students' parents could be as nervous as I was to teach the fundamentals of reading at such a young age. It is my first time really teaching the basics and I can't help but get a little anxious. Maybe some of these parents have this anxiety.
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