First Grade Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards with picture cues

High Frequency Word Cards

Learning high frequency words can be very difficult for students with dyslexia or who are struggling readers. As a first grade reading teacher, it is especially frustrating to watch a student work day after day on the same high frequency words with little or no success. Research has shown that many students who do have these difficulties think and remember visually with pictures. I incorporated pictures into those words to give my students an image to remember with the word. My students love these cards!

Included in this zipped file (All high frequency words are included in each set)

-Large 8x10 sized posters of high frequency words

- Medium 4x6 High frequency word flashcards with pictures. Perfect size for small groups. I have also included flash cards without the pictures that can be printed on the back to help wean the students away from the picture cues.

-Small student take home flash cards with pictures.

-Small student take home flash cards without pictures

-Power point of words with pictures.

-Power point of words with pictures and without pictures to help transition.

-Power point of words without pictures to check for mastery.

-Data recording sheet to track progress of high frequency word acquisition.

-Student date recording sheet to allow students to track their own progress

-Kinesthetic practice cards to allow students to trace the word and use Elkonin boxes to practice writing the words

- Sight word practice handouts- allows students to trace the word, write the word in Elkonin boxes, illustrate the words, use the word in a sentence, and cut out letters to glue the letters to form the words. Perfect for literacy centers!

-Instructions for using cards with key phrases or sentences I use with each word.

The following words are included in the first grade dolch sight word list:

after, again, an, any, ask, as, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when.

I hope you have as much success with these cards as I have!