Components of the Reading Rope: Sight Recognition

When educators hear the term “sight recognition,” they often think of a student’s ability to visually identify how to say a word without needing to decode it. But within Scarborough’s reading rope, sight recognition actually goes deeper than that. It refers to the process by which students identify the spoken word and its possible meaning […]

Sight Words vs. Decodable Words

What are Sight Words? Sight words are words that students need to be able to recognize instantly (or within just a few seconds). Some words are sight words because they appear in text so frequently that students should learn to recognize them without much effort. Other words are sight words because they do not fit […]

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