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Reading Websites

The International Reading Association

Reading is Fundamental

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement

The National Reading Panel

I-Search Related Websites

Teaching Sight Words

Reading With TLC

Practice with Abstract Sight Words

The I-Search Unit

I-Search

The I-Search: Guiding Students Toward Relevant Research

I-Search Paper

Power Point of I-Search

Self-Profile Reflection

Reading With TLC is a reading website that recommends that sight words be introduced after students work through a phonics based programs. This sight recommends the use of mnemonics and imagery to teach sight words. A program called "Sight Words You Can See" is recommended.

Literacy Connections provides tips for teaching sight words. This site suggests using pictures along with phrases for introducing abstract sight words.

Education and Treatment of Children

This site contains an abstract of the article "Pupil-Made Pictorial Prompts and Fading for Teaching Sight Words to a Student with Learning Disabilities" which I used in my I-Search paper.

Sight Word Articles

Pupil-Made Pictorial Prompts and Fading for Teaching Sight Words to a Student with Learning Disabilities.

The Visual 'Confusability' of High frequency Words.