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Sight Words. Up to 75% of written English!. How much of this passage is Sight Words?.
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Sight Words Up to 75% of written English!
How much of this passage is Sight Words? • When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there for two years and two months. At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again.
How much of this passage is Sight Words? • WhenIwrotethe following pages, or rather the bulk ofthem, Ilived alone, in the woods, a mile fromany neighbor, inahouse I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned mylivingby the labor of my hands only. Ilived there for two years andtwo months. At present I am a sojourner in civilized lifeagain.
Walden Passage • 69 words total • 43 words are unaltered sight words • 4 words are sight words with a suffix, or ending added • 3 words are different tenses or forms of a sight word
Knowing Sight Words • 72% of the passage
How we learn Sight Words • Memorize • Cannot or are difficult to sound out • Recognize immediately • Don’t always translate