Sight Words
Sight words are words, like is, does, or was, that don’t follow conventional rules of spelling or the six syllable types. These words have to be memorized because decoding them is really difficult, if not impossible. Students learn to memorize sight words as a whole, so that they can recognize them immediately and read them without having to use decoding skills.
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Phonics
Phonics is the relationship between the sounds of spoken language, and the letters and spellings that represent those sounds in written language. Successful decoding, or sounding out of words, occurs when a student uses their knowledge of letter-sound relationships to accurately read a word. Knowledge of sound-spelling relationships is one of the most crucial skills for students to become fluent readers.
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