Establishing an extensive base of sight words is critical to global reading, where every word does not require phonological processing. Star Words are the 1000 most frequently used words in the English language!
Star Words Box 1 includes words 1-500 and Box 2 includes words 501-1000. Integrate these words as soon as possible into your Seeing Stars® instruction to establish sight words for both decoding and spelling. Box 1 is included in the Seeing Stars Kit.
Each set includes 500 words.
Develops automatic word recognition, even for non-phonetic words.
First 300 words make up approximately 65% of all written text.
Words are ordered based on frequency and complexity.
Bold, clear print stimulates visual memory.
Large 4" x 6" flash cards are ideal for group and classroom instruction.
Tabbed dividers help keep the flash cards organized.
The Seeing Stars® program develops symbol imagery - the ability to visualize sounds and letters in words - as a basis for orthographic awareness, phonemic awareness, word attack, word recognition, spelling, and contextual reading fluency.
