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Improve Reading Skills - Improve Reading by Teaching 2nd Grade Sight Words
Improve Reading - Improve Reading Fluency with Common 2nd Grade Sight Words

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Improving Reading Skills with Sight Words - Understanding Reading Disabilities

If your child could benefit from improved reading skills or has a learning disability in reading, he may benefit from learning second grade level site words. Students with learning disabilities (LDs) in reading or dyslexia may have difficulty with basic reading skills or reading comprehension.

Special Education Instruction for Learning Disabilities in Reading

There are many ways to teach reading skills to students with LDs. To determine the best strategy for your child, teachers generally rely on assessment results and their own teaching experiences with your child. This information is used to develop an individual education program (IEP) for your child. Learn the eight essential parts of an IEP.

Learning sight words is one way to help your child develop stronger reading skills. This is one commonly used list of second grade words developed by E.W. Dolch in the 1930's. These words appear frequently in second grade reading material. This classic list is still used by teachers in today's classrooms. There are many ways to teach sight words to young children.

Second Grade Words:

always, around because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don't, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your

Download free second grade sight word flash cards here.

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