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Theseworksheets,mini-songbooks,andflashcardsweredesignedtoaccompanyandsupplementHeidiSongs
SingandSpelltheSightWordsVolumeOneCDandDVD.Thesightwordsthatyouwillfindinthisbookare
thesameonesthatyouwillfindontheseproducts.Youwillfindthatthemini-songbookscontainthewordsto
eachsong,andfeatureillustrationsofthehandmotionsforeachsong.However,theworksheetsthemselves
containnoreferencetothesongs,andcouldthereforebeusedwithanysightwordprogram.Ifyouare
viewingthisbookforthefirsttimeandarenotfamiliarwiththeHeidiSongslineofproducts,pleasevisitour
websiteatwww.heidisongs.comformoreinformation.
Theactivitiesincludedintheworksheetsweredesignedtogivechildrenavarietyofwaystopracticereadingandwritingthesewords.Itisverylikelythatyourchildwillnotneedtodoalloftheseworksheetsin
ordertomasterthewords,especiallywheresomeoftheeasierwordsareconcerned!Rather,Isuggestthat
throughtrialanderror,youdiscoverwhichoftheworksheetformatsismostbeneficialtoyourchilds
learning.Then,usethattypefirstwhenintroducingtheword,savingtheextraworksheetsforfurtherreinforcementifnecessary.Theymayproveusefulforhomeworkaswell.Someoftheseactivitiesinclude:
*Tracingthewholewordorpartofit,andfillinginthemissingletters
*Writingthelettersprintedinboxesthataresizedtofiteachletter.Thepurposeofthisistohelp
childrennoticethegeneralshapeoftheword.
*Visualdiscrimination.Theseareactivitiesthatforcethechildtolookcarefullyatwordsthatlooksimilar
andfindtheonesthatmatchthetargetwordexactly.Thinkofthisasaerobicsfortheeyes;ithelps
childrendevelopthevisualacuityneededinordertoreadandwrite.
*Coloringthewordprintedinhollowblockletters,andRainbowWritingtheword,whichistracingthe
wordwithseveraldifferentcolors.Forthis,coloredpencilsormarkersworkbest.
*Writingthesightwordsinsentenceswithafillintheblankformat.
*Readingcomprehension-readingthewordinasentence,circlingit,andillustratingitsmeaning
*Writing-writeyourownsentenceusingthetargetsightword.
Thepurposeofthemini-songbooksisforchildrentoseethewordstothesongsinprintandpracticereadingthem.Afterduplicatingthepagestothesemini-books,cutthepagesapartandcolatethebook.Then,encourageyourchildtopointtoeachwordasheorsherecitesthesongs,asthispretendreadingoftenleads
torealreadingbeforeyouknowit!Iwouldadviseyoutoresisttheurgetohandthebooklettoyourchildand
walkaway,asthemostimportantpartofthisactivityishavingyourchildpointtoeachwordashereads.Beginningreadersoftendonotnoticethewordboundaries,andhavetroubleidentifyingwhereonewordendsand
anotherwordbegins.Youcanhelpyourchildunderstandthisconceptbyhavinghimfinddifferentindividual
wordsinthebookletthatheorshealreadyknows,andshowinghimwherethewordstartsandends.Mystudentsenjoyfindingcertainwordsinthebooklets,andcirclingthosewordsandcoloringthemadesignated
color.Also,eachtimethetargetwordcomesupinthebooklet,itiswritteninatraceablefonttogiveyour
childanotherchancetotraceandprintitwithinthecontextofthesong,ratherthaninisolation.
Thepicturesinthebookaredesignedtobechildfriendlyandfuntocolor.However,theyarenecessarily
small.Therefore,childrenmayfindcoloringmoresatisfyingiftheyusecoloredpencilsratherthancrayons.I
preferCrayolasTwistableColoredPencils,sincetheydonothavetobesharpened,andallowthechildrento
colorsmallpicturesmoreaccuratelythancrayonsdo.
Theflashcardsareprintedinbothlargeandsmall
sizes.Iusethesmallersizestosendhomeforhomework
practice.Thelargeronesareforwholegroupdrillonthe
sightwords,orwholegroupgamesthatreinforcethem.
Foravarietyofsmallandlargegroupgamestoreinforce
sightwordsandmanyotherconcepts,pleasevisitwww.heidisongs.Youmaywishtodownloadthefreehandoutsfrom
Heidispresentationsthatareincludedonthewebsite.
Also,HeidisBloghasalotofideasandgamesthatyoumay
finduseful.Followthelinkfromthemainwebsite,orvisit
http://heidisongs.blogspot.com/.
MoreInformation:
www.heidisongs.com
orcontact:HeidiButkus
P.O.Box603,LaVerne,CA91750
(909)331-2090Fax:(909)992-3061
All Material 2010 Heidi Butkus
Name: ____________
Read,trace,andwritetheword.
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Circlethewordthatmatchesthewordabove.
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Tracethewordandthenfillinthemissingletters.
Colortheword.
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Name: ____________
Read,trace,andwritetheword.
a n d a nd
Readthesentences,andwritethecorrectwordsinthespaces.
// go //// play.
I
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and
hop.
go
Readthewords.Colortheboxeswiththeabovewordinthem.
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Name: ___________
Read,trace,andwritetheword.
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and
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Readeachsentence,anddrawapicturetoshowwhatitmeans.
Thencirclethewordineachsentence.
I go and play.
I go and hop.
color
Writeasentenceusingthewordabove.
Thendrawapicturetoshowwhatyoursentencemeans.
color
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A-N-D, and
Name: _______________
And
Push right-left-right!
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and and
Read,trace,andwritetheword:
A-N-D, A-N-D,
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Clap, clap!
color
and
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Colortheword:
Wave hands!
Name: ____________
Read,trace,andwritetheword.
yellow
how
green
why
yellow
orange
yellow
yellow
orange
yell
how
Tracethewordandthenfillinthemissingletters.
yellow yel////
///low //////
Rainbowwritetheword.Tracethewordwithlotsofcolors!
yellow yellow
color
Colortheword.
yellow Yellow
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Y-E-L-L-O-W!
Y-E-L-L-O-W!
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Show two
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Read,trace,andwritetheword:
Make a circle!
Name: ____________
Read,trace,andwritetheword.
ye l l o w
Readthesentences,andwritethecorrectwordsinthespaces.
It
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Readthewords.Colortheboxeswiththeabovewordinthem.
color
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Read,trace,andwritetheword.
Name: ___________
Readeachsentence,anddrawapicturetoshowwhatitmeans.
Thencirclethewordineachsentence.
It is yellow.
color
Writeasentenceusingthewordabove.
Thendrawapicturetoshowwhatyoursentencemeans.
color
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Yellow;Pg.3
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Yellow!
Y-E-L-L-O-W!
Yellow!
Name: _______________
Yellow
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Show two
fingers!
Make a circle!
Yellow!
Y-E-L-L-O-W!
Yellow!
Name: ____________
Read,trace,andwritetheword.
house
hours
house
horse
house
house House
House;Pg.1
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Read,trace,andwritetheword.
Name: ____________
ho u s e hou s e
Readthesentences,andwritethecorrectwordsinthespaces.
//// is my ///// .
house
Is this
This
//// /////?
your
house
Readthewords.Colortheboxeswiththeabovewordinthem.
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Read,trace,andwritetheword.
Name: ___________
Readeachsentence,anddrawapicturetoshowwhatitmeans.
Thencirclethewordineachsentence.
Come play at
my house!
Writeasentenceusingthewordabove.
Thendrawapicturetoshowwhatyoursentencemeans.
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House;Pg.3
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Name: _______________
House
house
house House
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Read,trace,andwritetheword:
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house
House
Colortheword: