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2. Dolch word list - Wikipedia

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   The Dolch word list is a list of frequently used English words (also known as sight words), compiled by Edward William Dolch, a major proponent of the "whole-word" method of beginning reading instruction. The list was first published in a journal article in 1936 [1] and then published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948. [2]

3. Sight word - Wikipedia

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   Sight words account for a large percentage (up to 75%) of the words used in beginning children's print materials. [6] [7] The advantage for children being able to recognize sight words automatically is that a beginning reader will be able to identify the majority of words in a beginning text before they even attempt to read it; therefore, allowing the child to concentrate on meaning and ...

4. Test of Word Reading Efficiency Second Edition - Wikipedia

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   Age equivalent, grade equivalent, percentile marks and scaled scores are four of the normative scores of TOWRE - 2, however, the authors recommend to use percentile marks and scaled scores to interpret test results rather than age and grade equivalent. The two subtests, Sight Word Efficiency (SWE) and Phonemic Decoding Efficiency (PDE), and the ...

5. Fountas and Pinnell reading levels - Wikipedia

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   In this system, reading text is classified according to various parameters, such as word count, number of different words, number of high-frequency words, sentence length, sentence complexity, word repetitions, illustration support, etc. While classification is guided by these parameters, syllable type, an important consideration in beginning ...

6. Dick and Jane - Wikipedia

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   William Gray and Zerna Sharp worked together to develop readers that incorporated the whole-word or look-say method of word recognition (also called sight reading). [6] The Dick and Jane primers introduced new readers to one new word on each page and only five new words in each individual story.

7. Alice and Jerry - Wikipedia

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   The sentences in the "Alice and Jerry" readers were short, and used repeating words to build reader's stamina and familiarity. For instance, here is the text from the book "Skip Along": "One, two three. Come and see. Come and see. See my umbrella. Look, Jerry. Up. // One, two three. Come and see. Come and see. See my airplane. Up, up, up. Down."