AS THE WORDS TURN!

All of our kindergarten friends were given a group of high frequency word cards a few weeks ago.  Each day we are practicing these words.  
In the next week or so we will be assessing the children on their word knowledge.  
If  you are uncertain as to what cards I am referring to please let me know, and I will provide you with another copy.  
FAQ-
What can we do with these words?

• Tape them to the door or wall and play flashlight, flashlight.  Here the children will shine the light on the word.  Read it, spell it, and use it in a sentence.
• Tape them on the stairs and have them walk to the word
• Play BINGO
• Rainbow write them (use different color crayons)
• Build the words out of WIKKI Sticks or PLAY DOH
• Create a board game with the words (CANDY LAND is a great game board b/c its primarily blank)
• Chose a few to use when you write you homework sentences

Should my child be able to spell them?
Yes.

Are these the words that are to be used for January homework?
Yes.  

Does everyone have the same words?
No.

Are these DOLCH or FRYE WORDS?
Great question! They are a bit of both as well as for some of our friends they are harvested out of their readers.  :) 

Are there a certain number of words my child needs to know by June?
No. However,  here is a clip of an article I recently read.  Why is teaching sight words so important? The 220 words included in the Dolch Basic Sight Word Vocabulary (originally formulated by E.W. Dolch in 1941), still comprise more than 50 percent of the words primary-age children encounter most frequently in the print materials they use (Johns, 1987; as cited in Blevins, 2006). The benefits of having a bank of sight words at the ready are significant for children who are learning to read. Accurate and automatic recognition of these high-frequency words enables a child to read more smoothly and at a faster rate, helping the child remember more of what he or she has just read and to make sense of it. The lessons and activities in this program provide the repeated practice children need to develop automatically in reading, spelling, and writing sight words- and put them on the road to reading success. (from Systematic Sight Word Instruction for Reading Success, grades K-2)

Should my child be able to recognize the words when they coma across them in text?
Yes.  This is the key! If they can read them fluently in text, they know them! They own them! They won't forget them.

Are there APPS for this? 
Yes. Like I mentioned above the children vary as far as which words they were sent home with. This doesn't mean they can learn more or other words.
Please feel free to download apps and play games with them
APPS-

• FRY WORDS
• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anna.FryWords
• Check out PINTREST