Sight Word Assessment: Idea #159

A great way to keep track of the sight words your student knows or needs to learn is to keep a record. On the Make, Take & Teach website they call it an assessment. Take a look at how they have made a very complete sight word assessment:

You can find this assessment here: http://www.maketaketeach.com/docs/sightwordass1_3.pdf

On the Make, Take & Teach website they explain that you keep track of your child's progress by placing a + in the box of the words your child knows. If your child doesn't read the word in 3 seconds, put a - in the box. After you have tested your student on the sight word lists, chart it on the graph below:

You can find this chart here: http://www.maketaketeach.com/docs/sightwordass1_3.pdf

Just count the number of sight words your student could read to you, and color it on the graph. Retest your student every week or so to see how they have improved. You could even have your student color in the boxes to see how many more sight words they have mastered. This chart could be a great motivator for your student to learn more sight words!