Phases of Sight Word Development
Developmentally Appropriate Sequence of Reading Instruction
Phonics Approach
Linguistic Approach
Miscellaneous
100

In this phase, students use visual cues to help them remember words.

What is the pre-alphabetic phase?

100

Many schools teach reading in Kindergarten due to what?

What is state mandates?

100

If a student is not receiving the Phonics Approach, what approach are they being taught?

What is the Linguistic Approach?

100

In this approach, students are able to work on basic reading along with what skill?

What is phonological awareness?

100

Rebus reading uses these in place of words.

What are small pictures?

200

Word guessing is this for weak readers.

What is a dead end?

300

Weak readers get stuck in this phase.

What is the partial alphabetic phase?

300

Formal reading instruction starts in this grade.

What is 1st grade?
300

What phase is it appropriate to teach the phonics approach?

What is full alphabetic phase?

300

The Linguistic Approach is also known as this.

What is the 'word family' approach?

300

What approach is considered the 'training wheels' for learning to read?

What is the Linguistic Approach?

400

This approach is not real reading but is a supplemental technique.

What is Rebus Reading?

500

This phase requires well developed phoneme awareness.

What is the consolidated alphabetic phase?

500

What puts us in a position to suggest a developmentally appropriate sequence of reading instruction?

What are the levels of phonological awareness and the four phases of sight word development?

500

What phonological awareness level is lacking therefore makes the phonics approach not developmentally appropriate?

What is phoneme level processing?

500

What part of the word does the Linguistic Approach focus on?

What is the rime unit of the word?

500

What students can be taught to word guess?

What is students with strong orthographic mapping skills?