What strategies have you already tried? Some ideas that come to mind: - Have him trace the words in sand or shaving cream on a small tray - Have him illustrate each word (word such as "is" "and" etc. can be difficult. Try doing consonants in red and vowels in blue) - Have him trace the words in different colored pencils or crayons. - Build the words with magnetic letters. - Tap the words out on his fingers. One tap per phoneme.
I'll bet you've already tried several of these. Good luck. Maura 5/NJ On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Jessica Lee Flynn <jflyn...@fau.edu> wrote: > I am having trouble helping the little boy I am tutoring with 'sight > words'. They just do not stick with him and I feel like I am tried many > different approaches. Week after week he fails his spelling tests (he has > to be able to identify the word and then spell it) and we work with those > words when I tutor him but they just don't stick with him! He is great at > memorizing a sentence frame (i.e. I like a tractor, I like a boat, etc.) > but when asked to identify tractor, or boat in isolation or in a different > context he has no clue what the word is... HELP?! I feel like I am running > into a brick wall, constantly. > > Any input is great appreciated!! :D > > Jessica > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
