![]() Here’s why: I NEVER would have imagined that a child would need spelling song for a one letter word- but people were asking me for them, so I wrote them! And there you have it! Some people ask me why I didn’t include songs for the words “I” and “a” until Sing and Spell Volume Four. People started asking for Dolch words, so I went through the Dolch list and picked out all of the missing words from numbers 25-50, except the word “but,” which I figured would ONLY get me into trouble! Naturally, later teachers started asking me why I skipped it and so I included it on volume five anyway! Words covered are: A (the word, not the letter!), all, am, as, be, by, came, dear, did, friend, from, good, had, his, I (the word), if, love, made, nice, now, out, over, put, some, then, very, will, and your. These were the words that I still needed to teach in my classroom because they appeared in a lot of basic “easy readers.” There were about 12 words that I really wanted to record songs for at the time, such as “look,” “come,” “help,” “want,” and “one.” To round out the list, I went to the first grade teachers at my school, who asked me for songs for those hard words like there, their, and they’re, etc. Words covered are: again, away, because, come, could, help, house, how, jump, little, look, make, one, run, should, their, there, they’re, three, to, too, two, want, we’re, were, when, where, who, why, and would. I know that I sure needed those songs, that’s for sure! ![]() Also, there was a demand for the color words as well. This is because I was presenting mainly in CA at that time, and teachers in CA were asking me for the words from this list. ![]() These words came from the Open Court reading program as it was published in CA in 2005. Plus, there are two punctuation songs: one for capitals and one for spaces. Words covered: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, white, gray, pink, an, at, big, do, down, has, in, it, no/yes, not, small, this, too, up, we, what, who. I think one of the reasons for my early success was that so many people needed the exact same words that I did, because HM was one of only two state adopted language arts programs in CA at the time. These are the words that were on the very old Houghton-Mifflin (California version) Kindergarten list (around 2005), plus a few that my district required at the time. Words covered: and, are, can, for, go, have, he, here, is, like, me, my, of, on, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, to, was, with, you and I’m Done (the period song.) Here is how the lists for each sight word CD/DVD came to be: Maybe that’s why they seem to match up pretty well. But remember, I have five volumes of them, not just two! As my district changed their required sight word list, I increased my collection of spelling songs to match it.Īs far as your guess as to which reading program my CD’s and DVD’s are based on- well, if they match Open Court Imagine It, that is pure luck, LOL! I have never even seen that one! BUT… I did use a very old Open Court (California version) list for Sing and Spell Volume 2 when I was creating that CD. Any suggestions for how I should pace it? Your feedback is much appreciated!Īll of the words on my Kindergarten Pacing Guide are on at least one of my Sing and Spell CD/DVD’s. ![]() Is this correct? My district uses the Dolch Word list. After some research, it appears that your cd’s (dvd’s)are based on Open Court Imagine It Reading Program. (For example: first teach the words on #1 and then #2…etc.) However, I noticed that some of the words on our original list are not on these cd’s (dvd’s) and/or some of the words on your cd’s/dvd’s are not on your kindergarten Pacing Guide. Since we purchased your Sing and Spell Volume #1 and Sing and Spell Volume #2 CD’s and DVD’s last year, I was going to use them as a pacing guideline. I’m in the process of re-vamping our Kindergarten word list. I always think that if one person asks a question, there may be many more that have that same question! So here is the answer. Have you ever wondered how I came up with the sight word lists on my Sing and Spell the Sight Words CD’s and DVD’s? I recently received this question via a comment on my blog, and I thought that the answer might make an interesting blog post. ![]()
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