As a first grade teacher, I was teaching sight words ALL WRONG! I learned that there were lists of words (usually called Dolch & Fry) that kids have to memorize. Since these are common words in the English language, it was once thought that they should be memorized so kids could read them. However, brain science has shown otherwise. And do you know what? Once I stopped trying to get kids to memorize hundreds of words, we were all LESS STRESSED! It was like a HUGE weight had been lifted. If you'r

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