ネイティブの子どもたちが小学校入学前後に覚える、頻出単語sight words(サイトワード)って知ってる？

Sight words（サイトワード）って？
そしたら、Sight Words、どうやって覚えよう？
まとめ

Sight words（サイトワード）って？

サイトワードとは、英語圏で、子どもが覚えることが推奨される英単語のことです。

Sight words, often also called high frequency sight words, are commonly used words that young children are encouraged to memorize as a whole by sight, so that they can automatically recognize these words in print without having to use any strategies to decode.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_word

Sight=視覚
Words=言葉

つまり、一目見てすぐに理解すべき言葉で、英語圏で子どもが覚えることが推奨される英単語のことです。日本では九九のように、そのまま意味とスペルを覚える単語です。

子ども向けの本に使われる頻出単語で、基本的なことを表現するために必要不可欠な単語（冠詞、前置詞、動詞）です。

フォニックスでは当てはまらない規則も多い単語です。

先に覚えることで、ある程度の文章を読めるようになります！

Sight words(サイトワード)には２種類あります。

Dolch Sight words

Dolch Word Listは、1930年代にエドワード・ドルチ博士によって作られたサイト・ワードの元祖です。このリストは、5段階レベル（Pre-primer / Primer / First / Second / Third）+名詞95単語の220単語から構成されています。

Dolch sight words
こちらのサイトで、ドルチサイトワーズの単語が詳しく掲載されています。

Pre-K—40 words
a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you

Kindergarten—52 words
all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes

First Grade—41 words
after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when

Second Grade—46 words
always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your

Third Grade—41 words
about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

Noun(名詞)—95 words
apple, baby, back, ball, bear, bed, bell, bird, birthday, boat, box, boy, bread, brother, cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, egg, eye, farm, farmer, father, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, garden, girl, goodbye, grass, ground, hand, head, hill, home, horse, house, kitty, leg, letter, man, men, milk, money, morning, mother, name, nest, night, paper, party, picture, pig, rabbit, rain, ring, robin, Santa Claus, school, seed, sheep, shoe, sister, snow, song, squirrel, stick, street, sun, table, thing, time, top, toy, tree, watch, water, way, wind, window, wood