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Sample Sight Word Stories
Here are a few examples of the Sight Words You Can See. Print them out, with the sight word cards, and try them out on a student who does already have a strong phonics base, but needs to quickly learn the sight words that don’t follow the rules! You’ll notice that the mnemonic (memory) cues tie in the irregular spelling features of each word. These are actual dialogue boxes from the included instruction manual. Show the student the card and read the corresponding story. Normally, the stories would be presented and drilled with cards that share common features.

	“This word looks like it should say ‘whoa.’ (open syllable rule already taught) Do you see that owl? He’s awake all night in the forest, and when he hears a scary sound, he says, ‘Whoa! Whooooooo is that?’”
	“If the final ‘e’ rule worked here, this word would sound like the word ‘comb’. It doesn’t work here, though. This word is ‘come’. In the cue, the finger is calling the child, saying, ‘Come, so I can comb your hair.’”
	“This word has the word ‘ear’ in it. Now I’m going to walk out of this room, and when I open this door again, I want you to notice which comes into the room first – my ear or my nose. (Do so, taking care to have your ear enter first.) What was first? Right, my ear was early!”