In research, a “sight” word is simply any word that a reader can recognize automatically, said Shanahan. The lists in question are made up of words that have a high frequency in text, with the ...

Chad does not stop at the sight words, though, but goes on to read the instructions at the bottom of the page – written in full sentences – intended for parents to read.

Paul A. Alberto, Rebecca E. Waugh, Laura D. Fredrick, Dawn H. Davis, Sight Word Literacy: A Functional-Based Approach for Identification and Comprehension of Individual Words and Connected Text, ...