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Quinn, Cathleen E. – Academic Therapy, 1980
The author offers 16 sight word "tricks" that children can use to remember the spelling of 25 common sight words. Materials and techniques for teaching sight words are also suggested. (SBH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Memory, Sight Vocabulary, Spelling
Quinn, Cathleen E. – Academic Therapy, 1988
Spelling tricks for 35 sight words that can be used by learning disabled or regular classroom students are given. They include replacing silent or confusing letters with pictures to aid visual recall; locating a smaller, more familiar word in the longer word; and rhyming certain letter groups to related words. (VW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Sight Vocabulary
