 In first grade, being able to identify sight words is a very important skill. One way that I help my students memorize sight words, which are words that cannot be sounded out, they just need to be memorized, is with their weekly decodable reader. I have them highlight all of the sight words that they find in their decodable readers. I read it, they read it, they have their highlighted sight words, and then they go home and read this to a parent or a brother or sister. Repetition is the key to learning those sight words, and this is just one way that I help my students use sight words every single day. Try it in your classroom.