Explore Sight Words- Tier 3

Goal: 10 words per week × 30 weeks
Total: 300 words
Pacing: 25 instructional weeks + 5 review/assessment weeks

Day	Focus	Activity Example
Monday	Introduce new sight words	Vocabulary cards, discussion, sentence examples
Tuesday	Recognition & meaning	Define words, match synonyms/antonyms, illustrate meanings
Wednesday	Reading in context	Short passages and partner reading
Thursday	Application in writing	Write sentences and paragraphs using new words
Friday	Review & assessment	Reading challenges, quizzes, or short story creation

Instructional Goal:

Students will expand their vocabulary and improve fluency through context-based reading, comprehension, and application of sight words in writing.

🧩 WEEK-BY-WEEK WORD LIST

Focus: Reinforcing high-frequency academic words; reading for understanding.

Week 1: across, almost, already, although, another, answer, anything, become, below, between
Week 2: both, brought, change, close, cold, course, different, during, enough, even
Week 3: example, family, few, group, important, kind, learn, letter, might, moment
Week 4: mountain, move, near, next, often, order, outside, own, perhaps, question
Week 5: remember, second, sentence, sometimes, soon, special, story, study, though, today
🌀 Review Week: Reading comprehension paragraphs and vocabulary matching

Focus: Applying sight words in short passages and classroom discussions.

Week 6: together, toward, understand, until, warm, watch, while, whole, within, without
Week 7: already, among, began, better, cannot, complete, decide, depend, enough, explain
Week 8: favorite, finally, form, half, heavy, instead, large, listen, minute, notice
Week 9: object, often, paper, perhaps, quickly, really, remember, several, simple, suddenly
Week 10: suppose, sure, their, themselves, thought, together, toward, trouble, until, whole
🌀 Review Week: Group reading, context clue challenges, and creative writing

Focus: Using sight words in full sentences and paragraphs to show understanding.

Week 11: always, answer, believe, bring, carry, color, complete, enough, enjoy, follow
Week 12: happy, heard, inside, learn, light, maybe, middle, money, near, never
Week 13: once, only, own, pretty, question, quiet, ready, really, short, show
Week 14: start, suddenly, sure, talk, together, until, upon, warm, watch, whole
Week 15: while, whose, without, world, write, young, again, almost, along, always
🌀 Review Week: “Write a Short Story” project using 20 or more sight words

Focus: Strengthening reading fluency and inference-making.

Week 16: across, better, bring, clean, done, draw, drink, fall, full, grow
Week 17: hold, hot, hurt, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, myself, never
Week 18: only, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today
Week 19: together, try, warm, better, bring, carry, clean, done, draw, drink
Week 20: eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, keep
🌀 Review Week: Reading comprehension quiz and “Word Detective” activities

Focus: Connecting sight words to content areas (science, social studies, etc.).

Week 21: add, area, base, begin, clear, complete, distance, edge, figure, form
Week 22: high, history, human, idea, imagine, language, main, nation, nature, note
Week 23: object, ocean, planet, power, problem, reason, result, rule, sense, signal
Week 24: solution, state, surface, system, temperature, texture, value, volume, weight, world
Week 25: write, year, young, among, answer, behind, below, beyond, choice, compare
🌀 Review Week: Academic vocabulary review & subject-based word writing

Focus: Comprehension, fluency, and application through reading and writing projects.

Weeks 26–29: Cumulative review through themed reading activities (nature, community, adventure).
Week 30: “Explore Tier Reading Expedition” — students write and present a short story using 30+ sight words.

🧭 Final Project:

“My Word Explorer Journal” — students illustrate and write 10 original sentences showing mastery of their favorite words.

Master Sight Words- Tier 4