i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid si maazign! It dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Could you read it? Crazy huh? I'm not encouraging horrible spelling, but this does prove a valuable point. We can read this easily because we've got a large bank of sight words. We don't "decode" words much anymore. We truly do see the word "as a whole". Keep rockin' those sight words this year and throughout the summer. The more words that your child can recognize instantly, the better off they'll be in future grades!
