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 ...

A Word, Please: Hark to this lesson on a familiar phrasal verb. A 1998 edition of the Webster’s New World Dictionary. (Los Angeles Times) By June Casagrande. July 5, 2024 1:52 PM PT .

Roberson believes the lesson plan "teaches the kids to be ignorant," and as a Black woman, she is struggling to explain to her children why the word was written and spelled out 32 times in the ...