High-frequency words are words that students will encounter often when reading and writing. These words often, but not always, have irregular or uncommon spelling patterns making some of the sounds. Over the next few weeks, we will be reviewing some of the most common words that students probably worked on in Kindergarten.
Flash Words - Words that have regular spelling patterns and can be sounded out, but are so common that it is valuable for students to know them on sight.
Heart Words = Words that have irregular or uncommon parts that students need to remember. Often, some parts of these words are regular and students just have to remember the "tricky part."
Temporary Heart Words - Words where the tricky parts are only tricky because students have not yet learned or mastered those phonics patterns.
Learn more about heart words here: https://www.reallygreatreading.com/heart-word-magic
that - Flash Word
This word can be sounded out using sounds students know, including the "th" digraph.
what - Heart Word
Students can sound out the "wh" digraph and the "t" at the end. The "a" is saying the short u sound, which is the part students will need to remember.
then - Flash Word
This word can be sounded out using sounds students know, including the "th" digraph.
when - Flash Word
This word can be sounded out using sounds students know, including the "wh" digraph.
they - Heart Word
Students should be able to sound out the "th" digraph. In this word, "ey" is making the long a sound, which is a pattern they need to remember.
This week we will learn the ck, qu and ph consonant digraphs. Digraphs are when two letters make one sound.
Monday/Tuesday
Wednesday/Thursday
This week we will continue discussing linear measurement. We will be exploring length, height, width using various non standard tools to measure objects with (e.g., snap cubes, paper clips, tiles).
We will be discussing cycles in our daily lives and throughout the year.