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
are - Heart Word
"ar" is an r-controlled vowel, which is a common phonics pattern. The "e" is silent, which is the heart part in this word.
come - Heart Word
The "o" is saying the /u/ sound and the "e" is silent. This word has two heart parts!
some - Heart Word
The "o" is saying the /u/ sound and the "e" is silent. This word has two heart parts!
This week we will learn about the th and wh consonant digraphs. Digraphs are when two letters make one sound.
Monday/Tuesday
Wednesday/Thursday
Review digraphs ch and sh
Friday
This week we will begin 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.