There are 43 high-frequency words to learn in kindergarten. They were commonly referred to as 'sight words' because of how readers need to recognize them by sight, as they largely cannot be successfully sounded out.

You will largely hear us refer to these words now as heart words because of how they are taught. The tricky parts that needs to be committed to memory ("know it by heart") are noted with a heart. The remainder of the word can be easily decoded. Mastering these words will help your child become more confident and fluent in reading.

These heart words are divided into 8 lists. We begin instruction in November with the first list. You can find the words we are currently learning in our class weekly newsletter, which is available on this website and sent on Seesaw every Monday. 

Please click on the links here for more heart-word resources, including a rainbow data tracker to note progress and motivate your child, and some fun ways to practice the words at home to gain mastery!