High Frequency Words
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What are high frequency words?
What are high frequency words?
High-frequency words are the words that appear most often in printed materials. Students are encouraged to recognise these words by sight, without having to “sound them out.”
Learning to recognise high-frequency words by sight is critical to developing fluency in reading.
Students should be able to read these words individually and in sentences and stories.
Automatic recognition of high frequency words provides an essential starting point for your daughter becoming a confident reader.
It is important to note that
12 high frequency words make up 25% of words we read and write.
100 high frequency words make up 50% of words we read and write.
About 300 high frequency words account for 75% of words we read and write.
Seven Simple Tips to Help Your Child Learn High-Frequency Words
Seven Simple Tips to Help Your Child Learn High-Frequency Words
1. Write high-frequency words on index cards.
2. Help your daughter create sentences with the index cards. (ex: Look at me. I like red.)
3. Have your daughter say or write sentences using each word.
4. Have your daughter write the words in shaving cream, play dough, sand, or sugar.
5. Add movement when reading or spelling the words. For example, if the word is 'look', your daughter says look three times while jumping, clapping, stomping, or snapping fingers.
6. Read a story to your daughter. After reading, have her find the high frequency words on each page.
7. Have your daughter cut letters from magazines, ads, or newspapers to spell each word.
Games to practice High Frequency Words
Games to practice High Frequency Words
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1.Concentration Game
2. Go Fish
3. Old Maid
4. Monopoly
5. Rhyming Games
6. Fishing for Sounds
Other games to play include:
Bingo
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