Heart Words Bundle - High Frequency/Sight Words - Science of Reading Aligned
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With this heart word bundle, you have everything you need to teach your students how to orthographically map 220 high frequency words (sight words) using the heart word method!
About this resource:
Thanks to scientifically based reading research, there is a better, more effective way to teach high-frequency words than rote memorization using flashcards and skill and drill activities. It’s called the heart word method! Just like phonics skills, high-frequency words need to be taught explicitly. While some high-frequency words are fully decodable (example: at, am, it), many don’t fully follow phonics patterns (example: you, from). However, that doesn’t mean we can’t teach students to use those same sound-symbol relationships (phonics rules) to read high-frequency words. We CAN!
The heart word method teaches students to sound out the parts of irregular words that follow traditional, regular phonics patterns. This leaves just a small part of the word that they need to learn: the heart part!
This no-prep high-frequency word resource is aligned with the science of reading and based on best practices. The heart word practice sheets provide multiple opportunities for students to practice each heart word.
To use these sheets, students will:
- Say the word and color a star after each read.
- Find and circle the word.
- Dot a box for each sound.
- Write the letters for each sound. Draw a heart around the heart part (if it is a heart word).
- Trace the word.
- Write a sentence using the word.
Below is the list of heart words and flash words included in this resource (presented alphabetically + aligned with UFLI Foundations and Dolch flash words):
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about |
full |
red
rough |
