High frequency words/ heart words students should know how to spell and read:
It is incredibly important that your student is able to read and spell these words. We are seeing that students that do not know them, are having their reading fluency impeded.
was, said, they, their, there, were, where, any, many, want, walk, talk, very, does, would, could, should, my, by, who
We add new words to this list each week, if your student can fluently read and spell a word. At the end of the year students should be able to read and spell 125 High Frequency words (including the "heart words" or irregularly spelled words.)
It is a great time to work on your child's reading fluency. To do this, have your student read the same passage or story several times. This helps with students being able to read familiar words in a fluent manner, which can assist in reading and oral comprehension as well as their oral language skills.
Please also work with your student on fact families. Fact Families are when there are three numbers with related addition and subtraction equations such as:
8, 9, 17
8+9=17
9+8=17
17-8=9
17-9=8
Working on False Equations can be a great help in number sense and math fluency.
Write down a problem and ask if the equation is true (correct), or if it is false (not correct).
