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, one, once, two, been, into, goes, about, because, friend, woman, women, again, have, when, here, you, your, done, move, four, forty, fourth, people, pretty, nothing, person, mother, brother, father, water, today
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.)
Work on suffixes with your students such as: -ed, -s, -es, -ing, -est and -er
Students should be reading at home every night. This can be new books, or the same books over and over. Reading the same book helps build fluency and automaticity in students reading. When students get stuck on a longer word, encourage your student to chunk the word into smaller parts or syllables.
