Heart word centers

Learn all about Heart Words: What they are, the most effective ways to teach them, and tons of FREE heart word resources!

Using what we know about Science of Reading, this post explains how to build sight word mastery by mapping out words.

We all know that students love engaging, hands on activities even when they are use them for learning, so I know they are going to love these sight word games! Whether you use them in small groups or as literacy center activities, your kindergartens students will love practicing sight words with these fun activities.

Learning sight words and high frequency words is difficult for new readers. But knowing how to read these words is essential for students to develop reading fluency. Focusing on heart words is a great way to help students learn to read and spell these important words. Head over to this blog post to find out how this veteran kindergarten teacher uses a consistent routine to help her students work on heart words all year long. You too can use these fun, engaging and effective activities.

Do You Want to Dramatically Accelerate Your Kindergartners’ Writing Proficiency? Fluency with high-frequency “heart word” sentences is your key to success!

Last time we were together we took a moment to truly understand the meaning of heart words. Not sure what a heart word is? Click here to read the previous post in this series High Frequency Words Part 2: Heart Words. Furthermore, if you want to know the difference between sight words and high frequency words, click here. This will take you to the first post in the High Frequency Words series: High Frequency Words What Are They? For now we are going to spend some time on making those tricky…

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As an early elementary teacher, you have probably heard about sight words, but have you learned about heart words? Heart words are high frequency words that your K-2 students will learn about phonetic sounds and sounds that aren’t phonetic. My early elementary students love learning heart words with multisensory activities. By teaching your students how to use phonics to decode the heart words, they will understand the irregular parts. Check out how to map words with word mapping mats!

Learn all about Heart Words: What they are, the most effective ways to teach them, and tons of FREE heart word resources!