How to teach heart words

Looking for a manageable shift that aligns with the Science of Reading? Let's look at the difference between Heart Words vs. Flash Words, learn how to teach heart words, and find phonics scope and sequence that can work in your first, second, or third-grade classroom. These resources are all FREE and easy to implement! Click on the link to check out the post!

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

Heart words is a science-based way to teach high frequency words, or sight words. Learn all about it and download a free worksheet!

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

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Are you new to Science of Reading and wondering how to start teaching heart words? This post will walk you through my step by step process to teach you the difference between sight words, heart words and high frequency words, and how to teach heart words in your kindergarten, first, or second grade classroom so they actually stick. Teaching heart words doesn’t have to be complicated. Grab my step by step process and free heart word printables here.

Learn how teach high-frequency sight words using the heart word method and view my Heart Word resource that will help kindergarten, first and second grade students master their sight words.

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…

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!