Heart words activities

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

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

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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!

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

As teachers we know that sight words are critical for building fluent readers. Sight words make up a large percentage of words, and since most can’t be sounded out – they must be memorized. But how do

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.

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.

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.