Heart word wall first grade

Many of us Super Teachers have had Word Walls in our classrooms for years and years now. I have had one since forever! However, I have never found the Word Wall to be truly interactive for my students. Have you? Of course, we practiced our […]

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

I tore down my word wall and put up something new- a sound wall! Read about the benefits of a sound wall and check out my Phoneme Sound Wall Resource to create a sound wall in your classroom.

Sight words. High-frequency words. Red Words. Heart words. Who cares what they are called as long as your kids learn them, right? And to a certain degree you are right. But, I do think there are some key differences. So, let’s talk vocabulary and then get to the good stuff—how we teach them to our children. I used to think that people who harped on the difference between high-frequency words and sight words were making a big deal out of nothing. I honestly didn’t see why it even mattered…

How to use the science-based Heart Word Method to teach heart words, or high frequency words, instead of traditional sight word instruction.

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.

I’ve got a little confession to make to you, teacher friends. Last summer I wrote a blog post about how using a simple and kid-friendly sound wall in the classroom can be an effective way to enhance phonics and reading instruction. This is completely true of course, but by golly, I have learned a thing […]

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…

I’ve got a little confession to make to you, teacher friends. Last summer I wrote a blog post about how using a simple and kid-friendly sound wall in the classroom can be an effective way to enhance phonics and reading instruction. This is completely true of course, but by golly, I have learned a thing […]

If you use heart words in your classroom, these editable heart word cards are perfect for displaying or for using as sorting cards during small group instruction. This post will give you lots of practice ideas for mapping words in a kindergarten or first grade classroom.