Heart words for kindergarten

Your students will love this magic heart sight word activity as they uncover the secret words inside each Valentine heart!

In this post, I am share 5 tips for teaching Heart Words in the classroom, a high-frequency words scope and sequence to guide you, & a Heart Word resource to help K-2 students learn their sight words!

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

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

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…

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

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!

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…

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

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I thought I would pop in and share some ideas to help you plan your Valentine's Day centers for Kindergarten. Be sure to stick around until the end because I'm sharing a super fun freebie. As primary teachers we have the awesome advantage of using the holidays and...