Word of the Week
Spelling High Frequency Words in Kindergarten (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 1: Beginning LiteracyStage 2: Consolidation / Fluency
Ages:
4-8
Grade Range:
PreK K 1stFood Groups:
Primary:
Spelling & Word Study, Concepts of Print
Transcript
So, every week I introduce a new word to my students, a sight word or high frequency word. The word of the week in my class this week is the word to. So what I do is I first write it. I'll then call upon a student to come up and use these mixed up letters to form the word on the whiteboard. I will then conclude with this activity by taking the word of the week and model for them how I use it in a sentence. For example, I will start it off and say "I like to play games". Following my example students may volunteer, or raise a hand and come on up, and they too will model for their peers how this word can be used in a sentence.
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Activity Objective
The goal of Word of the Week: Spelling High Frequency Words in Kindergarten (Virtual Tour) is to help students to commit irregularly spelled high frequency words to memory and provide opportunities for exposure to and use of a variety of words.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Introduce a new word every week by writing it on a board and modeling how to use it in a sentence.
- High frequency words are the words that appear most often in printed material. Direct students attention to these words during read-alouds and shared readings.
- Discuss the importance of recognizing high frequency words by sight and the direct impact of this recognition to reading fluency.
- The more often students are exposed to high frequency words the more likely they will be able to commit the spelling of these words to memory.
- Create personal dictionaries and have students add new high frequency words to their dictionaries on a regular basis.
- Display sight words on a word wall in the classroom.
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