The following are the ‘top 100 hundred high frequency words’, as listed in Letters and Sounds. Word sounds spellings Notes the /th/ /schwa/ or /ee/, depending on context [ th ] [ e ] and /a/ /n/ /d/ [ a ] [ n ] [ d ] a /a/ /ae/ or /schwa/, depending on context… Continue reading Decoding the top 100 high frequency words
This post is a continuation of and companion to the last. As I’ve written on numerous occasions, high frequency words are just that: high frequency: that is, they occur frequently in children’s texts. However, occurring frequently in texts does not mean they have to be taught ‘by sight’. Once a child has learned to segment… Continue reading How to teach any HFWs (part II)
On the ReadOxford website, an Australian academic recently argued for the teaching of ‘sight’ words. What she didn’t or wasn’t able to say was which words she thought needed to be included in any such list, nor why they needed to be included. Neither did she state explicitly how far teachers should go down this road: how… Continue reading How to teach some HFWs (Part I)