A 1st grader builds upon a decoding foundation to memorize high frequency words….
In other words, watch to see how decoding is the 1st step to learning sight words!
We discuss:
Please comment below–do you have students who struggle with learning high frequency words?
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Gwen Melton Hull
She talks about making sure the “sound & symbol” concept us understood by the student … that is … making sure they realize the sound made by each letter (symbol). I guess this is where some students have some degree of breakdown and, therefore, difficulty sounding out words properly. This “game” would work very easily with the cookie sheets and the magnetic letters that I have.
Thanks for sharing and good interpretation for your colleague!
If you use magnetic letters, consider taping consonant digraphs together (i.e., “sh” and “ck “) so students perceive that each unit is 1 sound