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These Science of Reading-based literacy center activities have students use their knowledge of heart words (irregularly spelled high-frequency words) to create phoneme-grapheme word associations and practice phonemic awareness skills. This resource also includes editable templates to create a heart word center with any word.
Research shows irregular high-frequency words can be committed to memory after 1-4 exposures. For struggling readers, it can take up to 20 exposures. These centers will provide your students with the practice they need to be able to store heart words into their sight word memories. Use these activities for review at a center after you have explicitly and systematically introduced heart words to your students. Check out my Heart Words Teaching Slides for more!
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Included in this bundle:
Heart Word Mystery Words
- 56 game mats including 220 words
- Self-checking heart word cards
- Sound reference chart
- Recording sheet for optional use
Heart Word Mapping
- Heart word mapping pop fidget printables
- 220 heart word cards
- Editable templates included to use with any word
- Color and Black & White versions included
- Additional heart word mapping pop fidget printables included for words with up to 8 sounds
Heart Word Mapping Task Cards
- Word mapping printable task cards for 220 words
- Editable templates included to use with any word
- Color and Black & White versions included
Heart Word Mapping Digital Slides
- Heart word mapping digital slides with audio for 220 words
- Self-check box included for each slide
- Editable templates included to use with any word
- Seesaw compatible PNGs for 220 words (NOT a premade seesaw activity
220 high-frequency words included:
the to and he a I you it of in was said his that she for on they but had at him with up all look is her there some out as be have go we am then little down do can could when did what so see not were get them like one this my would me will yes big went are come if now long no came ask very an over your its how know right put too got take where every pretty jump green four ride into just blue red from good any about around want don’t away old by their here saw call after well think ran let help make going sleep brown yellow five six walk two or before eat again play who been may stop off never seven eight cold today fly myself round tell much keep give work first try new must start black white ten does bring goes write always drink once soon made run gave open has find only us three our better hold buy funny warm ate full those done use fast say light pick hurt pull cut kind both sit which fall carry small under read why own found those which their always were could where about again wash show hot because far live draw clean grow best upon these sing together please thank wish many shall laugh
Jessica Palmer –
Great resource for teaching heart words. Very useful!
darcey C. –
My students love doing these! Thank you so much!!
Rylie S. –
This was a great resource for my class, and they thoroughly enjoyed it!
Angela P. –
Use this regularly! Students love it! Great activities!
Stephanie Y. –
This was a great resource to use for my students!
V N. –
This was a great resource to use during our Learning Centre Activities.
Thank you
Bright Sparks Literacy –
This was a great resource and my students really benefitted from using this.
Hailey D. –
Students really enjoyed these. They especially liked the mystery word cards. Made them really focus on letter sounds.
Shaunna Harris –
I love this resource! It was engaging for my students and a great way to practice heart words.
Angela D. –
These were great to have students work on these for small group and centers.
Briana N. –
Great center activity. We use the worksheets for homework.
TANYA G. –
My students are loving using the heart word maps. There favorite part is using the pop it with it.
Lori W. –
I have discovered and have been learning about the science of reading and this resource is just what I was looking for to use with my students.
Britini M. –
My students have been loving using this during our literacy stations. We have adjusted our stations so they are more meaningful instead of just busy work. It is amazing how many students are learning to map the phonemes and graph them correctly because of this. The mystery word package is honestly the most confusing and my students have not been able to complete that independently.
Michele S. –
My students really enjoy using this resource during center time.
Jennilyn K. –
Great resource for my primary reading intervention students! Thank you!
Sydney J. –
This was a great print and go station for Word Work.
Ashley H. –
My students love using this resource. I like that they are able to get extra practice with the skills they have been taught.
Brenda L. –
This resource comes with lots of different cards. makes practicing heart words easy with many words and activities to print and go.
Julie S. –
Extremely thorough resource. Well laid out with tons of material. Thank you