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Jean Walker October 7, 2009

Getting the Words Off the Wall Learning High Frequency Words that are Illogically Spelled or Pronounced. Jean Walker October 7, 2009. Sight Words v. High Frequency Words. Sight Words. High Frequency Words. Words that are common in texts Must become sight words for a reader to be fluent

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Jean Walker October 7, 2009

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  1. Getting the Words Off the WallLearning High Frequency Words that are Illogically Spelled or Pronounced Jean Walker October 7, 2009

  2. Sight Words v. High Frequency Words Sight Words High Frequency Words Words that are common in texts Must become sight words for a reader to be fluent Most are words with no meaning • Any word that can be pronounced automatically • May include low frequency words • Differs from person to person McKenna & Stahl 2009 p. 100; Cunningham 2009 p. 88

  3. High Frequency Words in Action “Where the Ashes Are – Part 1” “Wake up, wake up!” my mother shouted. “We’ve got to get out of here! How can you sleep through all this?” She pulled the covers off me, handed me my clothes, and rushed out of the room. “Wait!” I cried out, throwing off my pajamas. One leg in and one out of my dark blue school trousers, I stumbled over to my sister Dieu-Ha’s room. My mother was yelling, “Are you deaf?” Get out! We’re going downstairs!” It was five in the morning. Explosions and gunfire echoed through the high-ceilinged rooms of the government guest house. “Where the Ashes Are – Part 1” excerpt from QRI-IV

  4. High Frequency Words in Action Fry Sight Words: 1st 100 Words “Where the Ashes Are – Part 1” “Wake up, wake up!” my mother shouted. “We’ve got to get out of here! How can you sleep through all this?” She pulled the covers off me, handed me my clothes, and rushed out of the room. “Wait!” I cried out, throwing off my pajamas. One leg in and one out of my dark blue school trousers, I stumbled over to my sister Dieu-Ha’s room. My mother was yelling, “Are you deaf?” Get out! We’re going downstairs!” It was five in the morning. Explosions and gunfire echoed through the high-ceilinged rooms of the government guest house.  52 of the 102 words are on First List “Where the Ashes Are – Part 1” excerpt from QRI-IV Fry’s Sight Word List: McKenna & Stahl 2009, p. 117

  5. Why are High Frequency Words Hard to Learn if They Are so Common? • High frequency words are often abstract words are words that do not have a meaning or Have a meaning that changes often Ex. The,And, A, To, Is, Are, Have, There, Here • Many share the same letters Ex. Of, For and From; On and No; Was and Saw Cunningham 2009 p. 88

  6. How Should I Teach High Frequency Words? • Help students to create meaning for abstract words. • Allow students to practice reading and writing high frequency words. • Compare similar high frequency words to each other.

  7. Ways to Create Meaning • Children need to create meaning through repetitive text. • For example, create a chart with simple repetitive sentences or phrases with the high frequency word underlined and allow children to add to the chart. (Cunningham, 2009 p. 89) • Create a Job Description for High Frequency words that includes what the word does and simple sentence or phrases as examples.

  8. Using the Word Of a cup of hot chocolate a plate of cookies a box ofcrayons

  9. Ways to Create Meaning • Children need to create meaning through repetitive text. • For example, create a chart with simple repetitive sentences or phrases with the high frequency word underlined and allow children to add to the chart. (Cunningham, 2009 p. 89) • Create a Job Description for High Frequency words that includes what the word does and simple sentence or phrases as examples.

  10. The Job Description Announces a person, place or thing The waiter is coming. We go to the park. The dog runs.

  11. Activities for Learning to Read and Spell High Frequency Words • How Many Words Can you Find? • Pig • Ransom Words • Tracing Words • Roll, Say & Keep • Painting with Water • Pipe Cleaner Words

  12. Activities for Learning High Frequency Words Spelling Reading How Many Words Can You Find? Pig Roll, Say & Keep • Ransom Words • Tracing Words • Painting with Water • Pipe Cleaner Words

  13. Out of Your Seat Activities • Jumping Jacks • Squats • Apple Picking • Swimming • Hand Jive • Dribble and Shoot • Marching Fuhrmann, Joe. Working with Words Block: Word Wall Routine. Retrieved from http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/word_wall_routine.htm

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