Key points:
- Immersive opportunities make high frequency words stick and keep students engaged
- Mastering high frequency words helps students grow into proficient readers
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If you were to poll an audience of educators–classroom teachers, literacy specialists, reading researchers, and university professors–about whether high frequency words should be taught in early elementary, the resounding answer would be YES. These words, after all, are important to students’ ultimate reading success.
The nuances of teaching high frequency words in early elementary would only arise around how these words should be taught.…Read More