Since the beginning of first grade, parents might have noticed a heart written next to some words on their students’ High Frequency Words on their spelling list. “Heart words” is the phrase we use to describe irregularly-spelled words that have parts that can not be sounded out or spelled using our normal phonics knowledge.
This week, all three of our high frequency words are heart words that have the same “heart part”. Our words are would, could, and should. In all three words, we can sound out the beginning sound and ending sound using the phonics knowledge we have. The middle of the word is the part we must learn by heart in order to spell them correctly. Check out this video from Really Great Reading explaining one of the words further.
