In our constant effort to bridge the gap between reading research and teacher practice, Really Great Reading is developing a tool called Heart Word Magic to help engage students in word study so that they see the predictable phonological relationships in Tricky Heart Words (irregular high frequency words) and thus help anchor them in students’ sight word memory. Heart Word Magic will use animations and practice techniques to make it clear to students that what they know about the alphabetic principle doesn’t completely disappear in Tricky Heart Words. The same skills students use for decoding are also helpful in learning to read and spell these non-decodable words. Heart Word Magic will help to “make the tricky sticky” for our students. Read our full blog and learn more https://www.reallygreatreading.com/content/make-tricky-sight-words-sticky-really-great-reading-blog
