Songs – pick a nursery rhyme or children’s song and practice it throughout the week.Practice that word a few times with your child or student and have them locate the word with their finger when it comes up in the book.įor a list of children’s picture books in Spanish, click here. Word of the day: Each time you read a book, scan through the book first to see if a particular high-frequency word frequently appears.Allocate a slot of time in each day to read to your child.įor tips on reading to a bilingual child click here. Reading exposes children to new high-frequency words as well as new vocabulary. Reading: The only way to become a better reader is through reading.Ways to use high-frequency words in the Spanish classroom or at home In the meantime, keep reading to see a list of ways you can use high-frequency words in the classroom or at home. I plan on executing some of these activities with my son Lennox over the next couple of months to see, and if these activities prove useful, I want to share them with you! That is why, even though Spanish literacy takes a phonetic-based approach, I think that it would be beneficial to implement high-frequency word activities to guide children in their Spanish literacy journey. Memorization and repetitive activities are how I learned Spanish and two other languages as an adult. As a more right-brained thinker, I most definitely would have benefited from repetitive and memorization activities such as sight word activities. I do not remember doing sight word practice as a child. I will go more into this in a future post. Phonetics-based learning works on breaking down the different letters and syllables of words. This means that there is a heavier focus on phonetics-based learning over word memorization when it comes to teaching children how to read. On the other hand, Spanish is a phonetic language, and despite a few rules, each letter has one sound. Many sight words in English include words that do not fit phonetic patterns, i.e., of, through, through, etc. Non-phonetic means the pronunciation of a word does not correspond to its’ spelling. In the English language, practicing sight words and doing sight word activities are extremely helpful due to English’s non-phonetic nature. Memorizing sight words help kids become faster and more fluent readers. Sight words are simple, common words taught to kids to be memorized and eventually recognized within three-seconds. “Sight words are the building blocks of the literacy instruction.” –
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