Routine · Irregular words
Spell-out for very irregular words
Look, say, spell aloud and write a word whose spelling barely follows the patterns at all.
- Time
- 2 to 4 minutes
- Skill
- Irregular words
- In a session plan
- Heart words
When to use it
For words where almost nothing is regular, such as one or eye, or when the heart word routine has not made a word stick.
Materials
- A whiteboard or paper
- A card for the word
Steps
Shown with example words: heart word one.
Get ready
Show one. Say it, then put it in a short spoken sentence.
I do
Point to each letter as you say its name, then sweep under the word and say it.
Say: One. Letters... then the word: one.
We do
Say the word, spell it aloud and say it again together, three times. Point to the letters as you go.
You do
Cover the word. The student says it, spells it aloud, writes it and says it again.
Student: Says, spells, writes and reads one.
Uncover it. The student checks letter by letter and fixes any error, then writes it once more.
Check
Later in the lesson, show the card for a quick read with no help.
If the student...
Leaves out or swaps letters when writing.
Uncover the word. Say the letters together while the student touches each one, cover it again, and have them write it from the beginning.
Tips
- Use it sparingly. Most words have regular parts worth noticing, and the heart word routine shows them.
- One to one, have the student trace the word large on the table with a finger while spelling it aloud.
Example words
- Heart word
- one
Original routines written by Literacy Trail. In the app, every routine is filled with your student's lesson.
Related routines
- Heart word routineRead a heart word, sound out the parts that follow the rules, mark the tricky part with a heart, spell it aloud and write it.2 to 5 minutes · Heart words
- Heart word review deckFlash the student's heart word cards, old and new, until each one is read on sight.2 to 3 minutes · Review, Heart words
Have this routine filled in for every lesson
In Literacy Trail, the session plan picks a routine for each block and fills it with the words, sounds and sentence from your student's lesson. Every plan starts with a 15-day free trial.