3. How to Teach Irregularly Spelled High-Frequency Words

In this section we are going to walk you through the steps for teaching irregular high-frequency words to your students: 

3.1 Prepare for Instruction — Get ready and gather the materials you need.

3.2 Explicitly Teach the Skill — See how to introduce the new information to students.

At Reading Universe we use an evidence-based approach popularly known as structured literacy. Structured literacy is a way of organizing and delivering reading instruction to ensure students get all the skills they need in an efficient timeframe — and without any gaps. With this approach, teachers use explicit or direct instruction. Read more about structured literacy here.