Fluent readers may find it difficult to understand why beginner readers find some words difficult to decode. These are often called ‘tricky words’ – but what’s so tricky about them?
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Are ‘tricky’ words and high-frequency words the same?
These days, we hear a lot about ‘tricky’ words, phonically ‘irregular’ words, ‘sight’ words and ‘high-frequency’ words. Do all these terms mean the same thing?
Read MoreTeaching high-frequency words and phonics – two conflicting approaches?
Wouldn’t it be great if we could teach those high-frequency words strictly within the phonic progression of our programme?
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