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Grade 1 English Language Arts · Level 2, Decode Automatically and Read Smoothly
Read Irregular High-Frequency Words
Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled and high-frequency words automatically.
How the lesson starts: Read Irregular High-Frequency Words

Meet Rosa the raccoon
Hi friend! Meet Rosa the raccoon. Rosa collects shiny words. Some words break the sound rules. Rosa calls them heart words. You learn them by heart!
Sneaky heart words
Look at said. A and I often say long A, like in rain. But not in said! Said rhymes with red. Was is sneaky too. Its A does not sound like cat. They rhymes with day. Know them by heart!
Let's find they
Rosa hears they. The cards say thay, them and they. Thay? Not a word. Them? Close, but it ends with M. They ends with E and Y. That's the heart word. They!
