EARLY LEARNING PROFILE (ELP)
HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS
Word recognition is a broad term assigned to any process that involves immediate identification of words or to rapidly retrieve the word from lexical memory. (Lexical memory refers to the ability to remember the words or morphemes – the vocabulary of language which is different from the meaning of the words.)
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High frequency words are assessed as they are foundational to fluency in both emergent and early reading and writing phases.
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Sight word recognition includes environmental print, children's names or words that are especially important to them.
HOW-TO ADMINISTER RESOURCES
The following procedure is intended to help guide the administering of the high frequency words sub-assessment of the ELP.​
Procedure:​ Highlight the words that the child can read within 2-3 seconds. If the child can read all the words in List 1 continue to List 2. Once a child has mastered all the words in a list then move to the next list.
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
What instructional strategies and next steps can I take to be responsive to the needs of my students, and support the development of their high frequency word knowledge? Here are some of our favourite resources to support high frequency word knowledge development in the classroom. Click on the images below to learn more.
