Finding fun ways to practise high frequency words is a challenge! By using a tally chart, you can combine literacy and maths practice at the same time.

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For this activity:

1. Choose one of your favourite books.
2. Have a quick flip through to discover which words appear often before selecting a few high frequency or sight words to focus on 
3. Create a tally chart on a whiteboard or piece of paper with the focus high frequency/sight words.
4. Read the story and record a tally mark each time the focus word appears. Explain the concept of tally charts and bunching the tallies into groups of 5. 
5. At the end of the story discuss which word was most popular. Which word appeared the least amount of times?