1. Irregular Words What is an irregular word?
Contains _____________________________ the student does not know
Two kinds of irregular words:
____________________: a word that is considered irregular at an early point in a reading program is not irregular at a later point
Once students learn all letter-sound correspondences (e.g., /ee/) in a word, the word in no longer irregular (e.g., meet)
_____________: some words will always be considered irregular (e.g., you, said)

2. Four Guidelines for Introducing Irregular Words
_____________: words that appear more often should be introduced earlier
_________________: words similar to each other should be separated
_______________: if a word has elements that will be taught later will result in students being able to decode the word, consider delaying its introduction as an irregular word
_______________: introduce related words together (e.g., walk, talk, chalk)

3. Introduction of Irregular Words
Three steps in initial procedure for introducing irregular words:
Teacher tells student new word and ________________________.
Teacher has students _____________ the word then say it.
Teacher gives individual turns on Step 2.

4. Modified Introductory Format
This format can be used when the students know the ___________________-:
Teacher tell the student the new irregular word “This word is…”
Student __________ the word
Student ________ the word
Student ________ the new word again

5. Application Exercise
pg (Q1, Part A)