December High-Frequency Words Digital Slides Free Download – Heart Word and Irregular Word Practice
Guided Phonics + Beyond
Download these December high-frequency word digital slides for daily heart word and irregular word practice. Offered in Google Slides and PDF formats.
This December High-Frequency Words Digital Slides Free Download brings festive winter fun to your heart word and irregular word practice. These digital slides help students build automaticity with high-frequency words using visuals, repetition, and predictable routines — all aligned to Science of Reading principles.
Each slide presents one high-frequency word at a time, giving students clear opportunities to read, repeat, and recognize the word. Irregular words (also known as heart words) feature the parts students must learn “by heart” because they don’t follow standard phonics rules.
These slides are ideal for whole-group warm-ups, small-group review, morning meeting routines, or digital literacy centers throughout December.
Slides are offered in Google Slides, PDF, and can also be downloaded as PowerPoint for maximum flexibility.
What Are Heart Words?
Heart words include sounds or spellings that cannot be fully decoded yet. Students map the regular sounds and learn the irregular part “by heart,” building long-term storage for accurate reading and spelling.
Ideas for use:
• Use during December whole-group literacy warm-ups
• Add to small-group reading lessons for targeted review
• Assign digitally for independent high-frequency practice
• Print 4-to-a-page to create December flash cards
• Use as quick transitional activities during December lessons
What’s Included:
• December-themed high-frequency word digital slides
• Mix of decodable, irregular, and heart words
• Google Slides + PDF formats
• Ability to download Google Slides as PowerPoint
• Perfect for K–2 December literacy centers and warm-ups
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Tara West is a dedicated educator and the founder of Little Minds at Work, an educational platform designed to provide teachers with creative and engaging resources for early childhood education. With a focus on developing innovative lesson plans, classroom strategies, and activities, Tara brings her passion for teaching to life, empowering teachers to foster meaningful learning experiences for their students.
