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U can easily make flashcards yourself by copying and printing out the 100 most used English words in a bigger font, cutting them up and sticking them on postcards or smaller pieces of card.
My son learnt to read very slowly. His teacher used to write the words that he had difficulty decoding on little pieces of card, put them in an old tabacco tin and we then practised them with him at home.
We found that he needed very little practice with the regularly spelt words
a, and, as, at, had, has, that, an, back, can, in, is, it, if, did, him, his, with, big, little, this, will, first, get, them, then, well, went, her, not, on, from, off, so, go, no, or, for,...
What made him stumble were nearly always the tricky letters in
^he, of, the, to, was,
all, be, are, have, one, said, we, you, by, my, call, before, come, could, do, down, into, look, me, more, now, only, other, right, she, some, their, there, two, when, want, were, what, where, which, who, your^.
Once he could read all of those easily by sight, he was up and away,
especially after we had been through each one of the following one by one, with a mixture of decoding and helping out, as well:
after, another, any, asked, bear, book, can?t, coming, couldn?t, don?t, each, eat, ever, every, everyone, eyes, fast, find, four, friends, gone, good, great, grow, he?s, head, I, I?ll, I?m, key, know, last, laughed, live, lived, looked, looking, looks, magic, many, most, mother, Mr, Mrs, never, oh, once, people, plants, please, pulled, put, ready, river, small, snow, some, something, there?s, thought, through, took, town, very, wanted, water, work, would.
If inbetween u want to practise decoding with him, with phonically straightforward spellings, there are plenty of regularly spelt words on the Learning to Read page of my website. Masha Bell