Ditch the guesswork.
Get powerful teaching resources that work.
Flexible enough to meet students where they are—whether they’re beginning to build automatic word recognition or circling back to strengthen it.
Inside your one-year subscription, you'll get:
Short, self-paced learning with Kari Yates & Jan Burkins on how orthographic mapping works — and what it means for high-frequency word instruction.
One for each Power Word, with a consistent 10-step instructional routine that helps students connect sounds, spellings, and meaning.
One-page teacher lessons for all 109 Power Words, aligned with the interactive lessons and including sample instructional language.
Printable cards for extending sound-spelling work beyond the interactive lessons.
Digital and printable assessment options, progress-monitoring tools, and planning supports.
Practical implementation support, tutorials, and FAQs — right when you need them.
Some sound-spelling relationships are familiar and expected. Others may need extra attention because they are less regular or simply new to students.
Choose the icon that works best for your students: hearts or surprise faces.
Either way, the instructional work stays the same — helping students connect sounds, spellings, and meaning so words become increasingly automatic.
Tired of being given lists of high-frequency words or outdated routines and asked to “make it work?”
If you’re wondering…
You’re not alone—and there is a better way.
This high-frequency words toolkit brings the 109 power words to life.
Whether you’ve used our popular 109 Power Words resource or you’re just getting started, Heart Word Success gives you everything you need to bring high-frequency word instruction to life—with clarity, consistency, and confidence.
Why These 109 Words?
The 109 Power Words were selected because they occur so frequently in children’s texts. The first 13 alone account for more than 25% of words in print.
Find words by frequency, A–Z, or spelling pattern, then use filters to narrow the lessons even further.
Use Heart Word Success alongside the phonics instructional tools, curriculum, or scope and sequence you already use.
Use assessment, your phonics scope and sequence, and upcoming texts to decide which words deserve explicit instruction.
You don’t have to teach all 109 words—or teach them in a prescribed order. Heart Word Success complements systematic, cumulative phonics instruction; it does not replace it.
Each Power Word lesson follows the same 10-step instructional routine, helping students connect sounds, spellings, and meaning so words become increasingly automatic.
“I loved learning both the why and the how behind teaching high-frequency words. Understanding the why, then having the lessons and materials to put it into practice, made it all make sense.”
Nancy O. | Reading Intervention Teacher, WA
“The lessons were so clear to follow, and the understanding I gained through the course about why things are done a specific way made the lessons even clearer.”
Deb S. | Kindergarten Teacher, DE
“The lesson structure helps fill the gaps where my current curricular tools don’t provide enough support, while still allowing my teaching to be authentic to my learners.”
Abby T. | Kindergarten Teacher, VT
“The assessment slides and record-keeping tools make it easy to track student progress. I didn’t have to make everything myself, which saved me so much time.”
Gayle Marie A. | Kindergarten Teacher & Literacy Coordinator, Germany
“In the first two weeks of teaching sight words using orthographic mapping, I had more than 80% of my class mastering words and retaining them from week to week. It was amazing!”
Tawyne G. | First Grade Teacher, IA
“I love the way the high-frequency words are categorized and prioritized. The assessment materials help me know where to put my time and effort.”
Karin N. | Reading Teacher, NY
"Once we understood how orthographic mapping worked, we realized students didn’t need more memorization. They needed instruction that worked with the brain—not against it."
Grab the tools that turn your heart word list into heart word learning—no guesswork, just great teaching (and a lot fewer “Wait… how do I teach this?” moments).
