Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

Let The Dumping Ground's duo tell your class all about word families ... activity and learning, while helping students distinguish between homophones and their spellings. KS2 English: Punctuation ...

Only when they’re ready can they move onto conceptual words for sizes, shapes and colours. “One of the possible reasons children struggle learning colour words is to do with the idea of where ...