Instantly recognizing a word is key to fluency and comprehension. Students can begin undertaking more challenging texts as they continue to master these words in 4th and 5th grade. aloneĮven memorizing easy-to-decode words can benefit students because they don’t have to pause when reading to think about it. Another way to check their mastery of Fry’s eighth 100 sight words can be done with our flashcards. These words will come up more often in the fourth and fifth grades. We’ve also compiled this list through flashcards that you may check out here.įinding engaging ways of practicing and mastering the words on these lists will help keep students interested and eager to read for years to come. Reading is a skill that never goes out of style or becomes obsolete and students who can read easily are more likely to enjoy it and become lifelong readers. Students are becoming increasingly proficient at reading by the end of fifth grade. Check out Fry’s Sixth 100 Sight Words Flashcards for an extra nudge on this set.Īs words get harder to both read and write, memorizing these lists can help students produce quality, grade-level work and read appropriate level texts with relative ease. Not struggling to read each individual word means students can retain more of the context of what they read. As these words become automatic, you will see a jump in fluency and comprehension of texts. Again, these students are in the 4th and 5th grade and are around 10-11 years old. Here is the next set students should focus on. Although they may not be “instant” words, children are becoming more familiar with these words in educational and recreational texts. Practice their familiarity more with the help of our Fry’s Fifth 100 Sight Words Flashcards too. Children in these grades are 10-11 years old. The remaining six lists of Fry words are typically presented in 4th-5th grade and have been encountered many times already. Here’s another way to increase their familiarity with these words with our Fry’s Third 100 Sight Words Flashcards. Although these words have likely appeared in texts already, increased recognition will help with reading fluency now and in the future. The age range for these grades is typically 8-9. Students in the late second grade through third grade are better at decoding words but memorizing this next set gives additional confidence in reading. Looking for additional practice when it comes to learning your Fry’s second 100 sight words? You can view it here. These are the second set of Fry words: after Reading these words should be automatic and easy, enabling students to focus on only unknown words in a text. Students in these grade levels are 7-8 years old. Parents and teachers should set goals for their children’s sight word learning based on their individual needs, interests and abilities.Building upon the previous list, the second set of words is generally mastered during the first and second-grade years.
While Dolch recommended that children learn all of the words on the pre-primer list by the end of first grade, other sources suggest that children learn all 220 of the “service words” as well as the 95 frequently used nouns by the end of the first grade. This list includes nouns often used in children’s daily lives such as brother, sister, ball and goodbye as well as those used for special occasions that are particularly important to many youngsters (birthday, party, cake, Christmas, Santa Claus). Concurrent with learning the pre-primer and primer lists, children are also encouraged to commit Dolch’s list of 95 high frequency nouns to memory. This list consists of 52 words and includes at, be, but, came, did, do, he, into, no, on, saw, she, was, with and yes. After learning the pre-primer list, children should be taught the primer list.
A, and, for, in, is, it, said, the and to are the building blocks of this list. This list includes the most frequently occurring words in children’s books. Dolch words, or sight words, are important in early reading development because they represent high-frequency words and are difficult to sound out.ĭolch’s pre-primer list of 40 words is recommended for students in grades Kindergarten and first grade. The Dolch word list includes the most common 220 words and 95 nouns children encounter in reading material.
One of the most commonly used lists for teaching kindergarten sight words is the Dolch Word List. (Get Kindergarten Sight Words Worksheets Here)