First Grade 100 High Frequency Word List
Sight Word Fluency
One way to help build a confident first grade reader is by helping him or her become fluent in first grade appropriate "sight words." The term "sight words" is used to refer to words that children can read automatically (on sight) rather than having to stop to decode them ("sound them out"). The first grade words that we study are ones that occur in first grade level texts over and over again. By helping children become automatic with these words, it frees them up to concentrate on the trickier words in the text. Sight word automaticity helps build confident, fluent readers.
In first grade, we work on these words in a variety of ways each day through our reading, writing, and word study time. The more practice your child gets, however, the better! Below you will find some different things you can do to help your child study sight words at home. Many of these activities use a sight word list referred to as the "Fry Word List." This list is very close to the list of words that was sent home at the beginning of the year in your child's Curriculum Night packet.
Here are some ways you can help your child study sight words at home:
*Online Flashcards
The following links via You Tube offer slideshows of the first grade sight words. The slideshows are divided into 4 sets of 25 words each.
-Set 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LockJOdaG9k
-Set 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlniSkNd2uQ
-Set 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XovLEpVNktY
-Set 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07I3izqw3kI
*Word List Activity Site
This link also offers online flashcards, and also a spelling practice activity. Click on the "spell the words" tab to practice spelling these words.
http://w4.nkcsd.k12.mo.us/~kcofer/fry_words_pg.htm
*Printable Flash Cards
The following link will take you to a site that offers the sight words in a printable flashcard format:
http://www.studenthandouts.com/01-Web-Pages/001-Pages/fry-300-instant-sight-words-first-hundred.pdf
Of course turning the learning into a game is always more fun! Before beginning these games, I recommend that you use the flashcards to quiz your child on all 100 words first and divide the flashcards into two piles: words your child can read automatically (known words) and words your child needs to learn. Keep them in two separate bags. When you play, use the known words, and add a few (5 or so) words from bag your child needs to learn. This way, your child is being exposed to some new words, but is not overwhelmed by words he or she does not know.
Here are a few games to play with the flashcards:
The Flashcard Game
You will need:
Words on flashcards
1 die
Put all of the flashcards in the middle between the players. Player 1 rolls the die. Whatever number comes up is the amount of flashcards the player draws from the pile (for example, if player 1 rolls a 3, then he or she would draw 3 cards off the top of the pile). Each card the player can read is kept in his or her personal pile of cards. Cards that are unable to be read go to the bottom of the center pile. Then it is the next players turn. Play continues between players until all of the cards are gone from the center pile. The player with the most cards in his or her personal card pile at the end of the game is the winner! :)
Concentration
Print two copies of the flashcards to play concentration (memory). Choose 20 to 25 words to play with at one time.
Beat The Clock
To work on reading the words automatically, you can set a timer for a set amount of time (a minute or so) and encourage your child to see how many words he or she can read in that amount of time. Keep track of how many words he or she can read, and repeat. Try to "beat the clock."
In first grade, we work on these words in a variety of ways each day through our reading, writing, and word study time. The more practice your child gets, however, the better! Below you will find some different things you can do to help your child study sight words at home. Many of these activities use a sight word list referred to as the "Fry Word List." This list is very close to the list of words that was sent home at the beginning of the year in your child's Curriculum Night packet.
Here are some ways you can help your child study sight words at home:
*Online Flashcards
The following links via You Tube offer slideshows of the first grade sight words. The slideshows are divided into 4 sets of 25 words each.
-Set 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LockJOdaG9k
-Set 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlniSkNd2uQ
-Set 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XovLEpVNktY
-Set 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07I3izqw3kI
*Word List Activity Site
This link also offers online flashcards, and also a spelling practice activity. Click on the "spell the words" tab to practice spelling these words.
http://w4.nkcsd.k12.mo.us/~kcofer/fry_words_pg.htm
*Printable Flash Cards
The following link will take you to a site that offers the sight words in a printable flashcard format:
http://www.studenthandouts.com/01-Web-Pages/001-Pages/fry-300-instant-sight-words-first-hundred.pdf
Of course turning the learning into a game is always more fun! Before beginning these games, I recommend that you use the flashcards to quiz your child on all 100 words first and divide the flashcards into two piles: words your child can read automatically (known words) and words your child needs to learn. Keep them in two separate bags. When you play, use the known words, and add a few (5 or so) words from bag your child needs to learn. This way, your child is being exposed to some new words, but is not overwhelmed by words he or she does not know.
Here are a few games to play with the flashcards:
The Flashcard Game
You will need:
Words on flashcards
1 die
Put all of the flashcards in the middle between the players. Player 1 rolls the die. Whatever number comes up is the amount of flashcards the player draws from the pile (for example, if player 1 rolls a 3, then he or she would draw 3 cards off the top of the pile). Each card the player can read is kept in his or her personal pile of cards. Cards that are unable to be read go to the bottom of the center pile. Then it is the next players turn. Play continues between players until all of the cards are gone from the center pile. The player with the most cards in his or her personal card pile at the end of the game is the winner! :)
Concentration
Print two copies of the flashcards to play concentration (memory). Choose 20 to 25 words to play with at one time.
Beat The Clock
To work on reading the words automatically, you can set a timer for a set amount of time (a minute or so) and encourage your child to see how many words he or she can read in that amount of time. Keep track of how many words he or she can read, and repeat. Try to "beat the clock."
Writing Sight Words
In addition to reading the sight words, your child also works on writing these sight words. These words are introduced to your child throughout our school year during reading, writing, and word work activities. As words are introduced, they are added to classroom references (such as our class word wall) and are expected to be spelled correctly in daily writing.
We often use a process called "look, say, cover, write, check" in school to learn how to spell new words. Here is how it works:
1. Look at the word very carefully.
2. Say the word aloud, while sliding a finger underneath each letter of the word.
3. Cover the word (if using a flashcard, simply turn it over)
4. Write the word.
5. Check the word to make sure you were correct. (if not correct, repeat all steps with that word again)
These are helpful steps to learning how to memorize any word. The following are some fun ways to practice spelling at home (the 'look, say, cover, write, check' method can be used with any of these activities, too):
*Rainbow Words: Write the word in one color marker, then write over it in another color, and lastly in another color (creating a 'rainbow word').
*Shaving Cream: Spray some shaving cream into a pie plate, or on the kitchen counter. Kids "write" the words into the shaving cream.
*Playdough Words: Form the words using playdough
*Salt Container: Pour a thin layer of salt into a shallow container. "Write" the word using your finger into the salt.
*Magnetic Letters: If you have magnetic letters handy, they are a fantastic tool for helping children learn how to spell words. Give your child the letters needed to make a word he or she is working on and follow these steps:
-Make the word with the letters
-Check the word by sliding your finger through the word and saying the word out loud
-Mix the letters back up and repeat the steps three times total
*White Board: Kids love to write on white boards! Have your child practice words on a white board with dry erase markers or dry erase crayons.
Word Work Apps:
Vocabulary City (Logins - Gilde = gilde 123456, Kamphouse = kamphouse 123456)
Starfall (no login required)
Connect Ed (login will be specific to students and they know these)
Magnetic Board (to build words)
Pocket Phonics
Sight Word Ninja
Happy Spelling! :)
We often use a process called "look, say, cover, write, check" in school to learn how to spell new words. Here is how it works:
1. Look at the word very carefully.
2. Say the word aloud, while sliding a finger underneath each letter of the word.
3. Cover the word (if using a flashcard, simply turn it over)
4. Write the word.
5. Check the word to make sure you were correct. (if not correct, repeat all steps with that word again)
These are helpful steps to learning how to memorize any word. The following are some fun ways to practice spelling at home (the 'look, say, cover, write, check' method can be used with any of these activities, too):
*Rainbow Words: Write the word in one color marker, then write over it in another color, and lastly in another color (creating a 'rainbow word').
*Shaving Cream: Spray some shaving cream into a pie plate, or on the kitchen counter. Kids "write" the words into the shaving cream.
*Playdough Words: Form the words using playdough
*Salt Container: Pour a thin layer of salt into a shallow container. "Write" the word using your finger into the salt.
*Magnetic Letters: If you have magnetic letters handy, they are a fantastic tool for helping children learn how to spell words. Give your child the letters needed to make a word he or she is working on and follow these steps:
-Make the word with the letters
-Check the word by sliding your finger through the word and saying the word out loud
-Mix the letters back up and repeat the steps three times total
*White Board: Kids love to write on white boards! Have your child practice words on a white board with dry erase markers or dry erase crayons.
Word Work Apps:
Vocabulary City (Logins - Gilde = gilde 123456, Kamphouse = kamphouse 123456)
Starfall (no login required)
Connect Ed (login will be specific to students and they know these)
Magnetic Board (to build words)
Pocket Phonics
Sight Word Ninja
Happy Spelling! :)
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