Homeschooling can be overwhelming at times. Having a state mandated list of subjects is a great help. It helps you narrow down what needs to be taught. Spelling words (or as they call them these days, sight words) seems like it should be one of the easier subjects to plan for. I went online and typed in sight words and a lot of pages popped up. 2,610,000 sites about sight words, wow!
First up, was Dolch words.
The Dolch word list is a list of frequently used English words compiled by Edward William Dolch, a major proponent of the "whole-word" method of beginning reading instruction. The list was prepared in 1936 and was originally published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948.
Dolch compiled the list based on children's books of his era, which is why nouns such as "kitty" and "Santa Claus" appear on the list instead of more high-frequency words. The list contains 220 "service words" that have to be easily recognized in order to achieve reading fluency in the English language. The compilation excludes nouns, which comprise a separate 95-word list. Between 50% and 75% of all words used in schoolbooks, library books, newspapers, and magazines are a part of the Dolch basic sight word vocabulary.
These lists of words are still assigned for memorization in American elementary schools. Although most of the 220 Dolch words are phonetic, children are sometimes told that they can't be "sounded out" using common sound-to-letter implicit phonics patterns and have to be learned by sight; hence the alternative term, "sight word". The list is divided according to the grades in which it was intended that children would memorize these words.
FREE Dolch-word-list KINDERGARTEN
Pre-primer: a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you
Primer: all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes
1st Grade: after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, giving, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when
2nd Grade: always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don't, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your
3rd Grade: about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm
Nouns: apple, baby, back, ball, bear, bed, bell, bird, birthday, boat, box, boy, bread, brother, cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, egg, eye, farm, farmer, father, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, garden, girl, good-bye, grass, ground, hand, head, hill, home, horse, house, kitty, leg, letter, man, men, milk, money, morning, mother, name, nest, night, paper, party, picture, pig, rabbit, rain, ring, robin, Santa Claus, school, seed, sheep, shoe, sister, snow, song, squirrel, stick, street, sun, table, thing, time, top, toy, tree, watch, water, way, wind, window, wood
Fry Frequency words are an updated version of the Dolch word list increasing the list from 220 sight words Dolch to 1000 sight words. Fry covers about 90% of all words used in school books, library books, newspapers, and magazines. The Fry word list is made up of "service words" (pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and verbs).
Most Fry words cannot be learned through the use of pictures. Many of these words cannot be sounded out because they do not follow decoding rules and, therefore, must be learned as sight words. Even for those that can be sounded out, learning them as sight words increases the speed, ease and often enjoyment of reading.
http://www.k12reader.com/Fry-Words/fry_first_100.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/Fry-Words/fry_second_100.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/Fry-Words/fry_third_100.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/Fry-Words/fry_fourth_100.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/Fry-Words/fry_fifth_100.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/Fry-Words/fry_sixth_100.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/Fry-Words/fry_seventh_100.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/Fry-Words/fry_eighth_100.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/Fry-Words/fry_ninth_100.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/Fry-Words/fry_tenth_100.pdf
When repeated reading of text or phrases is practiced regularly, students’ word recognition, fluency, and comprehension improve significantly.
PHRASE SET 1 ~ The 1st 100 Words from the Fry Instant Word List. These words represent 50% of all the words children encounter in elementary school reading.
The people Look for some people
Write it down I like him
By the water So there you are
Who will make it? Out of the water
You and I A long time
What will they do? We were here
He called me Have you seen it?
We had their dog Could you go?
What did they say? One more time
When would you go? We like to write
No way All day long
A number of people Into the water
One or two It’s about time
How long are they? The other people
More than the other Up in the air
Come and get it She said to go
How many words? Which way?
Part of the time Each of us
This is a good day He has it
Can you see? What are these?
Sit down If we were older
Now and then There was an old man
But not me It’s no use
Go find her It may fall down
Not now With his mom
At your house See the water
From my room As big as the first
It’s been a long time But not for me
Will you be good? When will we go?
Give them to me How did they get it?
Then we will go From here to there
Now is the time Number two
An angry cat More people
May I go first? Look up
Write your name Go down
This is my cat All or some
That dog is big Did you like it?
Get on the bus A long way to go
Two of us When did they go?
Did you see it? For some of your people
The first word
PHRASE SET 2 ~ The 2nd 100 Words from the Fry Instant Word List.
Over the river A good man
My new place After the game
Another great sound Most of the animals
Take a little Our best things
Give it back Just the same
Only a little My last name
It’s only me That’s very good
I know why Think before you act
Three years ago Mother says to now
Live and play Where are you?
I need help Try your best
I work too much Move over
Any old time We found it here
Through the line Study and learn
Right now Kind of nice
Mother means it Spell your name
Same time tomorrow The good American
Tell the truth Change your clothes
A little boy Play it again
The following day Back off
We came home Give it away
We want to go Answer the phone
Show us around Turn the page
Form two lines The air is warm
A small house also Read my letters
Another old picture It’s still here
Write one sentence Where in the world
Set it up We need more
Put it there I study in school
Where does it end? I’m and American
I don’t feel well Such a mess
My home is large Point it out
It turned out well Right now
Read the sentence It’s a small world
This must be it Big and small
Hand it over Home sweet home
Such a big house Around the clock
The men asked for help Show and tell
A different land You must be right
They went here Tell the truth
Get to the point Good and plenty
Because we should Help me out
Even the animals It turned out well
It’s your place It think so
Good things Read the book
PHRASE SET 3 ~ The 3rd 100 Words from the Fry Instant Word List.
Near the car Stay a while
Between the lines A few good men
My own father Don’t open the door
In the country You might be right
Add it up It seemed too good
Read every story Along the way
Below the water Next time
Plants and flowers It’s hard to open
Will it last Something good
Keep it up For example
Plant the trees In the beginning
Light the fire Those other people
The light in your eyes A group of friends
In my head We got together
Under the earth We left it here
We saw the food Both children
Close the door It’s my life
The big city Always be kind
We started the fire Read the paper
It never happened Run for miles
A good thought Once upon a time
Do it often Is it really true
We walked four miles It’s time to eat
Until the end Let me carry it
A second later Near the sea
Stop the music Talk to my father
Read your book The young face
Sing your son The long list
State your case My family
I miss you I cut myself
A very important person Above the clouds
On my side Watch the game
I took the car The peaceful Indians
So far so good Without a care
The young girl I like being on the team
My feet hurt The tall mountains
The dark night Next to me
A good idea A few children
It began to grow A long life
Watch the river A group of Indians
White clouds He started to cry
Too soon I hear the sea
Leave it to me An important idea
I hear the waves The first day of school
Almost enough Almost four miles
PHRASE SET 4, 5, and 6 AND to get a COMPLETE set: http://www.amaesd.net/media/DIBELS/fry_600_instant_phrases.pdf
These instant phrases can also be used for handwriting practice.
These are great for Kindergarten
Printable Flash cards
I use the K12 READER Master Spelling List for grades 1-5. I just cut out the spelling list for the week and staple it to the top of the page in the spelling composition book.
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| grade 5 spelling words list from k12reader |
http://www.k12reader.com/spelling/First-Grade-Master-Spelling-Lists.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/spelling/Second-Grade-Master-Spelling-Lists.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/spelling/Third-Grade-Master-Spelling-Lists.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/spelling/Fourth-Grade-Master-Spelling-Lists.pdf
http://www.k12reader.com/spelling/Fifth-Grade-Master-Spelling-Lists.pdf
Here is one for Sixth Grade. This is not the one I used, I cannot find that page. If I do find it, I'll update this blog post.
http://www.homespellingwords.com/6th-grade
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