High Frequency Words

First off, As a local preschool teacher, I made a point of meeting with my local schools. I met with both kindergarten teachers in order to find out what they are looking for when their new kindergarten students arrive. 

A big thing they look for is: Can your child write their name and do they have good fine motor skills. Can your child cut a straight line ect.? There of course are many others tasks the students should be able to do. The students should know all the letters of the alphabet by sight in addition to numbers at least 1-10. By the end of Kindergarten students should be able to read. I am attaching the kindergarten and first grade word list that our local school uses. This high frequency word list includes the 100 words for Kindergarten and more words for first grade. 

I have some great pre-decodable readers that I use with my students once they know their alphabet. I am working on making some simple Pre-Decodables in which I will share as I go. One thing to understand is that learning the sight words is mainly memorization. I often look for sight words in other books and have your child see them and read them to you. You can pick one or two sight words to work on each month. I start with the letter, “I, am and the.”

Click below for the High Frequency Word list:

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