These are the 100 most
frequently used words. They are also referred to as sight words and red words.
Students should be able to read and write these words in first grade. Please
practice these words with your child. See below for some suggested activities:
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a
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don’t
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little
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that
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after
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for
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look
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the
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all
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from
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make
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their
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am
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get
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man
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them
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an
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go
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me
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then
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and
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going
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mother
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there
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are
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got
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my
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they
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as
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had
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no
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this
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at
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has
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not
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to
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away
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have
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now
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too
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back
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he
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of
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two
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be
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her
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on
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up
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because
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here
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one
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us
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been
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him
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or
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very
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before
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his
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our
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was
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big
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how
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out
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we
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but
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I
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over
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went
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by
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if
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play
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were
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can
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I’m
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put
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what
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came
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in
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said
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where
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come
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into
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saw
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who
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could
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is
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see
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will
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day
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it
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she
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with
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did
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just
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so
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you
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do
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like
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than
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your
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*Make a set of flash
cards or make multiple sets to play concentration, go fish, or other card
games.
*Have children spell
words in shaving cream.
*Have children make the
words using play doh.
*Play "hangman" using
the high frequency words.
*See the following
links for some more ideas:
http://childparenting.about.com/od/elementaryreadin1/a/sightwords.htm
http://www.literacyconnections.com/Sight
WordPractice.html