Here is a list of 300 high frequency reading words that students must master, by Grade Level.
Tip: Make flash cards and go over at home.
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Kindergarten - First 50 High Frequency Word List |
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| 1 - 10 | 11 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 50 |
| a | it | be | get | them |
| the | they | on | there | if |
| and | would | but | with | her |
| I | is | when | had | one |
| to | in | me | are | because |
| was | have | like | so | do |
| my | that | then | went | school |
| of | for | were | up | got |
| we | you | all | at | his |
| he | she | go | said | about |
| Grade 1 - Second 50 High Frequency Word List | ||||
| 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 - 100 |
| day | very | down | after | little |
| out | play | their | don't | know |
| him | some | house | our | want |
| will | what | back | no | saw |
| not | this | charge | just | friend |
| people | time | came | has | did |
| make | home | from | lot | more |
| could | going | friends | fun | see |
| or | good | too | things | big |
| can | as | other | by | us |
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Grade 2 - Second 100 High Frequency Word List |
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| 101 - 110 | 111 - 120 | 121 - 130 | 131 - 140 | 141 - 150 |
| your | started | man | many | well |
| every | now | Mom | let | love |
| didn't | think | who | eat | off |
| two | come | tell | give | even |
| dog | take | over | told | thing |
| help | nice | Dad | world | work |
| mother | first | family | right | class |
| an | best | name | again | where |
| also | put | next | try | boy |
| around | how | night | way | another |
| 151 - 160 | 161 - 170 | 171 - 180 | 181 - 190 | 191 - 200 |
| ran | old | team | never | favorite |
| only | once | kids | girl | brother |
| really | new | always | away | long |
| food | children | am | each | year |
| sometimes | much | it's | everyone | game |
| football | car | wanted | room | most |
| called | into | found | sister | cat |
| father | made | bed | any | homework |
| something | run | money | teacher | games |
| took | years | why | that's | thought |
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Grades 3 to 5 - Third 100 High Frequency Word List |
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| 201 - 210 | 211 - 220 | 221 - 230 | 231 - 240 | 241 - 250 |
| should | bus | can't | need | find |
| bad | say | three | great | finally |
| Christmas | morning | happy | door | together |
| water | still | everybody | life | lived |
| clean | here | everything | look | anything |
| parents | looked | until | someone | every |
| before | while | asked | ball | been |
| better | left | different | days | swimming |
| I'm | stop | place | wouldn't | keep |
| live | air | sure | story | buy |
| 251 - 260 | 261 - 270 | 271 - 280 | 281 - 290 | 291 - 300 |
| heard | stay | played | week | whole |
| than | girls | wish | might | balloons |
| getting | hard | watch | lots | call |
| end | which | being | knew | sea |
| I'd | yes | kind | scared | horses |
| last | hit | walking | boys | baseball |
| named | person | white | soon | later |
| talk | animals | important | read | men |
| couldn't | through | hope | lunch | bear |
| books | fell | mean | store | real |