Fry Sight Words
Over half of every newspaper article, textbook, children's story, and novel is composed of these 300 words. It is difficult to write a sentence without using several of the first 300 words in the Fry 1000 Instant Words List. Consequently, students need to be able to read the first 300 Instant Words without a moment's hesitation.
The 1st graders are required to master 300 Fry Words this school year. The first 200 words are kindergarten and 1st grade words and the last 100 are 2nd grade words. I will be sending home the first list of 100 words. The students will be expected to learn the words in sets of 25. The lists are labeled 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d. After you child passes all 4 of these sets, the next set of 100 will be sent home. (2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d, and so on). When the student has practiced at home and can read the set of 25 instantly, he/she can test on the set at school. The students will receive a grade for the mastery of each set of Fry Words. Students should master the first 100 Fry Words before Fall Break, the second 100 before Winter Break, the third 100 before Spring Break, and the final 100 will be a challenge before 2nd grade. Students can test on list before the above goals if needed.
The students’ success with the Fry Words is very important to make him/her a thriving reader. The students will be able to make their success public within the classroom and the school as they progress through the lists. Please practice the Fry Words at home to help make your child a successful reader.
Here are 4 reasons students can benefit from knowing sight words.
1. Knowing a few words in a new book provides confidence for an early reader.
2. If a child sees a few words in a new book that he/she is certain of, the task of reading seems easier.
3. When an emergent reader is reading a new book and pointing to each word, sight words that he knows provide a base for making sense of the text.
4. Many of the words that are repeated over and over again in beginning reading books do not follow the rules of phonics. Words like the, said, come, and of, would all be pronounced differently if a pure phonics application was utilized. Other words on a sight word list, even if spelled phonetically, help children decode new words by applying phonetic rules. For example, if in is a learned sight word, it will be easier for a new reader to decode pin, tin, fin. Knowing an can help a reader know pan, tan and fan. Children learn that by manipulating the beginning and ending sound they can change the word.
By: Reading Journal