Fry Word Lists
All the Fry sight word lists, divided into groups of 100, also available as printable PDFs.
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Fry Sight Word Lessons
Five techniques for teaching Fry sight words. Learn proven ways to introduce words, reinforce learning, and correct mistakes.
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Fry Flash Cards
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Fry Sight Word Games
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The Fry Sight Words list is a more modern list of words than the Dolch list, and was extended to capture the most common 1,000 words. Dr. Edward Fry developed this expanded list in the 1950s (and updated it in 1980), based on the most common words to appear in reading materials used in Grades 3-9. Learning all 1,000 words in the Fry list would equip a child to read about 90% of the words in a typical book, newspaper, or website.
The Fry words are listed by the frequency with which they occur and are often broken down into groups of 100. So the first 100 Fry words are the 100 most frequently occurring words in the English language.
Fry Word Lists
- 1st 100 Fry Sight Words
(#1-100)a, about, all, am, an, and, are, as, at, be, been, but, by, called, can, come, could, day, did, do, down, each, find, first, for, from, get, go, had, has, have, he, her, him, his, how, I, if, in, into, is, it, its, like, long, look, made, make, many, may, more, my, no, not, now, number, of, on, one, or, other, out, part, people, said, see, she, so, some, than, that, the, their, them, then, there, these, they, this, time, to, two, up, use, was, water, way, we, were, what, when, which, who, will, with, words, would, write, you, your
- 2nd 100 Fry Sight Words
(#101-200)after, again, air, also, America, animal, another, answer, any, around, ask, away, back, because, before, big, boy, came, change, different, does, end, even, follow, form, found, give, good, great, hand, help, here, home, house, just, kind, know, land, large, learn, letter, line, little, live, man, me, means, men, most, mother, move, much, must, name, need, new, off, old, only, our, over, page, picture, place, play, point, put, read, right, same, say, sentence, set, should, show, small, sound, spell, still, study, such, take, tell, things, think, three, through, too, try, turn, us, very, want, well, went, where, why, work, world, years
- 3rd 100 Fry Sight Words
(#201-300)above, add, almost, along, always, began, begin, being, below, between, book, both, car, carry, children, city, close, country, cut, don’t, earth, eat, enough, every, example, eyes, face, family, far, father, feet, few, food, four, girl, got, group, grow, hard, head, hear, high, idea, important, Indian, it’s, keep, last, late, leave, left, let, life, light, list, might, mile, miss, mountains, near, never, next, night, often, once, open, own, paper, plant, real, river, run, saw, school, sea, second, seem, side, something, sometimes, song, soon, start, state, stop, story, talk, those, thought, together, took, tree, under, until, walk, watch, while, white, without, young
- 4th 100 Fry Sight Words
(#301-400)across, against, area, become, best, better, birds, black, body, certain, cold, color, complete, covered, cried, didn’t, dog, door, draw, during, early, easy, ever, fall, farm, fast, field, figure, fire, fish, five, friends, ground, happened, heard, himself, hold, horse, hours, however, hundred, I’ll, king, knew, listen, low, map, mark, measure, money, morning, music, north, notice, numeral, order, passed, pattern, piece, plan, problem, products, pulled, questions, reached, red, remember, rock, room, seen, several, ship, short, since, sing, slowly, south, space, stand, step, sun, sure, table, today, told, top, toward, town, travel, true, unit, upon, usually, voice, vowel, war, waves, whole, wind, wood
- 5th 100 Fry Sight Words
(#401-500)able, ago, among, ball, base, became, behind, boat, box, bread, bring, brought, building, built, cannot, carefully, check, circle, class, clear, common, contain, correct, course, dark, decided, deep, done, dry, English, equation, explain, fact, feel, filled, finally, fine, fly, force, front, full, game, gave, government, green, half, heat, heavy, hot, inches, include, inside, island, known, language, less, machine, material, minutes, note, nothing, noun, object, ocean, oh, pair, person, plane, power, produce, quickly, ran, rest, road, round, rule, scientists, shape, shown, six, size, special, stars, stay, stood, street, strong, surface, system, ten, though, thousands, understand, verb, wait, warm, week, wheels, yes, yet
- 6th 100 Fry Sight Words
(#501-600)anything, arms, beautiful, believe, beside, bill, blue, brother, can’t, cause, cells, center, clothes, dance, describe, developed, difference, direction, discovered, distance, divided, drive, drop, edge, eggs, energy, Europe, exercise, farmers, felt, finished, flowers, forest, general, gone, grass, happy, heart, held, instruments, interest, job, kept, lay, legs, length, love, main, matter, meet, members, million, mind, months, moon, paint, paragraph, past, perhaps, picked, present, probably, race, rain, raised, ready, reason, record, region, represent, return, root, sat, shall, sign, simple, site, sky, soft, square, store, subject, suddenly, sum, summer, syllables, teacher, test, third, train, wall, weather, west, whether, wide, wild, window, winter, wish, written
- 7th 100 Fry Sight Words
(#601-700)act, Africa, age, already, although, amount, angle, appear, baby, bear, beat, bed, bottom, bright, broken, build, buy, care, case, cat, century, consonant, copy, couldn’t, count, cross, dictionary, died, dress, either, everyone, everything, exactly, factors, fight, fingers, floor, fraction, free, French, gold, hair, hill, hole, hope, ice, instead, iron, jumped, killed, lake, laughed, lead, let’s, lot, melody, metal, method, middle, milk, moment, nation, natural, outside, per, phrase, poor, possible, pounds, pushed, quiet, quite, remain, result, ride, rolled, sail, scale, section, sleep, smiled, snow, soil, solve, someone, son, speak, speed, spring, stone, surprise, tall, temperature, themselves, tiny, trip, type, village, within, wonder
- 8th 100 Fry Sight Words
(#701-800)alone, art, bad, bank, bit, break, brown, burning, business, captain, catch, caught, cents, child, choose, clean, climbed, cloud, coast, continued, control, cool, cost, decimal, desert, design, direct, drawing, ears, east, else, engine, England, equal, experiment, express, feeling, fell, flow, foot, garden, gas, glass, God, grew, history, human, hunting, increase, information, itself, joined, key, lady, law, least, lost, maybe, mouth, party, pay, period, plains, please, practice, president, received, report, ring, rise, row, save, seeds, sent, separate, serve, shouted, single, skin, statement, stick, straight, strange, students, suppose, symbols, team, touch, trouble, uncle, valley, visit, wear, whose, wire, woman, wrote, yard, you’re, yourself
- 9th 100 Fry Sight Words
(#801-900)addition, army, bell, belong, block, blood, blow, board, bones, branches, cattle, chief, compare, compound, consider, cook, corner, crops, crowd, current, doctor, dollars, eight, electric, elements, enjoy, entered, except, exciting, expect, famous, fit, flat, fruit, fun, guess, hat, hit, indicate, industry, insects, interesting, Japanese, lie, lifted, loud, major, mall, meat, mine, modern, movement, necessary, observe, park, particular, planets, poem, pole, position, process, property, provide, rather, rhythm, rich, safe, sand, science, sell, send, sense, seven, sharp, shoulder, sight, silent, soldiers, spot, spread, stream, string, suggested, supply, swim, terms, thick, thin, thus, tied, tone, trade, tube, value, wash, wasn’t, weight, wife, wings, won’t
- 10th 100 Fry Sight Words
(#901-1000)action, actually, adjective, afraid, agreed, ahead, allow, apple, arrived, born, bought, British, capital, chance, chart, church, column, company, conditions, corn, cotton, cows, create, dead, deal, death, details, determine, difficult, division, doesn’t, effect, entire, especially, evening, experience, factories, fair, fear, fig, forward, France, fresh, Greek, gun, hoe, huge, isn’t, led, level, located, march, match, molecules, northern, nose, office, opposite, oxygen, plural, prepared, pretty, printed, radio, repeated, rope, rose, score, seat, settled, shoes, shop, similar, sir, sister, smell, solution, southern, steel, stretched, substances, suffix, sugar, tools, total, track, triangle, truck, underline, various, view, Washington, we’ll, western, win, women, workers, wouldn’t, wrong, yellow
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The Fry word list or “instant words” are widely accepted to contain the most used words in reading and writing. The sight words list is divided into ten levels and then divided into groups of twenty-five words, based on frequency of use and difficulty.
What grade level are Fry words?
It is recommended that: The first 100 fry words, considered the most frequently occurring in the English language, should be mastered in Grade 1. The fry second 100 sight words should be mastered in 2nd Grade. The third 100 words should be mastered in Grade 3.
How many Fry word lists are there?
Many schools use words from either the Dolch 220 List or the Fry 300 List as their source for high frequency words to teach. In almost every school, K–2 teachers assign these words for their students to study and learn because they are the most frequently occurring words in children’s texts.
How high do Dolch words go?
The Dolch words are commonly divided into groups by grade level, ranging from pre-kindergarten to third grade, with a separate list of nouns. There are a total of 315 Dolch Sight Words.
Are Fry words copyrighted?
Printable Sight Words Lists The two most common sight word lists, Dolch and Fry, are both copyrighted and since I don’t have permission to post them word for word, I thought I’d combine them together {since they overlap quite a bit} to make my own sight word lists.
What are some tricky words?
We’ve rounded up ten of the trickiest words in English and provided tips that will help you stop misspelling them.
- Necessary.
- Stationary vs. Stationery.
- Separate. When we pronounce this word, it sounds like “seperate”.
- Affect vs. Effect.
- Embarrassed.
- Compliment vs.
- Accommodation.
- Rhythm.
What are the fry words for fifth grade?
Go to this page to see more fifth grade sight words resources. My Fry list – the Fourth 100 comes in orange. This is one of the sets of high frequency words that is just right for fourth grade. It is also recommended for fifth grade, too. Another Fry list – the fifth 100 recommended for fourth and fifth grade.
How many words are on the fry list?
With four lists of 25 words, each list can be mastered separately as spelling words or study lists. This Fry list – the sixth 100 is appropriate for both fourth and fifth grades and is color coordinated to go along with the sixth 100 flash cards and assessment sheet on this site.
Which is the best list of Fry sight words?
Fry Word Lists 1st 100 Fry Sight Words (#1-100) a, about, all, am, an, and, are, as, at, be, been, but, by, called, can, come, could,… 2nd 100 Fry Sight Words (#101-200) after, again, air, also, America, animal, another, answer, any, around, ask, away,… 3rd 100 Fry Sight Words (#201-300)
What are the ten hundred words of Stephen Fry?
Fry’s Tenth 100 Words 901. company 921. France 941. shoes 961. workers 981. rope 902. radio 922. repeated 942. actually 962. Washington 982. cotton 903. we’ll 923. column 943. nose 963. Greek 983. apple 904. action 924. western 944. afraid 964. women 984. details 905. capital 925. church 945. dead 965. bought 985. entire 906.
Table of Contents
- Which is better fry or Dolch?
- How do you administer Fry Word List?
- What grade level are the fry words?
- What is the meaning of Dolch?
- What is Fry first 100 words?
- What are the 100 sight words?
- How many sight words should a 4th grader know?
- Which Fry words are Decodable?
- Who was Dr Edward Dolch?
- What is the difference between Fry and Dolch word lists?
The Fry word list or “instant words” are widely accepted to contain the most used words in reading and writing. The sight words list is divided into ten levels and then divided into groups of twenty-five words, based on frequency of use and difficulty.
Which is better fry or Dolch?
The Dolch List has not been revised for decades, while the Fry list is more current. The Fry list also is more comprehensive in that it includes 1,000 words that are arranged based on frequency within bands of 100.
How do you administer Fry Word List?
Simply point to the word on the list and put a “+” in the square on the form if the student was able to say the word. If the student hesitates for more than 3 seconds before providing the word, sounds out the word, or provides an incorrect word, put a “-” in the square.
What grade level are the fry words?
It is recommended that: The first 100 fry words, considered the most frequently occurring in the English language, should be mastered in Grade 1. The fry second 100 sight words should be mastered in 2nd Grade. The third 100 words should be mastered in Grade 3.
What is the meaning of Dolch?
noun. dagger [noun] a knife or short sword for stabbing.
What is Fry first 100 words?
The Fry words are listed by the frequency with which they occur and are often broken down into groups of 100. So the first 100 Fry words are the 100 most frequently occurring words in the English language.
What are the 100 sight words?
Top 100 Sight Words and How to Teach Them
- A: a, an, at, are, as, at, and, all, about, after.
- B: be, by, but, been.
- C: can, could, called.
- D: did, down, do.
- E: each.
- F: from, first, find, for.
- H: he, his, had, how, has, her, have, him.
- I: in, I, if, into, is, it, its.
How many sight words should a 4th grader know?
1000 Sight Words
**Fourth graders are expected to know 1000 Sight Words by the end of fourth grade. Your child has been practicing these sight words since they were in kindergarten.
Which Fry words are Decodable?
Sight Words, Decodable Words, & High Frequency Words
| Type of Word | Examples |
|---|---|
| Decodable Words | run, spin, make, sport, she, team, spoil, fly, bubble, harvest |
| Sight Words | said, your, was, could, sure, done, who, what, laugh, again |
| High Frequency Words | the, is, two, boy, work, for, over, mother, see, very |
Who was Dr Edward Dolch?
Edward William Dolch, Ph. D. (1889 – 1961) was a Professor at the University of Illinois from 1919 to 1940. His work was published prolifically as he researched the areas of word meaning, reading, spelling, and the teaching of reading.
What is the difference between Fry and Dolch word lists?
The Dolch list is made up of 220 words and contains no nouns unless they can be used as another part of speech. (Dolch created a separate list of 95 nouns.) The Fry list contains 1,000 words and includes all parts of speech. They are listed by age group, whereas the first 300 Fry words are listed by order of frequency.
The term «Fry words» refers to the list of 1,000 high-frequency words compiled by Dr. Edward Fry in 1957. The list was an improvement on the Dolch words list first published in 1936.
Both the Dolch and Fry word lists were developed based on the most frequently-occurring words in the English language. The Dolch list is made up of 220 words and contains no nouns unless they can be used as another part of speech. (Dolch created a separate list of 95 nouns.)
The Fry list contains 1,000 words and includes all parts of speech. According to Readsters.com, both lists were based on secondary sources, but the Fry list was updated in 1980 to add words from a more recent word frequency count.
The Fry words list is based on the «American Heritage Word Frequency Book», whose 87,000 words are ranked by the frequency in which they occur in reading material for grade 3 to 9.
Dolch sight words are based on high-frequency words that students in kindergarten through second grade typically would be reading. They are listed by age group, whereas the first 300 Fry words are listed by order of frequency. They are broken down into groups of 100 because Fry advocated focusing on a few words at a time until a student memorized the entire list.
How Can These Lists Be Used?
Both the Dolch and Fry lists are based on whole word reading. However, a study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in 2000, indicates that beginning and struggling readers see stronger outcomes when they are taught to decode words using phonics.
A recommended approach is combining explicit phonics instruction with either the Dolch or Fry list of sight words. This combination helps children build fluency quickly by providing a base of words they recognize on sight along with a method for decoding unfamiliar words.
When Should Fry Words Be Taught?
In a traditional school setting, Fry words are often taught as early as kindergarten. Once children are familiar with the alphabet and letter sounds, you can begin introducing Fry words. Start with only five to ten words. Once a student masters that list, add five to 10 more, but continue to review the previously mastered words.
Generally, children are expected to master 20 sight or high-frequency words by the end of kindergarten and 100 by the end of first grade.
In a homeschool setting, let your child’s developmental readiness be your guide. Some children are curious, eager learners who are ready to start learning high-frequency words as early as three-years-old. Others may not be ready until first or second grade or even later.
For young children, you may wish to start with only a couple of words at a time, building up to the five- to ten-word range. Let your child’s progress guide you. Move at a pace which allows your student to master the words without frustration successfully.
Ideally, sight words and high-frequency words should be taught as a supplement to phonics instruction.
First 100 Fry Words
The first 100 Fry words are ideally suited for students in kindergarten and first grade. The words are listed alphabetically below, rather than in order of frequency. They can be taught in any order. For younger students, it’s recommended to start with short words that appear frequently in the text your students are reading, such as a, the, an, can, is, of, you, he, and I.
| a | about | all | an | and |
| are | as | at | be | been |
| but | by | called | can | come |
| could | day | did | do | down |
| each | find | first | for | from |
| get | go | had | has | have |
| he | her | him | his | how |
| I | if | in | into | is |
| it | like | long | look | made |
| make | many | may | more | my |
| no | not | now | number | of |
| oil | on | one | or | other |
| out | part | people | said | see |
| she | sit | so | some | than |
| that | the | their | them | then |
| there | these | they | this | time |
| to | two | up | use | was |
| water | way | we | were | what |
| when | which | who | will | with |
| words | would | write | you | your |
Second 100 Fry Words
Both the second and third 100 Fry words are recommended for students in second to third grades. Again, it is helpful to teach the words in conjunction with those that appear frequently in the texts that your students are reading.
| after | again | air | also | America |
| animal | another | answer | any | around |
| ask | away | back | because | before |
| big | boy | came | change | different |
| does | end | even | follow | form |
| found | give | good | great | hand |
| help | here | home | house | just |
| kind | know | land | large | learn |
| letter | line | little | live | man |
| me | means | men | most | mother |
| move | much | must | name | need |
| new | off | old | only | our |
| over | page | picture | place | play |
| point | put | read | right | same |
| say | sentence | set | should | show |
| small | sound | spell | still | study |
| such | take | tell | things | think |
| three | through | too | try | turn |
| us | very | want | well | when |
| where | why | work | world | years |
Third 100 Fry Words
Once the second 100 Fry words are mastered, children can move on to the third batch of 100. Again, continue teaching the words in groups of five to ten, and move on as each group is mastered.
| above | add | almost | along | always |
| began | begin | being | below | between |
| book | both | car | carry | children |
| city | close | country | cut | don’t |
| earth | eat | enough | every | example |
| eyes | face | family | far | father |
| feet | few | food | four | girl |
| got | group | grow | hard | head |
| hear | high | idea | important | Indian |
| it’s | keep | last | late | leave |
| left | let | life | light | list |
| might | mile | miss | mountains | near |
| never | next | night | often | once |
| open | on | paper | plant | real |
| river | run | saw | school | sea |
| second | seem | side | something | sometimes |
| song | soon | start | state | stop |
| story | talk | those | thought | together |
| took | tree | under | until | walk |
| watch | while | white | without | young |
Tips for Teaching Fry Words
Help your children master the Fry words quickly and easily by making learning fun and keeping them engaged. Try some of the following activities.
Concentration: Make two identical sets of cards for the words your student is learning. Mix the cards and place them face down one at a time in even rows. Two or more students can play together, taking turns flipping over two cards each turn. They must read aloud the words they turn over.
If the words match, the student gets to keep that pair and take another turn. If not, play passes to the next student. After all the matches have been made, the child with the most pairs wins.
Go Fish. Again, start with two matching sets of word cards mixed together. Deal three to five cards to each player, depending on how many are in the set. Students take turns calling out one word in their hand and asking one other player if he has the match.
If the student gets a match, he gets another turn. If not, play passes to the next player. After all the word cards have been matched, the student with the most pairs wins.
Bingo. Create bingo cards with both mastered words and new words placed randomly on the cards. As you call out words, the students should put a marker over the word if they find it on their card. The first student to achieve a bingo with five words in a row, vertically or horizontally, wins the game.
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Fry Word List — 1,000 High Frequency Words. The Fry word list or «instant words» are widely accepted to contain the most used words in reading and writing. The sight words list is divided into ten levels and then divided into groups of twenty-five words, based on frequency of use and difficulty.
Further detail about this can be seen here. People also ask, what are the fry words?
First 100 Fry Words
| a | about | and |
|---|---|---|
| but | by | come |
| could | day | down |
| each | find | from |
| get | go | have |
Likewise, are Fry words by grade level? It is recommended that: The first 100 fry words, considered the most frequently occurring in the English language, should be mastered in Grade 1. The third 100 words should be mastered in Grade 3. The remaining fry sight word lists (words 301-1000) should be mastered in Grades 4-5.
Similarly, you may ask, what is Fry first 100 words?
According to Fry’s research, completed in 1996: The first 25 words make up about 1/3 of all items published. The first 100 words make up about 1/2 of all the words found in publications. The first 300 words make up about 2/3 of all written materials.
Are Dolch and Fry words the same?
The Dolch List has not been revised for decades, while the Fry list is more current. The Fry list also is more comprehensive in that it includes 1,000 words that are arranged based on frequency within bands of 100.
Here is our top list of fry words to add your writing projects. Read our guide below.
Each language has its own most and least-used words. Most-used words are those the majority of the population understands and recognizes — especially when writing dialogue or informal content, using high-frequency or Fry words is the staple.
Contents
- What Are Fry Words?
- First 100 Fry Words
- Third Group of 100 Fry Words
- Fifth Group of 100 Fry Words
- Seventh Group of 100 Fry Words
- Ninth Group of 100 Fry Words
- Tenth Group of 100 Fry Words
- Author
What Are Fry Words?
Dr. Edward Fry compiled the Fry Sight Words in 1957. It’s a list of 1,000 words often used in high frequencies. These words can be any part of speech, whether nouns, adjectives, or interjections. Everyone should know and comprehend these words, especially young readers. As a writer, you should grasp the importance of Fry Words to incorporate them into your written pieces correctly.
| About | Earth | Natural |
| Adjective | Electric | Night |
| Age | Equation | Number |
| Ago | Especially | Oil |
| Always | Factors | Opposite |
| Army | Fear | People |
| Beat | Find | Phrase |
| Being | First | Position |
| Blood | Fit | Printed |
| Book | Food | Rolled |
| Bought | Force | Round |
| Box | Get | Science |
| But | Go | Seem |
| Car | Gold | Sir |
| Circle | Group | Solve |
| City | Hat | Song |
| Compound | Heavy | Stars |
| Could | How | Thousands |
| Couldn’t | Industry | Tube |
| Country | Jumped | Type |
| Create | Let’s | Understand |
| Dark | Long | Value |
| Day | Made | Warm |
| Determine | Material | Water |
| Died | Melody | Weight |
| Dollars | Might | Yet |
| Down | Molecules | Young |
First 100 Fry Words
Fry divided his list of 1,000 words into ten groups of 100, going from the first to the tenth. Students in kindergarten and the first grade should be familiar with the first 100 Fry words, the most frequent words in English.
1. About
Danny’s favorite thing about having a dog is playing with it.
2. But
I can’t show you where I’ve hidden the treasure, but I can give you some clues.
3. Could
We didn’t know that we could wear slippers in the building.
4. Day
The kids would visit the duck pond during the day to give them snacks.
5. Down
We saw a group of teenagers swimming down the river as we passed.
6. Find
I need to find where my brother hid my shoes.
7. First
The first thing I always look at in the morning is the sky to see the sunrise.
8. Get
Did your mother get a coupon for Mother’s Day, too?
9. Go
Penguins can go as fast as four to seven miles per hour when swimming.
10. How
Not many people can ask their fathers to teach them how to do repairs.
11. Long
I had a long night; I couldn’t sleep even after a tiring day at work.
12. Made
Gwen tells me she’s glad you made it to the party, but she’s sorry she can’t welcome you personally.
13. Number
Dotty hasn’t changed the number on her phone since she left home two years ago.
14. Oil
Why does your military academy have an oil lamp in its logo?
15. People
It’s interesting to watch people interact and react to their environment.
16. Water
I remember the day I learned that tap water isn’t as clean as we think.
Third Group of 100 Fry Words
The third batch of Fry words should be familiar to English speakers in the second to third grade and older. Below are some from the group of the third most commonly used batch of words based on Fry’s observations.
17. Always
Ricky must accept that she won’t always take first place on the podium or win the gold medal.
18. Being
Being a writer is fun because writers can create worlds and timelines with only a pen and paper.
19. Book
Gina never forgets to return any book she borrows because she knows what it’s like to lose one.
20. Car
Hera doesn’t own a car, but she knows how to drive one.
21. City
I love this mountain city because the people here are still connected to nature despite the technological advances around them.
22. Country
Didn’t Debbie tell you that her country of origin is Kenya?
23. Earth
The Earth can fit over 700 times inside Saturn, making the ringed planet the second largest in our solar system.
24. Food
My mom’s homecooked food will always be the best tasting for me.
25. Group
The well-mannered group of tourists left no litter in the park.
26. Might
The crow in the series might allude to death, bad luck, or the plague.
27. Night
They learned how to play darts in just one night.
28. Seem
The broken windshield makes this place seem dangerous.
29. Song
Troy delivered a compelling song about corruption, deception, and death.
30. Young
The young woman saw no reason to remain in that dark place any longer, a wise decision.
Fifth Group of 100 Fry Words
The fifth batch of 100 Fry words is for kids in the fourth and fifth grades and higher. Use these words when writing a book in the Young Adult genre or for youth at that learning level.
31. Ago
One of the girls in their class had opened up about her family issues some time ago.
32. Box
The diamond ring came in a red box.
33. Circle
Circle bags are ideal for women who don’t like carrying around too many things.
34. Dark
The dark clouds above are a sign of impending heavy rain.
35. Equation
Mr. Haviland taught us this equation so well in high school that it’s still in our minds today.
36. Force
The woman told me that this room had an unseen and vengeful force.
37. Heavy
My brother helped me take the heavy sofa up our apartment.
38. Material
Today, finding a pair of jogging pants made with this specific material is difficult.
39. Round
Her round belly is so huge that we thought she would burst open.
40. Stars
You can see the stars and their constellations from my condo unit.
41. Thousands
Thousands of fans in the stadium had to endure the rain during the concert.
42. Understand
It’s hard to understand and sympathize with marginalized people if you don’t interact with them.
43. Warm
The water in the cave was warm and had a salty smell.
44. Yet
The lads over in the pub haven’t received their payment yet.
Seventh Group of 100 Fry Words
Fry words numbers 601 to 700 should be familiar to everyone who has finished at least the fourth and fifth grades. They are less used than the first group of words, but they are still commonly heard in English.
45. Age
Brody became a miner at the young age of 14.
46. Beat
The crowd jumped at once when the beat finally dropped.
47. Couldn’t
The kids from the other village couldn’t play on the field anymore after the accident.
48. Died
Almost all my houseplants died when I last left for vacation, so I’m hiring a plant sitter next time.
49. Factors
Andrew told me that your attitude and the toxic environment were the main factors behind his quitting.
50. Gold
My clients loved the gold and pink combination so much that it became the top seller.
51. Jumped
Albert jumped at the chance of seeing his family again after four years of being at sea.
52. Let’s
It’s raining outside, so let’s use the longer path because it’s covered.
53. Melody
Alyssa can’t keep the melody out of her mind and her dreams.
54. Natural
In my opinion, the best way to get over the flu or minor illness is through natural healing.
55. Phrase
The phrase Agnes used in her application indicated that she wasn’t ready for the job.
56. Rolled
With a quickness that saved his life, Andrei rolled out of the way of the crashing vehicle.
57. Solve
Bobby wanted to solve the crossword puzzle before he did anything else tonight.
58. Type
What did Billie say his type of partner was, again?
Ninth Group of 100 Fry Words
The ninth batch of Fry Sight words is for more advanced English users. If you’re practicing your English writing, consider finding ways to integrate these words into your pieces.
59. Army
Jane could tell he was from the army by how he held himself.
60. Blood
The couple saw the blood on the floor and door handle before they found the body.
61. Compound
Writing compound sentences is tricky if you don’t know how to do it in moderation.
62. Dollars
Today, a couple of kids asked me for two dollars to buy their mom a rose for Mother’s Day.
63. Electric
Anthony wanted to buy an electric car against our advice.
64. Fit
Mei asked the tailor to adjust the jumpsuit to fit her shape better.
65. Hat
We never found Guillermo’s hat again after the wind blew it into the ocean.
66. Industry
Rizalito made it far in this company because of his background in the business industry.
67. Position
The masseuse put me in a seated position to best suit her massage techniques.
68. Science
I thought I loved science, but I think I love language more.
69. Tube
Bernard enjoyed the tube slide so much that he went on it three times more.
70. Value
He doesn’t value his health because he keeps drinking, smoking, and eating junk.
71. Weight
The athletes had to lose weight first to make it into the competition.
Tenth Group of 100 Fry Words
The last batch of Fry Sight words is more complex English words. They are still so commonly used that at least kids in the fourth and fifth grades know them.
72. Adjective
I’d say that the best adjective for this position is “awkward.”
73. Bought
I wouldn’t have bought these fruits if you had told me earlier that you’d be bringing some.
74. Create
The parents helped their kids create Christmas tree decorations during our project.
75. Determine
Jones wants to determine his BMI before starting a new diet plan.
76. Especially
All our competitors have had an injury at some point, especially Justine.
77. Fear
It will be your end if you mistake Elizabeth’s pensive silence for fear.
78. Molecules
Wesker said that the molecules didn’t bond before the explosion.
79. Opposite
Henry sat opposite Mary and smiled slyly at her.
80. Printed
The printed words on our shirts turned out to be vulgar.
81. SirSir, you can’t wear that jacket today.
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Maria Caballero is a freelance writer who has been writing since high school. She believes that to be a writer doesn’t only refer to excellent syntax and semantics but also knowing how to weave words together to communicate to any reader effectively.
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What are Fry’s Instant Words
Fry’s Instant Words are the most common words used in English, listed in order of frequency, and include all parts of speech. Also known as Fry sight words or high frequency words, they must be easily recognized in order to achieve reading fluency. Fry’s sight words lists, by grade level, account for 50 to 75 percent of the words used in schoolbooks, library books, newspapers, and magazines, so it’s important for children to learn the correct spelling and to recognize the words instantly by sight. This allows the child to concentrate on reading comprehension without having to stop and decode each word. VocabularySpellingCity’s Fry word games and activities help students retain information and apply their knowledge in and out of the classroom.
In 1996, Dr. Edward Fry expanded on the Dolch sight word lists and published the book Fry 1000 Instant Words.
Fry’s research found:
- 25 words make up approximately one-third of all published text.
- 100 sight words comprise approximately 50 percent of all of the words found in publications.
- 300 words make up approximately 65 percent of all written material.
It is recommended that:
- The first 100 fry words, considered the most frequently occurring in the English language, should be mastered in Grade 1.
- The fry second 100 sight words should be mastered in 2nd Grade.
- The third 100 words should be mastered in Grade 3.
- The remaining fry sight word lists (words 301-1000) should be mastered in Grades 4-5.
Learn more about Sight Words
Spelling TeachMe is a Fry word activity that helps students know and memorize spelling and vocabulary words.
Play the Fry word game Spelling TeachMe with a 2nd grade sight word list, or any other grade level, for Fry words.
Word Unscramble provides practice rearranging letters to correctly spell words on students’ Fry sight word lists by grade level.
Play Word Unscramble with 4th grade sight word lists, or any other grade level, for Fry words.
Missing Letter provides practice recognizing letters to complete a word.
Play Missing Letter with a 6th grade sight word list, or any other grade level, for Fry words.
What is the difference between Fry and Dolch word lists?
The Dolch list is made up of 220 words and contains no nouns unless they can be used as another part of speech. (Dolch created a separate list of 95 nouns.) The Fry list contains 1,000 words and includes all parts of speech. They are listed by age group, whereas the first 300 Fry words are listed by order of frequency.
Is a list of 220 frequently used words?
The Dolch Sight Words list is the most commonly used set of sight words. Educator Dr. Edward William Dolch developed the list in the 1930s-40s by studying the most frequently occurring words in children’s books of that era. The list contains 220 “service words” plus 95 high-frequency nouns.
What is the difference between Dolch words and sight words?
Sight words are words that one can read at first sight, automatically, at a glance. D, is a list of 220 words most often found in text passages. The Dolch words are divided into lists: PrePrimer, Primer, and the primary grade levels (1-3), and continue to be used as a literacy assessment tool.
How many Dolch words should a kindergartener know?
Some literacy experts like Tim Shanahan believe that kindergarteners should master 20 sight words by the end of kindergarten. The Dolch word list has 40 words listed for Pre-K students and some school districts require that kindergarteners learn 100 sight words by the end of the school year.
What is Dolch sight word list?
The Dolch word list is a list of frequently used English words (also known as sight words), compiled by Edward William Dolch, a major proponent of the “whole-word” method of beginning reading instruction.
How many Dolch 1st grade sight words are there?
For early readers, memorizing sight words is invaluable for literacy. Here are the 47 sight words that will help your first grader start learning to read.
What grade level is pre-primer sight words?
Dolch Sight Words for Pre-Primer (Pre-Kindergarten) The Dolch Word website provides a table of all 220 Dolch site words by grade level, from pre-primer (pre-kindergarten) to 3rd grade. The pre-primer list contains words most pre-kindergarteners should learn to recognize.
Can you sound out Dolch words?
This can cause problems for many students. However, many of the newer phonics programs also use an alarming number of sight words. Of the 220 most commonly taught Dolch sight words, 150 are completely phonetic and can be easily learned by sound.
What is Fry’s sight words?
Fry’s Instant Words are the most common words used in English, listed in order of frequency, and include all parts of speech. Also known as Fry sight words or high frequency words, they must be easily recognized in order to achieve reading fluency.
What is a graded word list used for?
A graded word list can be used to assess students9 reading competence. the san diego quick assessment is a quick way to gauge a student’s reading ability. It is a graded word list, formed by drawing words randomly from basal reader glossaries, and from the Thorndike list. Words initially were assigned levels according to these sources,
What grade level are the words in Level 5?
So the words taught in Level Indigo (grade 5) are those words that are both found in 5th grade reading material and are most likely to appear on state tests in 5th, 6th and 7th grades. You can view a pdf of the compiled word lists here or choose your grade level below. Additionally, we have a series of songs that teach SAT vocabulary words.
What grade level are indigo words taught?
For each reading level, our researchers looked at state tests at that level and two grade levels above. So the words taught in Level Indigo (grade 5) are those words that are both found in 5th grade reading material and are most likely to appear on state tests in 5th, 6th and 7th grades.
What are some vocabulary words for 2nd graders?
These vocabulary words for second graders will help your child better understand what they’re reading in class. Knowing words such as additional, example, and typical will boost your child reading and writing skills. Knowing words such as avoid, confirm, and obvious will enhance your child’s ability to read, learn, and communicate.
The Fry word list or «instant words» are widely accepted to contain the most used words in reading and writing. The sight words list is divided into ten levels and then divided into groups of twenty-five words, based on frequency of use and difficulty.
It is important for young readers to instantly recognize these high frequency words by sight in order to build up their reading fluency. It is also important for readers to practice words in meaningful context through phrase and sentence reading practice. As a follow up activity, students can practice writing short sentences including Fry words.
As you individually meet with the student, you’ll quickly be able to identify words that they are having trouble with. Also, as students write in their journals and read aloud, regular misspellings and misuse can provide you with a target list of words to teach first or spend more time on. Don’t forget to check out all of our vocabulary worksheets and Dolch Sight Words.
This includes all 1,000 Fry Words from the 1st – 10th levels.
Here’s the first level of the 1,000 Fry words.
This page is the list of the third one hundred words on the Fry list.
This is the second one hundred Fry words.
The ninth one hundred words from the Fry list can be found here.
The Fry “instant word” list has these as the fourth one hundred words.
This is the final level of the Fry 1,000 word list, featuring the tenth one hundred words.
Here’s the fifth one hundred of the 1,000 Fry words.
This is the 6th level of one hundred words from the Fry word list.
Here’s the seventh one hundred words on the Fry “instant words” list.
This page has the eighth one hundred words from the Fry 1,000 word list.