Sight Words
Sight words comprise UP TO 75% of the words you would find in a typical children’s book. Once a child knows this list of words, it makes reading much easier, because the child can then focus their attention on decoding the remaining words.
Sight Words, also known as (aka) high frequency words, are commonly used words that children are encouraged to memorize because they often cannot be sounded out using basic phonics and cannot be represented using pictures. For example, the word "of" does not follow the sound spelling pattern, as the "o' makes the "u" sound and the "f" and makes the "v" sound and the word cannot be represented by a picture. The advantage for children being able to recognize sight words automatically is that a beginning reader will be able to identify the majority of words in a beginning text before they even attempt to read it; therefore, allowing the child to concentrate on meaning and comprehension as they read without having to stop and decode every single word.
Below you will find the list of First Grade Sight Words to study and use as your leader needs.
First Grade Sight Words
List 1
the
see
go
she
and
play
little
you
with
for
no
jump
one
have
List 2
are
said
two
look
my
come
here
to
of
what
put
want
this
saw
List 3
now
do
which
went
was
there
then
out
who
good
by
them
List 4
were
our
could
these
once
upon
hurt
that
because
from
their
when
List 5
why
many
right
start
find
how
over
under
try
give
far
too
List 6
after
call
large
her
house
long
off
small
brown
work
year
live
List 7
found
your
know
always
all
people
where
draw
again
round
they
country
List 8
four
great
boy
city
laugh
move
change
away
every
near
school
earth
List 9
before
done
about
even
walk
buy
only
through
does
another
wash
some
List 10
better
carry
learn
very
mother
father
never
below
blue
answer
eight
any
