Popcorn words
Learning "popcorn words" is an important part of our kindergarten classroom. We call them this because they are words that "pop up everywhere." The official name is "high frequency sight words." These are important words for students to know because they are used so frequently, and many of them are NOT words that can be sounded out...the kids just have to know them by heart.
Kindergarten students are held accountable for learning 25 of these words by the end of the year. First grade students should know the first 100 words. What we have found, though, is that many students are able to learn MANY more words. Therefore, we want to give everyone the opportunity to learn as many as possible.
Here are all 200 of our words:
List 1 - the, I, can, like, a
List 2 - see, you, he, is, and
List 3 - in, said, my, it, we
List 4 - for, am, me, to, will
List 5 - at, do, up, an, look
List 6 - come, go, so, no, yes
List 7 - with, as, be, have, him
List 8 - but, she, of, was, that
List 9 - his, on, get, had, all
List 10 - her, did, under, out, let
List 11 - are, has, if, when, us
List 12 - what, not, were, they, them
List 13 - one, this, would, big, went
List 14 - little, could, now, long, came
List 15 - ask, very, over, your, its
List 16 - ride, into, just, from, good
List 17 - any, about, around, want, don't
List 18 - how, right, put, too, got
List 19 - know, take, where, every, pretty
List 20 - jump, away, old, by, their
List 21 - here, saw, call, after, well
List 22 - think, ran, then, help, make
List 23 - going, sleep, walk, or, before
List 24 - eat, again, play, who, been
List 25 - may, stop, off, never, cold
List 26 - today, fly, myself, round, tell
List 27 - much, keep, give, work, first
List 28 - try, new, must, start, does
List 29 - bring, goes, write, always, drink
List 30 - soon, made, run, gave, open
List 31 - down, find, only, there, our
List 32 - better, hold, buy, funny, once
List 33 - warm, ate, full, those, done
List 34 - use, fast, say, light, pick
List 35 - hurt, pull, cut, kind, both
List 36 - sit, which, fall, carry, small
List 37 - some, read, why, own, found
List 38 - wash, show, hot, because, far
List 39 - live, draw, clean, grow, best
List 40 - upon, these, sing, together, please
Kindergarten students are held accountable for learning 25 of these words by the end of the year. First grade students should know the first 100 words. What we have found, though, is that many students are able to learn MANY more words. Therefore, we want to give everyone the opportunity to learn as many as possible.
Here are all 200 of our words:
List 1 - the, I, can, like, a
List 2 - see, you, he, is, and
List 3 - in, said, my, it, we
List 4 - for, am, me, to, will
List 5 - at, do, up, an, look
List 6 - come, go, so, no, yes
List 7 - with, as, be, have, him
List 8 - but, she, of, was, that
List 9 - his, on, get, had, all
List 10 - her, did, under, out, let
List 11 - are, has, if, when, us
List 12 - what, not, were, they, them
List 13 - one, this, would, big, went
List 14 - little, could, now, long, came
List 15 - ask, very, over, your, its
List 16 - ride, into, just, from, good
List 17 - any, about, around, want, don't
List 18 - how, right, put, too, got
List 19 - know, take, where, every, pretty
List 20 - jump, away, old, by, their
List 21 - here, saw, call, after, well
List 22 - think, ran, then, help, make
List 23 - going, sleep, walk, or, before
List 24 - eat, again, play, who, been
List 25 - may, stop, off, never, cold
List 26 - today, fly, myself, round, tell
List 27 - much, keep, give, work, first
List 28 - try, new, must, start, does
List 29 - bring, goes, write, always, drink
List 30 - soon, made, run, gave, open
List 31 - down, find, only, there, our
List 32 - better, hold, buy, funny, once
List 33 - warm, ate, full, those, done
List 34 - use, fast, say, light, pick
List 35 - hurt, pull, cut, kind, both
List 36 - sit, which, fall, carry, small
List 37 - some, read, why, own, found
List 38 - wash, show, hot, because, far
List 39 - live, draw, clean, grow, best
List 40 - upon, these, sing, together, please