Pop


This list starts with the 37 words that must be mastered in kindergarten. Pop - eye words are words that you eyeball and the word should pop right out of your mouth. The blue Pop - eye words are high frequency words that pop up often in everything we read. Many of these words are difficult to sound out and therefore children need to memorize them. Sight word recognition is very important to beginning readers. Sight words often link thoughts together and increase fluency thus increasing comprehension. Ideas for practice at home include putting the words on index cards and playing memory, flash card drill, or Bingo.
a	I	my	the	go	to	like
he	come	this	here	where	look	me
do	you	what	two	see	one	down
want	we	she	are	they	that	little
there	and	give	have	who	good	out
for	this	me	they	orange	ten	yellow
our	new	her	him	play	with	will
down	nine	has	four	put	into	find
saw	know	he	she	are	for	good
eight	must	said	who	say	come	so
when	then	as	no	yes	six	had
was	want	now	how	said	brown	black
pink	white	seven	zero	five	of	green
from	can	at	am	is	big	on
in	it	but	not	three	why	who
your
For those children who come to kindergarten already reading, first grade words may also be introduced if children are ready. The first grade words are under the month of June.