HIGH-FREQUENCY - Nova Scotia Department of Education



HIGH-FREQUENCY

SIGHT WORDS

LISTS A to I

(248 words includes all words from “Orchestrating Success in Reading” (D.

Reithaug), “Word Matters” (Fountas & Pinnell), Nova Read’s 100 “Star

Words, “Ricky Raccoon/Ping Panda” words and the 227 “Bookwords”)

LIST A

a of

and that

for the

he to

in was

is you

it

13 High-Frequency Words - Recording Sheet List A

Name: ______________________________ Date:_________________

Grade: ____ School: ___________________ Evaluator: _____________

Word / or Response

1. a

2. and

3. for

4. he

5. in

6. is

7. it

8. of

9. that

10. the

11. to

12. was

13. you

Total Correct:_____/13

These 13 words account for 25% of all the words in school texts.

COMMENTS:

LIST B

all I

are not

as on

at one

be said

but so

had they

have we

him with

his

19 High-Frequency Words - Recording Sheet List B

Name: ______________________________ Date: ________________

Grade: ____ School: ___________________ Evaluator: _____________

Word / or Response

1. all

2. are

3. as

4. at

5. be

6. but

7. had

8. have

9. him

10. his

11. I

12. not

13. on

14. one

15. said

16. so

17. they

18. we

19. with

Total Correct: _____/19

The 32 words from Lists A and B account for 1/3 of all the words in school

texts.

Comments:

LIST C

About if than After

into their an its

them been just then

by like there call

long these can look

this come made time

could make two day

many up did may

use do more very

down my water each

no way find now

were first or what

from other when get

out where go over

who has people will

her see word how

she would some your

68 High Frequency Words - Recording Sheet List C

Name: ______________________________ Date:_________________

Grade: ____ School: ___________________ Evaluator: ____________

Word /or Response Word /or Response

1. About 18. if 35. than 52. After

2. into 19. their 36. an 53. its

3. them 20. been 37. just 54. then

4. by 21. like 38. there 55. call

5. long 22. these 39. can 56. look

6. this 23. come 40. made 57. time

7. could 24. make 41. two 58. day

8. many 25. up 42. did 59. may

9. use 26. do 43. more 60. very

10. down 27. my 44. water 61. each

11. no 28. way 45. find 62. now

12. were 29. first 46. or 63. what

13. from 30. other 47. when 64. get

14. out 31. where 48. go 65. over

15. who 32. has 49. people 66. will

16. her 33. see 50. word 67. how

17. she 34. would 51. some 68. your

TOTAL CORRECT ________/68

The 100 words on Lists A, B and C account for 50% of all the words in school

texts.

COMMENTS:

Orchestrating Success in Reading by Dawn Reithaug (2002)

Adapted from three lists (Fry, Kress & Fountoukidis, 2000; Pinelle & Fountas, 1998;

Sitton, 1998)

23 High-Frequency Words Recording Sheet List D

Name: ______________________________ Date: ________________

Grade: ____ School: ___________________ Evaluator: _____________

Word / or Response

1. am

2. asked

3. away

4. back

5. because

6. before

7. big

8. came

9. don’t

10. going

11. here

12. I’m

13. little

14. man

15. me

16. mother

17. our

18. play

19. put

20. saw

21. too

22. us

23. went

Total Correct: _____/23

The 123 words on Lists A, B, C and D account for all 100 words listed in Orchestrating

Success in Reading (D. Reithaug) and all 100 words listed in Word Matters (Fountas &

Pinnell)

COMMENTS:

List D

am little

asked man

away me

back mother

because our

before play

big put

came saw

on’t too

going us

here went

I’m

List E

again good should

ask got sit

baby home thing

bed know walk

called let want

cry love water

dog Mr. which

every number why

father oh write

friend say yes

30 High-Frequency Words – Recording Sheet List E

Name: ______________________________ Date: _______________

Grade: ____ School: ___________________ Evaluator: ____________

Word / or Response Word / or Response

1. again 16. love

2. ask 17. Mr.

3. baby 18. number

4. bed 19. oh

5. called 20. say

6. cry 21. should

7. dog 22. sit

8. every 23. thing

9. father 24. walk

10. friend 25. want

11. good 26. water

12. got 27. which

13. home 28. why

14. know 29. write

15. let 30. yes

TOTAL CORRECT ________/30

The 153 words on Lists A, B, C, D and E include all the words on the lists in

“Orchestrating Success in Reading”, “Word Matters”, “Nova Read’s 100 Star

Words”, the first 100 “Bookwords” and the “Ricky Raccoon/Ping Panda

words”.

COMMENTS:

List F

always night

any old

body read

boy right

eat school

grand self

help side

house take

Miss thank

Morning think

never try

new well

nice

25 High-Frequency Words - Recording Sheet List F

Name: ______________________________ Date: _______________

Grade: ____ School: ___________________ Evaluator: _____________

Word / or Response

1. always 17. right

2. any 18. school

3. body 19. self

4. boy 20. side

5. eat 21. take

6. grand 22. thank

7. help 23. think

8. house 24. try

9. Miss 25. well

10. morning

11. never

12. new

13. nice

14. night

15. old

16. read

Total Correct: _____/25

These 25 words include the words from Steps 6 and 7 of the “Bookwords”

not already on Lists A – E.

COMMENTS:

List G

around off

better only

dad ran

dear sister

fast sleep

found soon

fun still

give stop

kid tell

lady through

mum took

Mrs. while

Next

25 High-Frequency Words - Recording Sheet List G

Name: ______________________________ Date: _______________

Grade: ____ School: ___________________ Evaluator: _____________

Word / or Response

1. around 21. stop

2. better 22. tell

3. dad 23. through

4. dear 24. took

5. fast 25. while

6. found

7. fun

8. give

9. kid

10. lady

11. mum

12. Mrs.

13. next

14. off

15. only

16. ran

17. sister

18. sleep

19. soon

20. still

24. took

Total Correct: _____/25

These 25 words include the words from Steps 8 and 9 of the “Bookwords”

not already on Lists A – F.

COMMENTS:

List H

ball papa

began pet

car pull

does push

door ride

gave room

great sat

hand says

hard stay

head sure

hurry teacher

keep watch

mama

25 High-Frequency Words - Recording Sheet List H

Name: ______________________________ Date: ________________

Grade: ____ School: ___________________ Evaluator: _____________

Word / or Response

1. ball 20. sat

2. began 21. says

3. car 22. stay

4. does 23. sure

5. door 24. teacher

6. gave 25. watch

7. great

8. hand

9. hard

10. head

11. hurry

12. keep

13. mama

14. papa

15. pet

16. pull

17. push

18. ride

19. room

Total Correct: _____/25

These 25 words include the words from Steps 9 and 10 of the “Bookwords”

not already on Lists A – G.

COMMENTS:

List I

bath run

best shop

blue shout

brother surprise

ever thought

feel together

floor tomorrow

lot turn

mean until

own wait

20 High-Frequency Words - Recording Sheet List I

Name: ______________________________ Date: _______________

Grade: ____ School: ___________________ Evaluator: _____________

Word / or Response

1. bath

2. best

3. blue

4. brother

5. ever

6. feel

7. floor

8. lot

9. mean

10. own

11. run

12. shop

13. shout

14. surprise

15. thought

16. together

17. tomorrow

18. turn

19. until

20. wait

Total Correct: _____/20

These 20 words include all remaining “Bookwords”. The 248 words on Lists

A-I include all words from “Orchestrating Success in Reading” (D. Reithaug),

“Word Matters” (Fountas & Pinnell), Nova Read’s 100 “Star Words, “Ricky

Raccoon/Ping Panda” words and the 227 “Bookwords”. If the students also

can read their first and last names, 250 words are known.

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