Your child should be able to read the following sight words and decodable words. Decodable means that the child is able to sound out each letter to form a word, therefore making the word decodable. Please practice these words with your child each week. It is necessary for them to be able to read these words in preparation for 1st grade reading. Thank you for your time and dedication to your child's successful educational career.
Sight Words/High-Frequency Words (Words most commonly seen in reading materials)
a, an, it, in, and, are, for, go, have, he, here, I, is, like, my, play, said, see, she, he, the, to, red, black, brown, black, yellow, orange, go,
Words with short a
at, bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, Nat, Pat, rat, sat, vat, an, ban, can, Dan, fan, Jan, man, Nan, pan, ran, tan, van
Words with short i
bit, fit, hit, it,kit, lit, pit, sit, wit, big, dig, fig, jig, pig, rig, wig, zig
Words with short o
cot, dot, got hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot, box, fox, ox
Words with short e
bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet, Ben den, hen, Jen, Ken, men, pen, ten
Words with short u
bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, rug, tug, but, cut, hut, jut, nut, rut
