High+Frequency+Words

Each grade level has a set of words called " **High Frequency Words **". These are words children are expected to recognize, read and spell by the end of that grade level. Often these words have spellings that don't fit into the strategies we teach the children (i.e. there) so the children learn them through repetition and memorization.

In Kindergarten, there are 12 of these words. We have labelled them as "snap words" for the students as they should recognize them in a snap. Each week we will be focusing on two of these words with the expectation of the children recognizing/reading them in the majority of situations by Christmas.

The Kindergarten High Frequency words are:


 * is, the, it, I, a, that, to, and, in, of, he, was **

When reading with your children, please encourage them to practice these words!