Students are becoming increasingly proficient at reading by the end of fifth grade. Check out Fry’s Sixth 100 Sight Words Flashcards for an extra nudge on this set.Īs words get harder to both read and write, memorizing these lists can help students produce quality, grade-level work and read appropriate level texts with relative ease. Not struggling to read each individual word means students can retain more of the context of what they read. As these words become automatic, you will see a jump in fluency and comprehension of texts. Again, these students are in the 4th and 5th grade and are around 10-11 years old. Here is the next set students should focus on. Although they may not be “instant” words, children are becoming more familiar with these words in educational and recreational texts. Practice their familiarity more with the help of our Fry’s Fifth 100 Sight Words Flashcards too. Children in these grades are 10-11 years old. The remaining six lists of Fry words are typically presented in 4th-5th grade and have been encountered many times already. Here’s another way to increase their familiarity with these words with our Fry’s Third 100 Sight Words Flashcards. Although these words have likely appeared in texts already, increased recognition will help with reading fluency now and in the future. The age range for these grades is typically 8-9. Students in the late second grade through third grade are better at decoding words but memorizing this next set gives additional confidence in reading. Looking for additional practice when it comes to learning your Fry’s second 100 sight words? You can view it here. These are the second set of Fry words: after Reading these words should be automatic and easy, enabling students to focus on only unknown words in a text.
Students in these grade levels are 7-8 years old. Building upon the previous list, the second set of words is generally mastered during the first and second-grade years.