First Grade Fry Word Graphing/Writing Word Hunts!

We all need to teach sight words in first grade, right? We’ve been using the Dolch words the last several years to target the order of frequency. This year, we realized that the Fry Word Lists are an updated version of word frequency and difficulty. When we analyzed both lists, we noticed that many of the Dolch and Fry words overlapped. The order of words was a little different. This packet is based on the first 140 Fry words, but each group of five has one Dolch word that was not included in the early Fry lists. This way, you get the best of both worlds. The order of frequency according to Fry, while making sure no Dolch words in the first 150 words are forgotten. This packet is similar to a graphing exercise, but students write the words on the grid rather than color the blocks.

There is a group of mixed up words at the top in different fonts. Students look for the first word on the list and circle it as many times as they find it. Next, they write the words on the grid as many times as they found it above. They can write how many times they found it also underneath. They do this for each word on the grid. Below the grid are sentences that contain some or all of the words. Students can read the sentences, trace over them and the rewrite them underneath on the lines provided. The early pages only have one sentence, but as they progress, there are two sentences to read, trace, and write. On one practice sheet, the students read each word at least ten times and write each between four and five times. (And they are having fun doing it!) This is also great handwriting practice!