Popcorn Words

POPCORN WORDS LIST:  A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND GUIDE!

The first list on the following page (words 1-100) contains the high-frequency words that we will be focusing on for a large portion of the school year. 

These words are commonly referred to as “Fry’s Sight Word List, 1-100” or “Popcorn Words”, because they “pop” up often when we read!

We will likely pick two to four words from this list to focus on each week. 

Here are some suggested activities that you could do with your child when reviewing these words:

1.              Have your child write out each word.

2.              Ask him/her to review the word and ask if he/she can spell it without looking at the list!

3.              Have your child use each word in a sentence. (An extension of this activity would be for your child to write his/her sentence on paper.)

4.              Using magnetic letters, mix up the individual letters to a word and have your child put the letters in the right order.

5.              Build upon each word by asking questions such as, “Can you think of another word that begins with the same letter?”, or, “What word would we have if we took away the first two letters in ‘think’ and replaced them with the letter ‘s’?” (This last question would help your child understand the concepts of rhyming words or “word families”, and would also help them review basic letter sounds).

Of course, you are welcome to review more words from the list with your child in addition to the ones we have chosen in a given week!

As always, I thank you for your ongoing support and cooperation!

-Mr. Ashton

POPCORN WORDS LIST (FRY’S SIGHT WORD LIST, 1-100)

a	down	is	other	to
about	each	it	out	two
all	find	its	part	up
am	first	like	people	use
an	for	long	said	was
and	from	look	see	water
are	get	made	she	way
as	go	make	so	we
at	had	many	some	were
be	has	may	than	what
been	have	more	that	when
but	he	my	the	which
by	her	no	their	who
call	him	not	them	will
can	his	now	then	with
come	how	number	there	word
could	I	of	these	would
day	if	on	they	write
did	in	one	this	you
do	into	or	time	your

POPCORN WORDS LIST (FRY’S SIGHT WORD LIST, 101-200)

after	does	letter	over	such
again	end	line	page	take
air	even	little	picture	tell
also	farm	live	place	thing
America	follow	man	play	think
animal	found	me	point	three
another	give	mean	put	through
answer	good	men	read	too
any	great	must	right	try
around	hand	mother	same	turn
ask	help	move	say	us
away	here	much	sentence	very
back	home	must	set	want
because	house	name	should	well
before	just	need	show	went
big	kind	new	small	where
boy	know	off	sound	why
came	land	old	spell	work
change	large	only	still	world
different	learn	our	study	year

POPCORN WORDS LIST (FRY’S SIGHT WORD LIST, 201-300)

above	earth	hear	never	song
add	eat	high	next	soon
almost	enough	idea	night	start
along	every	important	often	state
always	example	Indian	once	stop
began	eye	it’s	open	story
begin	facet	keep	own	talk
being	family	last	paper	those
below	far	later	plant	thought
between	father	leave	really	together
book	feet	left	river	took
both	few	let	run	tree
car	food	life	saw	under
carry	four	light	school	until
children	girl	list	sea	walk
city	got	might	second	watch
close	group	mile	seem	while
country	grow	miss	side	white
cut	hard	mountain	something	without
don’t	head	near	sometimes	young