For 3rd grade students, we suggest studying the Fry sight words list, which is from reading samples of 3rd to 9th grade. Otherwise, kids would face reading issues more or less. It isn't just a workload of 300 words, but the first step for kids to start their school journey.īecause Dolch collected the short vocabulary from reading materials between kindergarten and 2nd grade, we strongly recommend finishing all of them before 3rd grade.
Between 50% and 75% of all words used in school books and library books, newspapers, and magazines are in Dolch vocabulary. The list provides an excellent base for reading at an early age. Dolch added 95 nouns in alphabetical order, which are the most frequently used nouns in children's reading books. At first, it was a list of the 220 most common English words, but no noun was in the list. It is also a famous wordlist that teachers assign for memorization in American elementary schools.
This vocabulary is essential for young kids in their word learning. Edward William Dolch, which is by statistics of reading contents from kindergarten to 2nd grade.
