Approximately 50% of the words we encounter in written text come from a relatively small set of high frequency sight words. It is useful to help children develop, through practice, a set of high frequency words that he/she can identify quickly and accurately. Maryann Eeds surveyed 400 emergent reader story books and compiled a list of the most frequently used words in those texts. Click below for the 225 words on the Eeds list in flash card format.
Eeds list in flash card format (MS Word document)
