Share and discuss this chart with your students. Use it to build sight vocabulary and as a source of encouragement.
These 24 words account for 1/3 of all reading!
| I | of | and | this | to | in | is | with |
| as | it | he | was | for | on | are | that |
| you | his | they | the | at | be | a | have |
These 100 words account for 1/2 of all reading!
| from | or | one | had | by | word | but | not | what | there |
| were | we | when | your | can | said | all | use | an | each |
| which | she | do | how | their | if | will | up | other | about |
| out | many | then | them | these | so | some | her | would | make |
| like | him | into | time | has | look | two | more | write | people |
| see | day | no | way | could | go | my | than | first | water |
| been | call | who | oil | its | now | find | long | down | number |
| did | get | come | made | may | part |
Fry, Kress and Fountoukidis (1993)