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High-Frequency Word List


UPDATE 07-09-10: Please note that the lists below are currently being updated. The final lists for the new school year (2010-2011) will be available by August 16.


In accordance with HISD's Promotion Standards, students in grades 1 and 2 must earn a passing score on HISD’s High-Frequency Word Evaluation.

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The following words have been selected from the Most Frequent Words in Books for Beginning Readers and the Dolch Word List. Your child is responsible for all of these words. Words from this list will be used on the High-Frequency Word Evaluation as a measure for promotion.

These words are a foundation only. Your child should not only be able to read the words on the list, but should also be able to read them in sentences.

First Grade Second Grade
  1. about
  2. above
  3. after
  4. any
  5. are
  6. around
  7. away
  8. back
  9. blue
  10. care
  11. cold
  12. come
  13. could
  14. day
  15. does
  16. done
  17. down
  18. each
  19. eight
  20. ever
  21. family
  22. five
  23. food
  24. four
  25. from
  26. full
  27. girl
  28. goes
  29. going
  30. grow
  31. hard
  32. has
  33. have
  34. here
  35. high
  36. house
  37. how
  38. just
  39. little
  40. long
  41. look
  42. might
  43. most
  44. mother
  45. move
  46. new
  47. now
  48. one
  49. our
  50. out
  1. pick
  2. read
  3. saw
  4. school
  5. some
  6. that
  7. their
  8. them
  9. then
  10. there
  11. they
  12. this
  13. three
  14. too
  15. two
  16. use
  17. very
  18. was
  19. went
  20. were
  21. what
  22. when
  23. whole
  24. with
  25. would
  1. across
  2. again
  3. air
  4. along
  5. animals
  6. another
  7. anything
  8. baby
  9. because
  10. been
  11. before
  12. began
  13. behind
  14. best
  15. better
  16. both
  17. boy
  18. bring
  19. brother
  20. busy
  21. catch
  22. change
  23. children
  24. climb
  25. clothes
  26. cried
  27. different
  28. door
  29. earth
  30. eight
  31. enough
  32. even
  33. every
  34. father
  35. find
  36. first
  37. found
  38. friend
  39. gave
  40. give
  41. gone
  42. great
  43. guess
  44. head
  45. hear
  46. heard
  47. help
  48. knew
  49. know
  50. laugh
  1. left
  2. light
  3. made
  4. many
  5. morning
  6. mother
  7. myself
  8. never
  9. next
  10. night
  11. nothing
  12. once
  13. only
  14. other
  15. over
  16. people
  17. picture
  18. place
  19. please
  20. pretty
  21. ride
  22. right
  23. said
  24. says
  25. seven
  26. should
  27. show
  28. sing
  29. six
  30. something
  31. sometime
  32. somewhere
  33. these
  34. thing
  35. think
  36. thought
  37. through
  38. together
  39. trouble
  40. under
  41. until
  42. want
  43. warm
  44. where
  45. which
  46. while
  47. who
  48. why
  49. woman
  50. world