One of our literacy goals at Ben Franklin, is to expose all of our students to Fry’s 1000 Words by the end of the student’s fourth grade year.

The Fry 1000 Words were created by Dr. Edward B Fry, a Professor Emeritus, Rutgers for 22 years and a member of the Graduate School of Education.  He is an expert in Reading.  The list of Fry’s 1000 words are a list of the most common words used in English ranked in order of frequency. 
 

• 25 words make up approximately 1/3 of all items published.
• 100 words comprise approximately 1/2 of all of the words found in publications.
• These high frequency words should be recognized instantly by readers.
• 300 words make up approximately 65% of all written material.

Building Literacy at Home

Below are resources to help build literacy at home:

Fry 100 

http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/fryfirst100set.pdf
http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/fry100picturenounsset.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWtMmRZDY-4
https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=20047270
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/sightwords/
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html

Fry Second 100 

http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/frysecond100set.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnuWx8dsXeA
https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=20047579
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/sightwords/
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html

Fry Third 100 

http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/frythird100set.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQtdha1G6Ss
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/sightwords/
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html

Fry Fourth 100 

http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/fryfourth100set.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dekRgsaXDQk
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/sightwords/
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html

Fry Fifth 100 

http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/fryfifth100set.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ1esO20z4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fEKZdVM2Hs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqEeLdDfWS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx2dnGu-M2w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ruYhe3LZWo
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/sightwords/
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html


Fry Sixth 100 

http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/frysixth100set.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTH3Q-JbDL8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2ZwX1b-VkA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-qJuZHov-s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wjr6t6zch8
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/sightwords/
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html


Fry Seventh 100 

http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/fryseventh100set.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRm2H_829Q
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html

Fry Eighth 100 

http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/fryeighth100set.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1-9sV-8go4
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html


Fry Ninth 100 

http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/fryninth100set.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FUtyIfMCMY
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html

Fry Tenth 100 

http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/support-files/frytenth100set.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxXSmdgXcLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FLRUa7Jeyc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVopPyyez_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-qc5zY-PnQ
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html