Fry Instant Words Worksheets
The Fry instant words rank English words by how often they appear in print. The first hundred alone make up about half of everything a child reads. First graders trace and write words from that first hundred until recognition is instant.
By grade
What students need to know
Fry words are the words you meet most often in books. Know them on sight and reading speeds up.
This skill runs from 1st grade through 3rd grade. Pick a grade above for level-matched sentences, teaching notes, and worksheets.
Fry Instant Words across the grades
1st Grade
The Fry instant words rank English words by how often they appear in print. The first hundred alone make up about half of everything a child reads. First graders trace and write words from that first hundred until recognition is instant.
2nd Grade
Second graders work the second hundred Fry words: longer connectors like because, different, and another. These are the words that make chapter books flow; hesitating on them costs more than hesitating on rare words, because they never stop appearing.
3rd Grade
The third hundred rounds out a set that covers roughly two-thirds of all printed text. Third graders write the last stragglers (enough, thought, important) from memory and finish with a sight vocabulary that carries them into any library book.