ORIGINAL GRADE 1 READING VOCABULARY LIST
 This list outlines the 340 words which must be memorized by the end of Grade 1.  Organized from the "most common" words at the beginning of the list to the "lesser common" toward the end and further divided into similar vowel sound categories.  Excellent for one-on-one testing to determine missing "essential Grade 1 Vocabulary." Teachers can use this for additional assignments - student conferences - and parent reading support.  Our research has shown when a student knows the 340 list words they will be reading at approximately a 2.0 grade level and score in the top 10% on standardized tests such as the Stanford Achievement and WoodCock-Johnson. 

ORIGINAL CLASSROOM READING WALL
The Classroom Reading Wall Vocabulary Program is an immensely effective for insuring steady grade level reading progress.  If you have a class of  7 - 30 students, this is a highly efficient way to teach the Grade 1 Reading Vocabulary words.   Place the new list in front of the class when introducing the week's new words and follow the directions outlined at the top of each list.  Vowel sounds have been color coded and letters are big enough to be seen over 30 feet across the room.  Its inherent design automatically teaches phonemic awareness - proper decoding skills - and essential reading vocabulary.  These columns are presented in the same order as in our Grade 1 Reading Vocabulary List and Vocabulary Building Worksheets.  NOTE:  We will be updating the new Classroom Reading Wall program with our newly organized Grade 1 Vocabulary by March 21st. 
 

ORIGINAL STUDENT READING WALL  LISTS
Most important Grade 1 File
The Student Reading Wall Program is an extremely high efficiency reading improvement program for students of any age.  Student's typically make 4-7 times greater progress in the same amount of time as compared to any other reading program (including commercial programs such as Hooked on Phonics - or school based programs such as Accelerated Reader and Reading Recovery).   Parents or Tutors should line as many columns as you have room for along a living room wall or hallway to organize and motivate the child's instruction.  When using the "Fluency Time Card" below (which records the number of seconds it takes for a student to say the column words) get ready to see a level of enthusiasm you haven't seen previously.  Make sure you completely learn the strategy called "Stop at the Vowel Sound."  It is described in detail and is a very powerful technique.  Click the Reading Wall Video link at left to view TampaRead's Developer, Richard Pressinger, using the Stop at the Vowel Sound technique with an advanced 5 year old student.  You must have RealPlayer installed on your computer to view the video. If you do not have RealPlayer installed (if you click the link and the video doesn't start) then you can go to www.real.com to download their latest RealPlayer.  Look for their "free" version (usually linked from the bottom of the page).  If you are accessing this index from our Total Reading Package CD you can easily install the PC version of RealPlayer by going to the "Viewers" folder (seen after opening the CD) and then open the RealPlay folder.