Importance of Grade Level Vocabulary Lists

Grade Level Vocabulary Lists provide valuable support for any reading program by clarifying exactly which words a student needs to learn to stay "on" or "above" grade level. Vocabulary Lists are extremely helpful for a wide range of uses:

Developing extra grade level activities
 Homework  Assignments (i.e. sentence writing)
 "One-on-One" testing for identifying specific words a child is missing
Giving copies to parents to practice saying with their child nightly
As an outline for additional Summer & Holiday activities

Each vocabulary list has been carefully researched to contain words which must be memorized for that particular grade level.  Over 10 years of research has shown that students who can fluently read the words in any grade level list typically score in the top 25% on national standardized reading tests (most of our students score in the top 10%).

Several criteria were used for identifying which vocabulary to place in a grade level list.   The most important criteria was "Frequency of Use" in average reading material.   This means that words in the Grade 1 list occur more often in reading material than words found in the Grade 2 List - and words in the Grade 2 List are more common than words found in the Grade 3 List, etc.

The total number of words listed in a particular list is based upon the
maximum number of words we can expect an average student to learn per day.

Downloading the Word Version requires either Microsoft Word 97-98 or 2000 to be installed on your computer or the "free" Word Viewer below.  
Downloading the PDF Version requires Adobe Acrobat
PDF Viewer version 4.0 which can also be downloaded below.

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Each grade level list quickly shows a parent or teacher which reading words need to be "mastered" by the end of the year.

Once the child has memorized these words using our
unique phonics strategies - comprehension will improve dramatically.