Kindergarten Word List for the 2022-2023 School Year
Sight Words to Memorize- Also known as high frequency words, or tricky words. Most of these words cannot be sounded out, because they break basic phonics rules. You just have to memorize them!
a, I, see, like, the, go, to my, want, play, out, come, look, here, down, give, little, new, there, what, do, you, where, are, have, say, from, when, why, all, for, good, who, said, pick, was, by, they, saw, your, one, says, of, which, once, word, their
Decodable Words/Words to Sound Out- These words follow basic phonics rules for short vowels, words with long vowels and silent e, and consonant blends and diagraphs. They can be sounded out to read.
am, at, did, got, it, an, and, can, get, had, him, hot, if, its, in, on, not, sit, ten, red, ask, big, but, cut, let, ran, run, six, us, up, yes, stop, jump, as, best, fast, stop, went, much, wish, with, them, that, this, then, sing, bring, long, will, well, tell, shall, off, so, no, we, me, he, be, she, green, keep, sleep, ate, came, make, made, take, ride, white, those, use
WORD FAMILIES/Words to Sound Out- Once you learn the pattern, you can read and spell any word in the family!
-at at, bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, Nat, pat, rat, sat, vat, that, chat, splat
-an an, ban, can, Dan, fan, Jan, man, Nan, pan, ran, tan, van, than
-it bit, fit, hit, it, kit, lit, pit, quit, sit, wit
-ig big, dig, fig, jig, pig, rig, wig, zig
-ot cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot, shot
-et bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet
-en Ben, den, hen, Jen, Ken, men, pen, ten
-ug bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, rug, tug
-ut but, cut, hut, jut, nut, rut