Elissa Stites
5th Grade
Green Park School

Sitton Word List

 

Sitton Word List

 Listed below are the 100 priority words that can never be misspelled.

First 100 words
1   the 2   of 3   and 4   a 5   to
6   in 7   is 8   you 9   that 10  it
11  he 12  for 13  was 14  on 15  are
16  as 17  with 18  his 19  they 20  at
21  be 22  this 23  from 24  I 25  have
26  or 27  by 28  one 29  had 30  not
31  but 32  what 33  all 34  were 35  when
36  we 37  there 38  can 39  an 40  your
41  which 42  their 43  said 44  if 45  do
46  will 47  each 48  about 49  how 50  up
51  out 52  them 53  then 54  many 55  many
56  some 57  so 58  these 59  would 60  other
61  into 62  has 63  more 64  her 65  two
66  like 67  him 68  see 69  time 70  could
71  no 72  make 73  than 74  first 75  been
76  its 77  who 78  now 79  people 80  my
81  made 82  over 83  did 84  down 85  only
86  way 87  find 88  use 89  may 90  water
91  long 92  little 93  very 94  after 95  words
96  called 97  just 98  where 99  most 100 know

As you can see the word list starts out very easy, but gets progress harder.  The words are base on the frequency there appear in every day language. The concept is for a child to know the high frequency words so they become better writers.  Most fifth graders are well beyond the first 100 words.  By the end of 5th grade we should be on word #

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