Popcorn Words
There are 100 words that all students should be able to recognize by the end of first grade. We call these POPCORN WORDS because they 'POP' up so often in their reading and writing, and therefore the words should 'POP' into the student's head when they see them. The 25 words that students should know by the end of their kindergarten year are highlighted in yellow.
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a
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can
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I
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my
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so
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all
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do
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in
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no
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the
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an
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go
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is
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on
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to
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and
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has
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it
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see
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up
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at
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he
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A
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she
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we
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am
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said
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with
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like
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went
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of
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you
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that
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was
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for
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are
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as
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his
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they
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be
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this
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have
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from
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or
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one
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had
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by
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but
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not
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what
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were
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when
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word
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your
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there
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use
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each
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which
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how
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their
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if
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will
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other
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about
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out
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many
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then
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them
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these
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some
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her
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would
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make
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him
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into
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time
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look
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two
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more
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write
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number
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way
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could
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people
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than
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first
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water
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been
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call
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who
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its
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now
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find
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long
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down
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day
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did
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get
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come
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made
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Word Families:
There are the 7 word families highlighted in yellow that we study in kindergarten. In addition, we study the following 30 word families in first grade.
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-an
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-ap
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-op
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-ot
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-ug
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-at
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-in
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-ay
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-or
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-ack
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-ail
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-ain
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-ell
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-est
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-ick
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-ight
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-ill
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-ink
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-ing
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-ir
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-ock
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-ip
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-ake
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-and
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-uck
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-eat
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-unk
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-aw
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-ump
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-ash
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