Teachers R US: High Frequency Word Cards (Literacy First) List A and B

Do your students need more word recognition? Then this activity is for you. High Frequency words are words that you see the most often while reading.

I use these cards in different ways in my classroom. I use them as passwords. Students have to tell me the password before entering the classroom. I have played whole group games like mingle and 2 circles. The more students review the words the better they will remember them.

This activity comes with Literacy First List A and B word cards. There are 200 word cards.

Each page has 8 word cards on it. The word cards have 5 different colored borders. The colored borders are pink, green, purple, orange, and blue.

You can use these word cards for a word wall, flash cards, and games.

Here is an example on how to use this activity: I play several games with word cards as a whole group. The main games that I play that my students love is mingle and 2 circle game. Mingle is where you give each student a card. You start the game by saying “mingle”. Students will walk around the room until you say stop. When you say stop, students are to find the closest person to them to partner up with. They read their card to them and then switch cards. I repeat this game until students lose interest. The 2 circle game is where I have students get into 2 circles (an inner and outer circle). When they get into their circle they make sure that they have a partner that faces them. Students read their card to their partner and switch cards. Then I have the inner circle move to the right one time. Continue to do this until students have made a complete circle. You can also give each student a picture or a word card. Then have them find its match.

My main goal is to have students walking around the room and reading the different words to their peers.

Common Core State Standards that are covered in this activity

RF.K.1, RF.K.1.A, RF.K.1.B, RF.K.3, RF.K.3A, RF.K.3.B, RF.K.3.C, RF.K.3.D, RF.1.1, RF.1.3, RF.1.3.A, RF.1.3.B, RF.1.3.C, RF.1.3.G

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