| Edward B. Fry, Ph.D. is well-know for his book | | | | how, their, if |
| published in 1996 titled 1,000 Instant Words -- The | | | | In his book, How to Teach Reading for Teachers, |
| most common words for teaching reading, writing | | | | Parents, and Tutors, Dr. Edward B. Fry provided a |
| and spelling. Dr. Edward B. Fry's Instant Word List | | | | list of the first 300 "Instant Words" and provides |
| (which is also commonly referred to as Fry's | | | | suggestions for sight words games and sight |
| Instant Words List and Fry Words) are the most | | | | words activities to help children gain mastery over |
| common words in English ranked in order of | | | | the basic vocabulary list. These 300 words make |
| frequency. The first 25 Fry Words make up | | | | up approximately two-thirds of all written material; |
| about a third of all printed material. The first 100 | | | | and an average student learns about 100 of these |
| Fry Words make up about half of all written | | | | common sight words each year in first, second |
| material. (Fry & Kress, 2006, p.51) | | | | and third grade. |
| The first 50 words contained in Fry's Instant | | | | Edward B. Fry, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of |
| Words List are as follows: the, of, and, a, to, in, is, | | | | Education at Rutgers University and is well known |
| you, that, it, he, was, for, on, are, as, with, his, | | | | for his instant words, Fry's Instant Words, and |
| they, I, at, be, this, have, from, or, one, had, by, | | | | the Fry Readability Graph. |
| word, but, not, what, all, were, we, when, your, | | | | © 2008 FishForWords. |
| can, said, there, use, an, each, which, she, do, | | | | |