Free Download of our
National Reading Vocabulary Lists
for Grades - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (6 coming soon!)

These lists show the precise reading vocabulary your student(s) should be learning
throughout the school year in order to maintain "true" grade level progress.
Our 15+ years of research has shown when a student can fluently read the words
in any of our grade level lists - then he/she will typically score in the
top 10% on any national reading test for that grade level !!

This is possible because the research (and common sense) clearly shows that
Vocabulary + Fluency = Maximum Comprehension

Each vocabulary list has been carefully researched to contain words
which occur in average reading material for that particular grade
as well as words which appear on grade level standardized tests.
Words are organized into 36 weekly groups from "most-common" to "least-common."
This gives you the perfect order for instruction for the entire year.

The approximate number of words in each list are as follows:
Grade 1 - 340 Words
Grade 2 - 750 words
Grade 3 - 800 Words
Grade 4 - 700 Words
Grade 5 - 600 Words

Choose either the Microsoft Word (blue) or Adobe Acrobat (red) link below
to begin downloading. Files range in size from one-third to a little over one megabyte.
This is about a 2-5 minute download if you have a conventional 56K modem.
 If you are unable to open a word list properly it is because you do not have
Microsoft Word 97 or newer - or Adobe Acrobat 4.0 (3.0 does not work),
If you need a free viewer to open these files
then go to our VIEWERS PAGE.

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Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5

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Importance of Grade Level Vocabulary Lists
Grade Level Vocabulary Lists provide valuable support for any reading program by clarifying exactly which words a student needs to learn to be "on" or "above" grade level. Vocabulary Lists are extremely helpful for a wide range of uses:

Developing extra grade level activities
 Homework  Assignments (i.e. sentence writing)
 "One-on-One" testing for identifying specific words a child is missing
Giving copies to parents to practice saying with their child nightly
As an outline for additional Summer & Holiday activities

The words in each vocabulary list were chosen after intensive computer analysis of grade level text books including literature, history, geography, science and math.
Therefore, when your student(s) master our vocabulary words, they are learning
vocabulary that not only benefits basic reading skills, but also helps students in all other subjects as well. Over 15 years of research has shown that students who can fluently read the words in any grade level list typically score in the top 10% on national standardized reading tests.

Several criteria were used for identifying which vocabulary to place in a grade level list.   The most important criteria was "Frequency of Use" in average reading material.   This means that words in the Grade 1 list occur more often in reading material than words found in the Grade 2 List - and words in the Grade 2 List are more common than words found in the Grade 3 List, etc.

Downloading the Microsoft Word Version requires Microsoft Word  installed on your computer or the "free" Word Viewer below.  
Downloading the PDF Version requires Adobe Acrobat
PDF Viewer version 4.0 or higher which can also be downloaded below.

Click the above link to download the free Word 97 Viewer if you do not already have Microsoft Word 97-98 or 2000 installed.

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Acrobat Reader
if you do not currently have version 4.0 installed

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