180 Days of High-Frequency Words for First Grade

Learning to recognize sight words makes reading more complex words easier for students. With daily practice throughout the school year, students can learnmore than 100 high-frequency words and have fun at the same time. This workbook, modeled after Fry’s 1000 Instant Words, allows teachers to easily incorporate daily sight word recognition into language arts lessons. With emphasis placed on target words instead of the activities, the repetitive structureengages students to familiarize them with the target words. Each week, five new sight words are introduced throughhands-on activities, collaborative work, writing practice, and more. With varied and fun exercises, students can improve reading comprehension and fluency. The teacher-friendly workbook series provides a weekly outline of activities for each set of target words, as well as downloadable files for easy lesson planning and material prep, and weekly or cumulative assessment.

Aligned with state standards, 180 Days of High-Frequency Words helps boost reading, writing, and spelling skills of First graders to inspire confidence and success. About Shell Education Rachelle Cracchiolo started the company with a friend and fellow teacher. Both were eager to share their ideas and passion for education with other classroom leaders. What began as a hobby, selling lesson plans to local stores, became a part-time job after a full day of teaching, and eventually blossomed into Teacher Created Materials. The story continued in 2004 with the launch of Shell Education and the introduction of professional resources and classroom application books designed to support Teacher Created Materials curriculum resources. Today, Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education are two of the most recognized names in educational publishing around the world.