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Third 100 Fry Sight Words (100 Words) — Free Printable List & Flash Cards

The third 100 Fry sight words are Instant Words 201 to 300 from Edward Fry's list of 1,000 — 100 words in all. They run in frequency order, from high and every to family and it's, and finish the list's first 300.

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Flash cards open in the maker with all 100 words loaded — the word on the front and again, printed light, on the back for whoever holds the card up. The word search takes the first 30 words of three letters or more, and bingo gets the whole list to shuffle.

All 100 third 100 Fry sight words

Numbered by Fry rank — the most common word first.

  1. 201high
  2. 202every
  3. 203near
  4. 204add
  5. 205food
  6. 206between
  7. 207own
  8. 208below
  9. 209country
  10. 210plant
  11. 211last
  12. 212school
  13. 213father
  14. 214keep
  15. 215tree
  16. 216never
  17. 217start
  18. 218city
  19. 219earth
  20. 220eye
  21. 221light
  22. 222thought
  23. 223head
  24. 224under
  25. 225story
  26. 226saw
  27. 227left
  28. 228don't
  29. 229few
  30. 230while
  31. 231along
  32. 232might
  33. 233close
  34. 234something
  35. 235seem
  36. 236next
  37. 237hard
  38. 238open
  39. 239example
  40. 240begin
  41. 241life
  42. 242always
  43. 243those
  44. 244both
  45. 245paper
  46. 246together
  47. 247got
  48. 248group
  49. 249often
  50. 250run
  51. 251important
  52. 252until
  53. 253children
  54. 254side
  55. 255feet
  56. 256car
  57. 257mile
  58. 258night
  59. 259walk
  60. 260white
  61. 261sea
  62. 262began
  63. 263grow
  64. 264took
  65. 265river
  66. 266four
  67. 267carry
  68. 268state
  69. 269once
  70. 270book
  71. 271hear
  72. 272stop
  73. 273without
  74. 274second
  75. 275later
  76. 276miss
  77. 277idea
  78. 278enough
  79. 279eat
  80. 280face
  81. 281watch
  82. 282far
  83. 283Indian
  84. 284really
  85. 285almost
  86. 286let
  87. 287above
  88. 288girl
  89. 289sometimes
  90. 290mountain
  91. 291cut
  92. 292young
  93. 293talk
  94. 294soon
  95. 295list
  96. 296song
  97. 297being
  98. 298leave
  99. 299family
  100. 300it's

Flash cards per page

Pick the size in the flash card maker. Sheet counts are for the 100 words on this page, fronts only — printing the backs doubles them.

Cards per pageSheets for 100 wordsWord sizeBest for
2 per page — extra large5060 ptWhole-class flashing from the front of the room.
4 per page — large2544 ptSmall group work and pocket charts.
6 per page — standard1734 ptThe usual choice. Fits a rubber band.
8 per page — compact1328 ptFact decks and word rings.
9 per page — small1224 ptBig decks where paper matters.

How to teach these words

Five short activities that work in a classroom and at the kitchen table. A few minutes a day beats one long session a week.

  1. 1.Three-pile sort

    Flash each card. Words read instantly go in a Know pile, slow ones in Almost, missed ones in Not Yet. Five minutes a day on the Almost and Not Yet piles is enough.

  2. 2.A word ring

    Punch a hole in each card and put three to five words on a binder ring. Add a new word when one is read on sight for three days running.

  3. 3.Sound out what you can

    Most sight words are partly regular. Sound out the regular part together and point out the tricky bit — the ai in said, the o in of — so the word is learned, not guessed.

  4. 4.Sight word hunt

    Pick three words and hunt for them in a picture book, a cereal box or a street sign. Keep a tally and see which word turns up most.

  5. 5.Games with the same words

    Use the list for bingo, a word search or a game of slap: lay out a few cards, call a word, and the first hand on it keeps the card.

41 of these 100 words are also in the Dolch lists (220 service words and 95 nouns), so a child working through either list is practising most of the other.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Fry sight words are there?

Edward Fry's Instant Words run to 1,000, ranked by how often they appear in print and taught in hundreds. Fry reported that the first 100 make up about half of all the words in typical reading material. This site covers the first 300. This page lists words 201 to 300.

What are the third 100 Fry sight words?

high, every, near, add, food, between, own, below, country, plant, last, school, father, keep, tree, never, start, city, earth, eye, and 80 more. The full list of 100 is on this page.

What grade are the third 100 Fry sight words for?

They are commonly taught in third grade. Neither the Dolch nor the Fry list was assigned to grades by any official body, so schools differ — follow your school's list if it has one.

How many pages of flash cards do the 100 words make?

At 6 cards per page, the standard size, the 100 words print on 17 sheets. At 9 per page it is 12 sheets, and at 4 large cards per page it is 25. Printing the backs as well doubles the sheet count.

Are the Fry 201–300 words also Dolch words?

41 of the 100 also appear in the Dolch lists (220 service words and 95 nouns). The two lists were built differently — Dolch from children's books of the 1930s, Fry by how often words appear in print — but they agree on most everyday words.

How many new sight words should a child learn at a time?

Many teachers add three to five new words at a time, mixed in with words the child already knows, and only move on when the new ones are read on sight for a few days running.

Is this sight word list free to print?

Yes. The Print this list button prints the words as a neat sheet from your browser, and the flash card maker prints the cards free, with a small PuzzlePage credit in the footer.

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