Inclusion in Texas: High-Frequency Word List

Vocabulary flashcards detailing key terminology, instructional guidelines, and curricular background from the Inclusion in Texas High-Frequency Word List.

High-Frequency Words

The most common words in the English language, compiled in this resource from an analysis of four databases containing common English words.

Sight Words

A term sometimes applied by teachers to high-frequency words to emphasize committing them to sight vocabulary early in reading, though readers should eventually commit all words they read to sight memory.

Excluded Inflections

The word endings -s, -ed, and -ing, which were deliberately excluded from this high-frequency word list.

"Irregular" or Non-Decodable Label

A descriptor teachers are instructed not to use for high-frequency words, because many contain common spelling patterns and even words with uncommon patterns retain common pronounceable elements.

Spelling Pattern in "was"

An instructional example of a high-frequency word where the "a" makes an uncommon short-U /ŭ/ sound, yet the "w" represents a common pronounceable pattern.

Phonics Lesson Templates for the Foundational Reading Lesson Set

The companion resource designed to be used in combination with this 500-word high-frequency list.

Associated Lesson Sets

The five specific lesson sets using this list: Introducing High Frequency Words, Reviewing High Frequency Words, Reading Sentences with Taught Words, Reading a Text, and Practice Games.

Devin Kearns

The creator who conducted the word analysis across four databases to develop this high-frequency word list.

Texas Education Agency

The state agency holding the 2021 copyright for the Inclusion in Texas High-Frequency Word List resource.