Elementary School Vocabulary

For students in elementary school (5th grade and under), learning vocabulary is a tough task. In general, their new words are in three groups:

• Sight words: using them by instinct, without any think and hesitate
• Spelling words: know them and can spell them correctly to express ideas
• Academic words: utilized in classes for all subjects, must understand them

We organize word lists by grades at first. In each grade, you can get sight words, spelling words, and academic words. Here tutors and parents can get useful word lists for separate grades and subjects.

Actually, spelling words of 3rd grade and under are all sight words too. They cover Dolch and Fry lists. We have organized them in 4 grades and 32 lists by frequency and call them the Examword sight words.

This website isn't only a hub of word lists; it also offers study and exercise tools, such as online cards, printable cards, and printable quizzes. There are many printable worksheets and interactive webpages to help tutors and parents plan warm-ups, reviews, or quizzes.

Kids in elementary school hardly learn or exercise by themselves. Considering the nature of their language studying, interactive exercises, like online lists and cards, although they are handy, cannot replace traditional training completely.

Therefore, this website isn't designed to let kids use it alone. Instead, tutors and parents need to choose contents and exercises and guide kids' learning. We recommend taking worksheets as basic exercise methods, especially for low grades boys and girls.

Spelling vocabulary is an important asset for elementary school students. We collect 1800 words by using frequency and divide them into 6 grades. The first 1200 words are also Sight Words. Each grade has 300 words in eight sub-lists. Words in Kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3 are ordered by usage frequency internally, while grades 4 and 5 are alphabetical.

Academic Words is to help students in elementary schools to study academic vocabulary. All words have been grouped from kindergarten to 5th grade; each grade consists of 4 lists: art, math, science, and social. It is an essential vocabulary for elementary academic classes. It is a must-have list for any students trying to understand teachers and share with friends in academic classes.