These most commonly used words are ranked by frequency. The first 25 make up about one-third of all printed material in English. The first 100 make up about one-half of all written material. If your child is fast and fluent with the first 100, just think about how strong his or her reading skills will be! I recommend making flash cards for the trickier words.
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