Buck Lake Elementary School

Popcorn words are words that "pop" up frequently in reading and writing. It is critical that readers and writers develop automatic recognition of popcorn words, a skill that leads to fluency.  
 
I included a complete sight word list and additional activities to help your child learn new words.

Savvas Sight Word List (easy to print)

Sight Word Videos

Sight Word Ideas on Pinterest

Sight Word Practice

Recommended Books for K-2 graders

List of 100 Books to Read in Kindergarten

K-2 Recommended Booklist 
A Boy, A Dog, and A Frog or other titles by Mercer Mayer 
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst 
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman 
Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird 
Arthur and D.W. titles by Marc Brown 
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin by Cheryl Hudson 
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin 
Cam Jansen series by David Adler 
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkin 
Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams 
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr. 
Color Zoo and other titles by Lois Ehlert 
Corduroy by Don Freeman 
Curious George series by H. E. Rey 
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! And titles by Mo Willems 
Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins 
Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan 
Five Little Monkeys with Nothing To Do by Eileen Christelow 
Foot Book and other titles by Dr. Seuss 
Freight Train and other titles by Donald Crews 
Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel 
Go, Dog, Go by P. D. Eastman 
Good Boy, Fergus! and No David! by David Shannon 
Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann 
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion 
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant 
If You Give A Mouse a Cookie and other titles by Laura Numeroff 
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear by Nancy White Carlstrom 
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park 
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse and other titles by Kevin Henkes 
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag 
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten and other titles by Joseph Slate 
Miss Nelson books by James Allard 
Miss Spider series by David Kirk 
Mitten and other titles by Jan Brett 
Moon Bear series by Frank Asch 
Mouse Count and Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh 
Napping House by Audrey Wood 
Nate the Great series by Marjorie W. Sharmat 
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann 
Olivia series by Ian Falconer 
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen 
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats 
Swimmy by Leo Lionni 
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig 
Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrice Potter 
Ten Apples Up On Top by Theo LeSieg 
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang 
Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins 
Three Billy Goats Gruff and Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens 
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto 
Very Hungry Caterpillar and other titles by Eric Carle 
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen 
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak