Sight Word Lists

The Deer Valley Unified School District High Frequency/Irregularly Spelled Word Lists were developed to align with the 2016 Arizona English Language Arts Standards.  The words on the new K-3 lists include sight words from our Reading Street curriculum along with words from the Fry Word Lists - the most commonly used words in reading and writing.

The mastery goal for each grade level is 85% by end of the year.  If a student has mastered the required grade level words with 100% mastery, it is Deer Valley Unified’s expectation that the student be taught and assessed on the next word list.