The CPB Sight Words: A New Research-Based High-Frequency Wordlist for Early Reading Instruction

Abstract

This paper focuses on one of the most widely used resources by reading teachers duringearly-emergent literacy, the high-frequency wordlists commonly called ‘sight words. Existing sight word resources available to teachers are extremely outdated and/or methodologically unsound. In this Teaching and Learning in Action article, a new research-based listof high-frequency words is released for teachers, the Children’s Picture Book Sight Words (cpb sight words).