Basic Word List
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	Pre-primer		Primer		1st Grade		2nd Grade		3rd Grade
1	a	1	all	1	after	1	always	1	about
2	and	2	am	2	again	2	around	2	better
3	away	3	are	3	an	3	because	3	bring
4	big	4	at	4	any	4	been	4	carry
5	blue	5	ate	5	as	5	before	5	clean
6	can	6	be	6	ask	6	best	6	cut
7	come	7	black	7	by	7	both	7	done
8	down	8	brown	8	could	8	buy	8	draw
9	find	9	but	9	every	9	call	9	drink
10	for	10	came	10	fly	10	cold	10	eight
11	funny	11	did	11	from	11	does	11	fall
12	go	12	do	12	give	12	don't	12	far
13	help	13	eat	13	going	13	fast	13	full
14	here	14	four	14	had	14	first	14	got
15	I	15	get	15	has	15	give	15	grow
16	in	16	good	16	her	16	found	16	hold
17	is	17	have	17	him	17	gave	17	hot
18	it	18	he	18	his	18	goes	18	hurt
19	jump	19	into	19	how	19	green	19	if
20	little	20	like	20	just	20	its	20	keep
21	look	21	must	21	know	21	made	21	kind
22	make	22	new	22	let	22	many	22	laugh
23	me	23	no	23	live	23	off	23	light
24	my	24	now	24	may	24	or	24	long
25	not	25	on	25	of	25	pull	25	much
26	one	26	our	26	old	26	read	26	myself
27	play	27	out	27	once	27	right	27	never
28	red	28	please	28	open	28	sing	28	only
29	run	29	pretty	29	over	29	sit	29	own
30	said	30	ran	30	put	30	sleep	30	pick
31	see	31	ride	31	round	31	tell	31	seven
32	the	32	saw	32	some	32	their	32	shall
33	three	33	say	33	stop	33	these	33	show
34	to	34	she	34	take	34	those	34	six
35	two	35	so	35	thank	35	upon	35	small
36	up	36	soon	36	them	36	us	36	start
37	we	37	that	37	then	37	use	37	ten
38	where	38	there	38	think	38	very	38	today
39	yellow	39	they	39	walk	39	wash	39	together
40	you	40	this	40	were	40	which	40	try
		41	too	41	when	41	why	41	warm
		42	under			42	wish
		43	want			43	work
		44	was			44	would
		45	well			45	write
		46	went			46	your
		47	what
		48	white
		49	who
		50	will
		51	with
		52	yes