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The Oxford Wordlist aligned to Letters and Sounds Project X Alien Adventures Featuring exciting stories, this series is a great way to engage reluctant readers and develop true independence. Visit oup.com.au/projectx
High-frequency words
GPCs
L&S* common words (decodable)
L&S* tricky words
Aligned Oxford Wordlist words**
1/1+
Phase 1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Phase 2, Set 1
s, a, t, p
a, at
n/a
a
Phase 2, Set 2
m, i, d, n
in, is, it, and, dad, an, as
n/a
am
an
and
as
sat did
in
is
it
man
FOLD HERE
dad
sad
-s suffix g, o, c, k
on, can, got, not
n/a
can
cat
cats
dog
dogs
got
kids
not
on
Phase 2, Set 4
ck, e, u, r
get, up, mum
to, the, into, put
get
into
kick
met
mum
pet
pets
put
ran
Phase 2, Set 5
h, b, f, l, ff, ll, ss
of, back, big, him, his, had, if, but, off
no, go, I
back
bad
bag
bat
bed
big
bit
off
tell
will
n/a
Phase 3, Set 6
Phase 3, Set 7
j, v, w, x
y, z, zz, qu
n/a
he, she
lot
lots
miss
no
of
box
fox
well
will
egg
eggs
rabbit
he
she
OK
TV
bus
pig
but
pigs
rats doll
top
red fell
set
run fun
go
sick had
sun has
ten him
the hit
to his
up hot
I
upon
us
if
let
win rabbits
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2
Phase 2, Set 3
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at
yes
-es suffix
Phase 3
ch, sh, th, ng, nk
that, this, then, them, with
we, me, be, push
chicken
Phase 3
ai (trail), ee (feet), igh (light), oa (groans)
see
was
-ing suffix
much
fish
shop
shops
wish
than
that
them
then
thing
things
this
king
long
pink
thank
sheep
teeth
week
be 3
chips
me
with
Use the Oxford Wordlist aligned to Letters and Sounds alongside your Oxford reading resources
letter names
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L&S* Phase
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Oxford Reading Level
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Phonic sequence
think
we
rain
wait
been
need
queen
see
light
might
night
right
going
having
good
look
was oo (look), oo (zooms), ar (park), or (popcorn), ur (turn)
ow (cow), oi (join), ear (near), air (fair), ure (pure), er (higher)
look, for, too
down, now
my, you
they, her, all, are, ball, tall, call, fall
book
books
cool
food
car
cars
for
morning
my
you
cow
down
how
now
dear
hear
year
years
dinner all
Phase 4
adjacent consonant words (CVCC)
soon
too
garden
park
room
dark
farm
took
wood
zoo shark
or
town
Oxford Wordlist
hair
-er suffix
4
pool
looking
went, it’s, just, help
said, so, have, were, out
ever
never
ball
her
are
soccer
together
aligned to Letters and Sounds
they
best
felt
hand
help
jump
just
other adjacent consonant words
end
forest
it’s
its
kangaroo
possessive apostrophe
dad’s
have
out
said
so
were
black
clown
land
monster
left
lost
number
lunch
next
went
second
sister
under
stuff
train
The Research weekend
In 2007 Oxford University Press conducted an extensive and rigorous study to find the words most frequently written by Australian early years students in their self-initiated writing. Since 2007, free access to the Oxford Wordlist has enabled educators to use it in a variety of ways to support literacy development.
-ed suffix as a separate syllable (ended)
adjacent consonant words (CCVC, CCV)
from
other adjacent consonant words
dragon again
adjacent consonant words (CCVCC, CCCVC, CCCVCC)
children
frog
started come
like
from
three
green
tree
some
sleep
until
there
still
stop
trees FOLD HERE
like, some, come, there, again
In 2017 Oxford University Press conducted the same research and produced a revised list. Exploring these high-frequency words offers educators a valuable tool for the classroom when teaching word reading and comprehension. Visit oxfordwordlist.com to build your own customised wordlist.
little, one, do, when, what, love
suffixes with changed base words (running, getting)
getting
running
-le ending
bubbles
jungle
do
little
love
*L&S = Letters and Sounds. Letters and Sounds outlines a clear progression of GPCs (grapheme–phoneme correspondences) and introduction of high-frequency words. ** In the final column, italics denote Oxford Wordlist words that are covered as tricky words in the corresponding Letters and Sounds phase. Tricky words are a subset of the high-frequency words listed in Letters and Sounds and contain less common or rare GPCs.
shopping
one
what
swimming
when
The Oxford Wordlist aligned to Letters and Sounds The latest Oxford Wordlist has been aligned to the Letters and Sounds progression, supporting the teaching and learning of important highfrequency words. This aligned list can be used in the classroom to introduce the Oxford Wordlist words at the point where they become decodable. It is a helpful tool to introduce high-frequency words to students as they master the phonic knowledge necessary to decode them.