Eighth 100 Words — Group 1
This page lists the 25 words in the Fry Eighth 100 Words's Group 1, including Alone, Art, Bad. Each word links to its own dedicated tracing worksheet below, with a print-ready layout and its own short description.
Practicing a full group at once
Working through one group of 25 at a time — rather than all 100 words in Eighth 100 Words, or all 1,000 Fry words at once — keeps practice sessions short and manageable. A child comfortable with every word in Group 1 is ready to move on to the next group in Eighth 100 Words, and eventually to the next hundred after that.
Why words are grouped in sets of 25
Splitting each hundred into four groups of 25 is a practical pacing choice, not an arbitrary one — 25 words is roughly what a young child can work through meaningfully over a week or two of short practice sessions, without the list feeling so long that progress is hard to notice. It also means Group 1 on its own is a genuinely achievable short-term goal, rather than an abstract slice of a much longer list.
What comes after Group 1
Once every word in Group 1 feels solid, the next step is simply the next group within Eighth 100 Words — the words stay in the same overall frequency range, so the jump in difficulty is gradual rather than sudden. After all four groups in Eighth 100 Words are done, the natural next step is moving on to the next hundred in Fry's full list, continuing the same steady progression through increasingly specific vocabulary.
A simple routine for this group
Pick two or three words from Group 1 at a time rather than all 25 at once. Have the child say each word aloud, trace it a few times, then say it again — that read-write-read loop reinforces both recognition and motor memory more effectively than either alone. Come back to the same handful of words over a few short sessions before moving on to the next few in Group 1, rather than trying to cover the whole group in a single sitting.