NO EXCUSE WORDS
The suggested minimum requirement for mastery in writing by the end of second grade consists of thirty-five words. These are known as "No Excuse Words." The words listed below are in frequency-of-use order. Third graders should write the following words correctly.
| the | you | are | this | had |
| of | that | as | from | not |
| an | it | with | I | but |
| a | he | his | have | what |
| to | for | they | or | all |
| in | was | at | by | were |
| is | on | be | one | then |
R. Sitton's Sourcebook for Teaching Spelling and Word Skills 2006
