3rd Grade Sight Words Worksheets
The grade-3 Dolch list is the last one: about, laugh, together, myself. Third graders finishing this list have all 220 Dolch words, which cover well over half of the words in typical children's books.
Free printable PDF, aligned to Common Core RF.3.3.d. One skill per page, a word list on page two.
Every sheet is one of a kind and prints with a version code, so you can reprint the exact same one later. New version every click.
The kind of sentences you'll get
Trace each word two times. Then write it yourself on the line.
hurtdrawwarmmyselfcleandrinktryif
Each word appears twice in light gray for tracing, then once as a blank line for writing it without help.
Every print draws a fresh mix of word lists at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different sheet.
What's on each sheet
- Cover and write. Say each word, then cover it. Write it twice from memory, and check your spelling. 8 words per page.
Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with a word list on the last page.
How to teach this
The last list rewards a victory lap: keep a chart of mastered words and let your student watch it fill toward 220. Words like together and myself also open a door to compound-word talk. When the chart is full, the Dolch project is complete, and most everyday text is now instantly readable.
Watch for: Sight words aren't sounded out letter by letter; the goal is instant recognition, like knowing a friend's face. Tracing isn't busywork: the hand teaches the eye, and both teach the memory.
Common questions about sight words
- What comes after the last Dolch list?
- Fluency. The 220 Dolch words cover more than half of typical children's text, so a 3rd grader who owns them all reads noticeably faster. From here, vocabulary grows through reading itself, and our vocabulary worksheets pick up the thread with synonyms and antonyms.
- Why do these lists skip nouns?
- Edward Dolch built his lists in the 1930s from the words children met most often besides nouns, on the theory that nouns change from book to book but the connecting words never do. That's why the lists feel like glue words; they are, and that's their power.
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Aligned to Common Core RF.3.3.d. Reviewed by the One More Sheet curriculum team. Content version 68, updated July 2026.