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.

3rd grade sight words

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.

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The kind of words you'll practice

Say each word, then cover it. Write it twice from memory, and check your spelling.

trylightsevengrowmyselfaboutpickbring

Each word sits beside a fold line with two write-on lines: read it, cover it, write it from memory twice, then uncover and check.

Every print pulls a new set of words at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different mix.

What's on a 3rd grade sheet

3rd grade sheets draw from 41 words, 8 to a page. None of these words are on 2nd grade sheets.

Some of the words:

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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: Many sight words (ran, on, with, it) follow the phonics your child already knows, so sound those out first. The goal after that is instant recognition, like knowing a friend's face. Writing the words isn't busywork: the hand teaches the eye, and both teach the memory.

Common questions about 3rd grade 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 team. Content version 240, updated October 2026.

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