Sight Words Worksheets
First graders grow their sight vocabulary with the Dolch grade-1 list: words like could, know, and once that appear on nearly every page they read. Instant recognition of these words frees a young reader's attention for the harder words around them.
By grade
What students need to know
Sight words are the little words you see everywhere. Learn them by heart and reading gets faster.
This skill runs from kindergarten through 3rd grade. Pick a grade above for level-matched sentences, teaching notes, and worksheets.
Sight Words across the grades
Kindergarten
Sight words are the small, common words that appear constantly in early books: the, and, said, you. Kindergartners learn them by sight rather than by sounding out, because many refuse to follow the phonics rules. This sheet uses the classic Dolch pre-primer and primer lists.
1st Grade
First graders grow their sight vocabulary with the Dolch grade-1 list: words like could, know, and once that appear on nearly every page they read. Instant recognition of these words frees a young reader's attention for the harder words around them.
2nd Grade
The Dolch grade-2 list adds words like because, always, and their. Second graders who know the earlier lists on sight move through these quickly, and the cover-and-write routine doubles as spelling practice for words they already recognize in print.
3rd Grade
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.