Sight words worksheets
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Sight words are the little words you see everywhere. Sound out the parts you can, learn the tricky part by heart, and practice until you know the word in a snap.
Four grades, each its own sheet. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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Kindergarten
Sight words are the small, common words that appear constantly in early books: the, and, said, you. Kindergartners sound out the parts that follow phonics, learn the tricky parts by heart, and practice until each word is instant. This sheet draws from the classic Dolch pre-primer and primer lists.
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1st grade Core grade
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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 frees a young reader's attention for the harder words around them.
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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.
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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.
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