Dolch sight word is a compiled list of around 220 sight words that a child should learn at an early age to automatically recognize. Here in this session, we will be having a close look at the list of words given by Educator Dr. Edward William Dolch.
Most of the children learn a sight word vocabulary by the end of their first grade because our first grade curriculum encourages a child to both read and write high frequency and sight words correctly.
Pre-primers resources also contain easy words that the children can sound out by using very simple phonetic rules.
The guy Dolch selected 40 sight words for the easiest leveled reader we know them as the pre-primer level (e.g., 40 frequently used words such as “the”, “said”, “and”, “for” and “it”).
Pre Primer Dolch Sight Words
| me | my | not | one | play |
| run | said | see | the | we |
| you | three | to | two | up |
| where | yellow | a | an | away |
| down | find | for | funny | go |
| help | I | Here | in | is |
| it | jump | little | look | make |
| big | red | blue | can | come |
The pre-kindergarten words tend to be for children who are little older in age and who have more developmental abilities, roughly between 4 and 5 years old.
Following list of words can serve kindergarten kids to enhance their vocabulary and help them learn new words.
Dolch Sight Words for Kindergarten
| all | am | are | at |
| ate | be | black | brown |
| but | came | did | do |
| eat | four | get | good |
| have | he | into | like |
| must | new | no | now |
| on | our | out | please |
| pretty | ran | ride | saw |
| say | she | so | soon |
| that | there | they | this |
| too | under | want | was |
| well | went | what | white |
| who | will | with | yes |
Dolch Sight Words for 1st Grade
| after | again | an | any |
| as | ask | by | could |
| every | fly | from | give |
| giving | had | has | her |
| him | his | how | just |
| know | let | live | may |
| of | old | once | open |
| over | put | round | some |
| stop | take | thank | them |
| then | think | walk | were |
Dolch Sight Words for 2nd Grade
| always | around | because | been |
| before | best | both | buy |
| call | cold | does | don’t |
| fast | first | five | found |
| gave | goes | green | its |
| made | many | off | or |
| pull | read | right | sing |
| sit | sleep | tell | their |
| these | those | upon | us |
| use | very | wash | which |
| why | wish | work | would |
Dolch Sight Words for 3rd Grade
| about | better | bring | carry |
| clean | cut | done | draw |
| drink | eight | fall | far |
| full | got | grow | hold |
| hot | hurt | if | keep |
| kind | laugh | light | long |
| much | myself | never | only |
| own | pick | seven | shall |
| show | six | small | start |
| ten | today | together | try |
Here are some of the most common 4th grade Dolch sight words list your child will need to learn this year.
Dolch Sight Words for 4th Grade
| above | across | between | broke |
| camp | cause | center | city |
| country | deer | desk | different |
| dream | enough | even | feel |
| felt | few | finger | front |
| gone | grew | hall | hundred |
| kept | knew | lake | lead |
| land | line | middle | matter |
| mouth | most | number | nothing |
| plate | people | press | quick |
| question | remember | ready | shake |
| should | seem | smile | space |
| soft | still | stand | suppose |
| than | teeth | through | tired |
| wall | wake | without | whisper |
These words serve as an ideal starting point If your child is starting to read or just learning a basic sight word vocabulary. Most of these words are among the words which are used in books of students in grades kindergarten through second grade.
Make sure you as a parent or teacher save this list for future reference and help your child learn these words in sets. Refer to this guide when one set of words is complete and you have to more to a different set.
Keep exploring EnglishBix to learn about sight words for different grades.
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