Dolch Sight Words List

The Dolch Sight Words list has 220 sight words which are divided by grade level from Pre-K through third grade. There is also a separate list of 95 high-frequency nouns. There are a total of 315 Dolch Sight Words.

Download all Dolch Sight Word Lists by grade level:

• Pre-K Sight Words
• Kindergarten Sight Words
• 1st Grade Sight Words
• 2nd Grade Sight Words
• 3rd Grade Sight Words
• Dolch Sight Word Nouns

The Dolch words list, published by Edward W. Dolch in 1936, is based on children's books from that era. It is estimated to comprise 50% to 75% of all reading material encountered by students during that time.

This list is one of the two most common sight word lists used by educators. The other is the Fry Sight Words List.

Here are the Dolch Sight Word Lists, divided by grade level:

Pre-K Sight Words - 40 Words

a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you

Kindergarten Sight Words - 52 Words

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

1st Grade Sight Words - 41 Words

after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, 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, when

2nd Grade Sight Words - 46 Words

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, write, your

3rd Grade Sight Words - 41 Words

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, warm

Dolch Sight Word Nouns - 95 Words

apple, baby, back, ball, bear, bed, bell, bird, birthday, boat, box, boy, bread, brother, cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, egg, eye, farm, farmer, father, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, garden, girl, goodbye, grass, ground, hand, head, hill, home, horse, house, kitty, leg, letter, man, men, milk, money, morning, mother, name, nest, night, paper, party, picture, pig, rabbit, rain, ring, robin, Santa Claus, school, seed, sheep, shoe, sister, snow, song, squirrel, stick, street, sun, table, thing, time, top, toy, tree, watch, water, way, wind, window, wood

You can download more amazing free sight word worksheets below 👇🏽