Dolch-Sight Words

The Dolch-Sight Word List is a list compiled by E.W. Dolch in 1936. The list contains 220 commonly used words that should be recognized by "sight" for fast or "fluent" reading. The compilation excludes nouns, which comprise a separate 95-word list.

Many of the 220 Dolch words do not follow the basic phonics principles, so they cannot be "sounded out." They should be learned by sight. Dolch words are now often referred to simply as "sight words."

Although the list is traditionally divided into grades, most school systems say that the Dolch words should be mastered by the end of 1st Grade.

It has been rumored that Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) was challenged to write and illustrate a children's primer using only the 220 Dolch words. The result was 'The Cat in the Hat'.

You can import any of the Dolch-Sight Word Lists below and use them to play Dolch word games, create Dolch-sight words flash cards, or generate Dolch worksheets for your students. Even if you are not a Premium Member, you can still create Dolch flash cards using our word lists! You can even customize the definitions and sentences for your students! Some great Dolch-sight words Kindergarten games include TeachMe, Unscramble, and Missing Letter. The latter two games may be used to generate Dolch-sight words worksheets.

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Dolch-Sight Words at a glance:

PreK Dolch Word List 1 of 4: a, and, can, for, make, me, my, not, red, run

PreK Dolch Word List 2 of 4: funny, go, here, help, I, in, is, it, jump, little

PreK Dolch Word List 3 of 4: away, big, blue, come, down, find, look, one, play, said

PreK Dolch Word List 4 of 4: see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you

Kindergarten Dolch Word List 1 of 4: ate, all, brown, for, four, good, into, now, please, saw, soon, they, under, will

Kindergarten Dolch Word List 2 of 4: are, black, came, did, have, like, must, pretty, there, too, want, well, yes

Kindergarten Dolch Word List 3 of 4: at, be, eat, get, no, our, ran, she, that, was, went, what, white

Kindergarten Dolch Word List 4 of 4: am, but, do, he, new, on, out, ride, say, so, this, with

1st Grade Dolch Word List 1 of 2: after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, giving, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, of

1st Grade Dolch Word List 2 of 2: know, let, live, may, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when

2nd Grade Dolch Word List 1 of 2: always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don't, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its

2nd Grade Dolch Word List 2 of 2: made, many, pull, read, right, sing, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, very, wash, which, wish, work, would, write, your

3rd Grade Dolch Word List 1 of 2: about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep

3rd Grade Dolch Word List 2 of 2: kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, warm

Dolch Noun Lists 1 of 4: bed, bell, box, boy, cake, car, cat, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, eye, farm, girl, hill, pig, rain, ring

Dolch Noun Lists 2 of 4: apple, baby, back, ball, bear, egg, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, leg, milk, sun, time, top, toy, tree, way

Dolch Noun Lists 3 of 4: bird, birthday, boat, bread, brother, chicken, children, farmer, father, man, men, morning, Santa Claus, school, seed, sheep, table, thing, window, wood

Dolch Noun Lists 4 of 4: Christmas, coat, corn, garden, good-bye, grass, ground, hand, home, horse, house, night, paper, party, picture, squirrel, stick, street, watch, water