Sight Words List

Here you can find a sight words list for each of the five categories from Pre-Primer to 3rd Grade. If you've been working your way through the worksheets I have created and need more words to practice, you will want to print out the word lists below and keep reading.

Right now I have a few units covering pre-primer words since that's what our youngest child has been working on. I will add more as we move on, but if you have completed all the activity sheets I have made, then you can continue on with these printout.

Each sight words list below is broken up into one of five categories, so just find the category that you need to work on and keep reading away! As I mentioned, there are a few lesson plans covering pre-primer words already, so if you haven't gone through them yet, be sure to check them out at the bottom of this page. Otherwise, work you way through the lists below, separated by category in the following order:

Pre-Primer
Primer
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade

Printable Sight Words List

The Dolch list of sight words contains 220 words that are essential to building a basic set of reading skills. You may often hear other terms such as high-frequency words or popcorn words. While there is a slight difference between the terms, they are often used interchangeably and the words on different lists often overlap.

If you are interested in learning more about the differences between high frequency words and sight words, you can find lots of great info on the differences between sight words and high-frequency words right here.

There are a few different ways to use the word lists below. The simplest method is to just print out a sight words list and practice saying and reading the words with your child. Start with a few words at a time. Take turns saying the words, spelling the words, and using them in sentences. Once he has mastered a few of the words, add a couple more and keep plugging away. Before long, she'll have the entire list down.

For a fun activity, once you've printed out the list, have your child cut out all of the words on that list. You can then lay them out and try to make sentences out of the words. You can glue them to small craft magnets and use them on your fridge too.

The worksheets on this site break each one of the lists into smaller categories that focus on five words at a time. You can find links to all of those lessons when you visit the sight words page below.