The Dolch Sight Words are a list of the 220 most frequently used words in the English
language. These sight words make up 50 to 70 percent of any general text.
The Dolch list was developed by Edward William Dolch, PhD, in 1948 and published
in his book "Problems in Reading." Dolch compiled his sight word list based on the
words most frequently used in children's reading books in the 1930's and 1940's.
Dolch found that children who can identify a certain core group of words by sight
could learn to read and comprehend better.
Dolch's sight word lists are
still widely used today and highly respected by both teachers and parents.
These sight words were designed to be learned and mastered by the third grade.
The list of Dolch words contains 220 words that have been arranged by levels of advancing
difficulty:
Preprimer
These 220 sight words include pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions,
conjunctions, and verbs. In addition, there is a separate list of 95 Dolch nouns.
Many of the Dolch sight words are difficult to portray with pictures or hard to
sound out through phonics methods. Therefore, these words must be learned as
sight words and they must be quickly recognized in order to achieve reading
fluency.
Once children have learned and memorized these basic sight words,
they read more fluently and with greater comprehension.
Do not bother taking the time to copy these 5 lists. You will be able to download free copies of these lists
using the free download links that are found later on this page.
In addition to these 5 free lists of Dolch sight words, I
have created 220 color coded flashcards for all of these sight words.
Elementary school teachers and parents can use the free download links that
are found later on this page to download free copies of color coded flashcards for
all of the 220 Dolch Sight Words!
Above: Dolch Sight Words - Preprimer Word List
Later on this page, you will find free download links for elementary school teachers and parents
for all of my free teaching resources for the Dolch Sight Words (free flashcards and word lists).
Above: Dolch Sight Words - Primer Word List
Above: Dolch Sight Words - First Grade Word List
Above: Dolch Sight Words - Second Grade Word List
Above: Dolch Sight Words - Third Grade Word List
Above: 95 Dolch Nouns Word List
Later on this page, you will also find a download link for a
free set of flashcards for Dolch's 95 Nouns and this word list.
For the 95 Dolch nouns, I have included a colorful
picture cue on each flashcard (see examples below).
Heidi's Free Dolch Sight Words:
Flashcards and Word Lists
For Teachers and Parents
If you are using these free Dolch Sight Words teaching resources
with your students, please feel free to give your students'
parents the address of this webpage (shown below) so that
they can print flashcards for their child to practice with at home.
On the right, you will find a photograph of me outside of my classroom.
I hope that you have found these free Dolch teaching resources useful in helping
your students to learn to read these high frequency sight words.
I designed these flashcards
for some of my own students who were not native English speakers that were experiencing
difficulty in reading high frequency words with fluency.
I wanted to share these Dolch resources with other teachers for free
in hopes that the time that I spent developing these flashcards would be more beneficial
by reaching even more children who were having difficulty in reading.
After children have mastered reading the Dolch Sight Words at each level, it would be beneficial
for them to learn how to spell these words, as they are
also the most common words that students use in their own writing.
The Fry 1000 Instant Words are a longer
list of the most common words used
for teaching reading, writing, and spelling. Dr. Edward B. Fry's Instant Words (which are often referred to as the "Fry Words") are
the most common words used in English ranked in order of frequency
I have also created free teaching resources, word lists, and
flashcards for Fry's Sight Words for elementary school teachers to download
for free to use with their students.
If you are interested in viewing
the spelling teaching resources or
the Fry 1000 Instant Words that are available on
Unique Teaching Resources, click on the links below:
Learning to read the Dolch Sight Words will certainly help pave the way for your students to become proficient readers.
But, the #1 way for children to become successful readers is for them to love reading books!
Do you use fun book report projects as a way to engage your students
in reading and responding to literature?
If you answered "no" to this question, then you have found the right place to find
unique book report templates and projects!
My students love completing the fun book report projects that I have designed. They are always eager to begin
reading their next books so that they can start working on their next reading response projects.
One of the best compliments that I hear each year from parents is that their son or daughter now enjoys reading books.
Many parents have shared with me that their child now has a love for literature due to the fun book report projects that
he or she completed in my class during that school year.
Your students will find these uniquely shaped book
report projects fun and challenging to complete.
The writing responses are different for each book report set and are
related to the project's shape and theme.
The book report projects that I have created come in a variety of different
shapes, sizes, and themes. Below you will find examples of some of my uniquely shaped project templates.
If you are interested in viewing all of the book report projects that
are available on Unique Teaching Resources, click on the link below:
I have over 25 different book report projects available on Unique Teaching Resources.
Below are examples of 4 different book report projects.
Your students will love designing large character body projects about the characters found in their books. This project is also ideal for a biography book report about a famous person.
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Character Body Book Report Projects
Do you want a fun and challenging book report idea for your students that will make them hungry to read their books? Your students will find this cheeseburger book report project delicious!
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Cheeseburger Book Report Projects
Your students will be enthusiastic about becoming chefs and creating a sandwich book report project that contains 7 different layers in it (6 of the layers are shown above).
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Sandwich Book Report Projects
Are you looking for a fun idea that requires students to design a game all about their books? Your students will have fun playing their games together after they have finished these engaging projects!
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Game Board Book Report Projects
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