Working With Sight Words

 

Sight word acquisition is an important building block in the construction of a child’s ability to read. The dolch sight words are the 220 most commonly read words. Many of these words are not able to be sounded out phonetically. We will be working with your child to help them read these words automatically. There are many fun ways to expose your child to the words and help them retain them.  We will be going over them in class throughout the year.  Having fun with them at home will help as well! The more one-on-one time a child has learning and practicing sight words with an adult, the greater their chances to integrating them into their long-term memory. 

Games are a fun, hands on way to help strengthen retention. These games are easy to create at home and can be modified based on the particular sight words we are learning at the time.

 

The following sight words will follow our curriculum in this order. I will add them to the homework so you know exactly what words we are working on and what we have accomplished to date:0) Check out the fun games listed below!!

 

 

I

 

am

 

the

 

little

 

to 

 

a

 

have

 

is

 

we

 

my

 

like

 

and

 

he

 

for

 

she

 

with

 

me

 

look

 

they

 

of

 

you

 

are

 

that

 

do

 

one

 

two

 

three

 

four

 

five

 

here

 

go

 

from

 

yellow

 

blue

 

green

 

what

 

was

 

said

 

where

 

come

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fun with sight word games and activities!

 

• Wordo—Played just like the game Bingo, but this version uses sight words instead of numbers on a grid card.
• Memory—Sight word memory cards can be made using index cards. Write each word on two cards, shuffle and lay face down to play.
• Word Searches—Create word searches using sight words.
• Go Fish—Go fish cards can be made using index cards. Write each word on two cards, shuffle and deal to play.
• Flash cards – Write words on index cards or pieces of paper and use them as flash cards.
• Sand Play – Writing words with anything other than pencil and paper is always fun.  Put out some sand or shaving cream in a shallow wide pan. Call out the sight words and have your child write the word with their finger.
• Post it – As with everything, the more you see something the more it sticks!  Post it everywhere; the refrigerator, the mirror in the bathroom they brush their teeth, their lamp.  Any visible place, and each time they see the word have them say it! Post the words on your steps leading to their bedroom or down to the playroom. They must read the word before they take the next step!

• Applegrams - letter tiles are a fun way to learn sight words. take them with you to restaurants or just play after dinner. See who can make the most sight words:0)
  

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  Bathtub letters or chalk make bath time a blast!!

 

Anything you do at home with them will help reinforce what is happening at school!  Have fun! Here is a list of dolch sight words.

 

 

LISTED BELOW ARE THE DOLCH SIGHT WORD LISTS  - FEEL FREE TO ADD A FEW OF THE WORDS NOT ON OUR ABOLVE LIST FOR A CHALLENGE:0)

 

Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Vocabulary

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Dolch Primer Sight Vocabulary

 

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 First Grade Sight Vocabulary

 

after again an any ask as 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