Below, I have listed the sight words your child should already know. Have your child go over them, a few a day, so that you can see if they know them or not. If they do not know them, help them learn the words. You can make flash cards, let them find them in newspapers/magazines, type them out.... We are using the Dolch list. Pre-Primer is equivalent to Pre-Kindergarten. Primer is equivalent to Kindergarten. Each row is colored so that you can tell them, "Read the ____ row to me." They will read the colored row you said to you.
Pre-Primer (40 Words):
a and away big blue can come down
find for funny go help here I is it
jump little look make me my not one
play red run said see the three to
two up we where yellow you
Primer (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
First Grade (41 Words):
after again an any 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 (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 (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
Noun Sight Words (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 school seed sheep
shoe sister snow song squirrel stick street
sun table thing time top toy tree watch
water way wind window wood