Sight Words: Grades K, 1, 2, & 3

Nine Week Assessments & General Information

Below you will find the sight word lists and flashcards for grades kindergarten through three. Classroom teachers assess students for mastery at the end of each nine weeks. A student must recognize words quickly, or they are scored as errors. Be aware that words are not assessed in the same order as they appear on the word lists. Kindergarten and grade one words can be found on the Dolch List. Second and third grade lists include Fry's First 1000.

Students do not need  to spell words for sight word assessments. They are oral tests of word recognition, scored on speed and accuracy.

*Grade 2/Quarter 1: One hundred of the more difficult words from the Dolch list have been selected for the assessment. Grade 2/Quarter 2: Fry words from the first 300 have been included. Grade 2/Quarters 3 & 4: The fourth and fifth hundred of Dr. Fry's 1000 Instant Words: The Most Common Words for Teaching Reading, Writing and Spelling

*Grade 3: Words included are #600 through 1000 from Dr. Fry's 1000 Instant Words: The Most Common Words for Teaching Reading, Writing and Spelling

Fry Final 100 Words

Click link to visit an outstanding Fry resource/sight word practice site.

Teachers, for your convenience  . . .
Sight Word Assessment Class Record Sheet
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Background Information . . .
After surveying a great quantity of children's books, Edward W. Dolch compiled the famous Dolch Sight Word lists to help parents and educators improve the reading ability of their children. The lists are made up of 220 frequently used words. These lists are estimated to contain 50-75% of the words in children's books.

Dolch words are commonly referred to as Sight Words because they cannot often be represented by illustrations or sounded out phonetically. Instead, they need to be recognized 'on sight'. A child knowing all the Dolch words will be able to recognize the majority of words in children's literature, and experts therefore recommend that students learn these words by the end of the first grade in school.

The Dolch word list was developed in 1936, but is still widely used today. A more current list of words was published by Edward Fry Ph.D.; it incorporates most of the words from the Dolch list, plus eighty more. Both lists provide excellent starting points for beginning readers.

It should be noted that although the Dolch word lists are divided into five levels: pre-primer to grade three, words in the second and third grade lists do appear in books for younger children, just with less frequency. Therefore, all the words should be recognizable by the end of grade one, which is our goal at Pawnee Elementary School. *If you wish to study the words in the order of their respective levels, visit Mrs. Perkins' site; you can access it from a link below. Several other sites have the words classified into the aforementioned five levels.

For your information, Sight Words are also known as High Frequency and/or Instant words. Primary teachers often include them along with other important words on Word Walls displayed in the classroom.

In order to attain fluency, it is essential that students master sight words; comprehension, the main goal of reading, is contingent upon fluency.               

Students

Practice Sight Words Online

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Parents & Teachers

Lists, Information & More

Links above & more can be accessed from MindUniversity. Scroll down page, find my picture and click msdoglio to visit my page. Once there, you will see many subjects of interest, followed by a page listing web site links I find highly useful and/or informative. They are listed alphabetically; choose Sight Words and enjoy.

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