Dolch Preprimer Sight Words Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RF.K.3c

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The first of Doctor Dolch's word sight word lists is the Pre-primer list of words. It is a list of forty sight words that target beginning readers and are best learned with a flashcard sort of method. I have worked with students at this level for over a decade and I and my colleagues often find this to be the most effective mode of learning for this particular piece. More than half of these words will be the frequently used terms that students will use up to and including second grade. Who are we kidding, they will be using most of these terms daily for the rest of their lives? This is the jump off point for most inspiring English Language learners. This is a collection of worksheets that explore and help you build confidence with Dolch Pre-primer sight words.

Dolch Preprimer Sight Words Worksheets To Print:

What's It Mean In Context - See if you can understand the actual purpose of the text. Find and circle each term of interest in the sentences. Some may appear more than once.

Painted Turtle - What colors do you want to use on that turtle? You will need purple, blue, red, green, yellow, pink, orange, and gray.

Sight Search - Where in the world are those words that matter? You are given a list of fifteen to find.

Practice Writing - Write those words and then use them in the sentence? You will be required to write each of them twice.

Writing Sentences - You are given some simple words to use in your own sentences. Be creative and put some thought into it.

Word Stories - What stories will you dream up? You will need to create two entries that are three to five sentences each on their own.

Talking Barnyard! - Man, those animals are motor mouths! See if you can find something in what each one them says.

In Other Words - The word parts fit so nicely in there. You will search for terms with preset vocabulary words.

Identifying Sight Words - Can you be a bit of a word sleuth here? You will analyze an entire hefty paragraph.

Writing & Finding - Repetition writing doesn't get as much credit as it should. You will have two tasks to complete here.

Vocabulary Match - Find those big and little ones. Match the lowercase sight word with the uppercase versions of them.

Scrambled Eggs - What a huge mess of terms all over the place. First unscramble them and then check them off as you go.

Writing a Letter - Your friend just can't wait for your communication. You will choose from a dozen different terms and fit them into your letter.

Book Words - It's time to grab one of your favorite books. You then become a word surgeon and move it in from there.

Classroom Words - We hope your teacher loves posters. It makes it easier for everyone. This can be a really fun one.

Dolch Preprimer Sight Words


A renowned child language acquisition expert, Edward William Dolch, in the 20th century compiled a list of words he named as the pre-primer sight words. According to Dolch, these terms are those that a child should learn in his or her early years of life. This memorization helps a child in recognizing these frequently-occurring terms easily and this will make them a fast reader. Before the development of this list by Dolch, there was a list of 500 words a child had to learn. However, Dolch recognized the impracticality of teaching 500 words to a child and reduced the list to contain only 220 in total. These 220 words are further categorized into different types as given below:


Categories of Dolch Sight Words


Dolch has categorized his list of sight terms into 5 different categories depending upon the difficulty of the word and the extent of their usage in everyday life. The easiest in this list are known as Dolch pre-primer sight words. These words must be the first ones to be taught to a child since they are easier to learn and are used by a child in his or her entire life. Most of these terms are either prepositions, determiners, or pronouns and consist of no more than two to three letters. Teachers and parents must ensure that a child knows these words completely so that he or she can develop a stronger grip on English language in academic life.


The 40 Dolch Pre Primer Terms



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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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