Differentiating worksheets to create six different small group or centerĪctivities is easy with just some card stock, lamination, and a pair of scissors!
These printable worksheets are perfect to use as interventions for students, too. The words are grouped by grade-level, starting with Pre-K and going through 3rd Grade. There’s a total of 220 words on the Dolch Words List. Of course they’re all important for readers to learn, but the Dolch Sight Words List is the most commonly used to teach sight words. So which word list do children need to learn? You Guessed It–ALL of them! Google the phrase: ‘Sight Words List.’ Your search request will result in pages and pages of all different types of word lists. Additionally, their confidence as a reader increases with every, “I KNOW THAT WORD!!” Dolch, Fry, High Frequency Words…OH MY! Reading fluency and comprehension also begins to improve. Then they can spend their energy on decoding more difficult words.
Sight words are frequently used throughout text and once children learn them, it makes reading easier for them. The reader has actually memorized the words to immediately recognize and read them without trying to say the letter sounds or use any other decoding strategy. Sight words are exactly what they sound like…words readers automatically know when they see them.
