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K-2 Sight Word Lists & Checklists

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Grab these K-2 sight word lists and checklists to help you assess the sight words your K-2 learners need. {3rd-5th grade sight word lists are coming later this week!}

Psst! We also have an Elementary Sight Word Lists for Grades 3-5!

K-2 Sight Word Lists and Checklists - This Reading Mama

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Printable K-2 Sight Word Lists & Checklists

A few years ago, I shared some printable sight word lists. Now I’m updating and expanding those lists for K-5 learners.

In this pack, you’ll find K-2 sight word lists and checklists. They’re super handy to have an idea of the sight words your learners should be held accountable to reading or that you need to teach.

Where do these sight words come from?

  • The Kindergarten sight words come from Dolch PP and a few words from Dolch P.
  • The 1st grade words come from Dolch P, Dolch 1st grade, and most of Fry’s first one-hundred words.
  • The 2nd grade sight words come from Dolch 2nd grade and Fry’s second one-hundred words.

The reason I combined Dolch and Fry is because most sight word lists are copyrighted. So it’s against the law for me to use the exact same words from one list. Pulling words from several lists also makes these sight word lists more comprehensive.

learner reading sight words in column from first grade word list

Learners can use a scrap piece of paper to cover all but one column of sight words. Learners go through the list and read each word. They uncover each column as they go. The goal is for learners to be able to read the word within one second of seeing it.

 

taking notes on the sight word checklist

Using the Checklists:

  • On the sight word checklist, include your learner’s name and the date(s) of the assessment.
  • If learners skip the word or read it incorrectly, do not mark anything in the blank.
  • If learners take longer than one second, but still read the word correctly, place a vertical line ONLY in the blank (-).
  • If learners read the word correctly within one second, place a cross (+) to indicate they have mastered that word.
  • On subsequent assessments, learners can read all the words again, but listen specifically for the words with no marking or just a – in the blank to see if they can become a + this time.

using different pen colors to keep track on the sight word checklist

Helpful Tip: If you use a different colored pen every time you assess (making sure to also write the date in that particular color), you’ll be better able to keep track of WHEN your learners mastered each sight word.

For example, in the image above, I used red ink the first time I assessed. Blue ink was used on the second assessment.

So from my markings, I can tell that the learner read all within one second. About, after, and again were also read the first time I assessed, but not within one second (hence the red horizontal line). The next time I assessed, the learner got about, after, and again within one second.

 

Once learners have been taught the sight words, it’s great to hold them accountable to spelling them correctly. You might like our Kindergarten Spelling Folder or 1st/2nd Grade Spelling Folders to help remind kids of the spelling of sight words they’ve learned.

 

Check out 20 EASY ways to practice sight words!

 

 

Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

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Comments

  1. Christine Clay says

    August 26, 2019 at 3:50 pm

    I love your site and materials. I tried to download the sightword lists but the PDF converter has been blocked by admin (I work at a school). Is there a way around this?

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      August 26, 2019 at 4:29 pm

      You shouldn’t need a PDF converter. Just Adobe Reader, which is fairly common among websites with downloads.

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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