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Printable Sight Words List – Dolch Sight Words and Fry’s List

By thisreadingmama 11 Comments

Sight words, sometimes called high frequency words, are common words that readers see a lot. They see them so much that we want them to learn to read them by sight. Otherwise, much of their time reading may be spent decoding words. This can make their reading sound choppy and also have a negative affect on comprehension.

What are the sight words kids need to know? I’m so glad you asked because today, I’m sharing five sight word lists from my ebook, Printable Spelling Activities and Games. Each sight words list is printable and combines the best of the Dolch sight words and Fry’s first 200 high frequency words, two extremely popular word lists.

FREE Printable Sight Words List - word lists from Dolch Sight Words and Frys Sight Words | This Reading Mama

Printable Sight Words Lists

Now, am I saying that all readers need are sight words? Absolutely not! You can read more about where I stand on that issue in my post about why sight words AND phonics are needed to teach reading.

The two most common sight word lists, Dolch and Fry, are both copyrighted and since I don’t have permission to post them word for word, I thought I’d combine them together {since they overlap quite a bit} to make my own sight word lists.


Here is a quick “chart” to show you how I combined the lists to create my own lists.

  • List A = Dolch PP + a few from Fry’s first 100 words
  • List B = Dolch P + a few from Fry’s first 100 words
  • List C = Dolch 1st + a few from Fry’s first 100 words
  • List D = Dolch 2nd + a few from Fry’s second 100 words
  • List E = Dolch 3rd + a few from Fry’s second 100 words

5 free printable sight word lists | This Reading Mama

Only a handful of words on the Dolch list have been moved from one list to another. Words from Fry’s high frequency word lists were also added where they seemed most developmentally appropriate. Yes, I know I’m kind of “breaking the rules” by not following one list like so many do, but I feel combining the lists gives you the best of both worlds.

 

using sight word lists as assessment for students

These lists can also be used as a quick sight word assessment. Just print 2 copies {one for you and one for the student}. Write the child’s name at the top and check off the words they can read.

 

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Also check out our Sight Word Games App!

 

 

Printable Spelling Activities and Games - buy now

These printable sight word lists are included in my 700+ page ebook, Printable Spelling Activities and Games {with over 60 editable pages}. The sight word lists that you see in this post come in black and white or you have the option of color-coded lists that match sight word cards and other activities throughout the book.

 

 

 

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Enjoy!

~Becky

 

Printable Sight Words Lists - word lists from Dolch and Fry {FREE} This Reading Mama

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Comments

  1. parrotfishau says

    December 28, 2015 at 10:28 pm

    Thanks for your wonderful insights on sight words. It is indeed an activity that will surely encourage children to learn reading while memorising the words. Their reading and vocabulary skills will be enhanced and grew as they learn new words at a time.

    Reply
  2. Michelle says

    May 23, 2016 at 1:52 pm

    OMG! I’m so over the moon that I found this site! Thank you so much for this!

    Reply
  3. Maureen says

    August 21, 2016 at 8:49 am

    Thank you for sharing these wonderful sight word resources!

    Reply
  4. Christina Grist says

    September 26, 2016 at 10:17 am

    Thank you so much! It took me a while to get to a printer, that had ink, but I am thinking this will help me a lot. I have a 6-year old that I cannot tell if she cannot read, or is just pretending not to read, so I am hoping to use your word list, as a game to find out. Thank you so much, I REALLY appreciate all you are doing, it helps those of us who cannot afford material.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      September 28, 2016 at 3:56 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  5. Chinny says

    February 8, 2017 at 8:58 pm

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! Its a big help. God bless you! 🙂

    Reply
  6. Farzana says

    January 7, 2018 at 11:11 am

    Thank you!

    Reply
  7. Valerie says

    January 24, 2018 at 11:21 pm

    How do you sign in as a parent? I answer the question but see no enter or submit button.

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    • thisreadingmama says

      January 25, 2018 at 6:31 am

      Can you send me an email at becky@thisreadingmama.com so I can better help? I’m not exactly sure why you need to sign in to anything.

      Reply
  8. Piyanan Khomkhai says

    January 6, 2021 at 11:23 pm

    Thank you for sharing these wonderful sight word resources!

    Reply

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