Why are Sight Words Important?

     Sight words are very important for your child to master because, believe it or not, “sight words account for up to 75% of the words used in beginning children’s printed material”, according to Study to Identify High-Frequency Words in Printed Materials, by D.J. Kear & M.A. Gladhart. They are called “sight” words because the goal is for your child to recognize these words instantly, at first sight. Many of the over 200 “sight words” do not follow the basic phonics principles, thus they cannot be “sounded out.”

     There are different sight words for every grade level. Each set of words builds upon the other, meaning that once your child learns the sight words in Kindergarten, he will be expected to still recognize those words as he learns new words in first grade, and so forth.

     * Sight words promote confidence because the first 100 sight words represent over 50% of English text; a child who has mastered the list of sight words can already recognize at least half of a sentence.

     * Sight words help promote reading comprehension as a child is able to decipher half of the sentence with the knowledge of sight words.

     * Sight words provide clues to the context of the text.

Students should become familiar with all of the sight words for each grade. Both the Dolch List of Basic Sight Words and Fry’s 300 Instant Sight Words list is equally important.

                         Dolch Sight Words by Grade Level <-- click on me to learn the Dolch Sight Words

                          Fry Sight Words by Grade Level <-- click on me to learn all of the Fry Sight Words

Sight Word Practice

Sight Word Flash Cards

Dolch Sight Word Story - 220 Sight Words Used

Fry Listen and Say Sight Words 

Hartmans 1-25 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 26-50 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 51 - 75 Sight Words Video

Hartmans  76 - 100 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 101 - 125 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 126 - 150 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 151 - 175 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 176 - 200 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 201 - 225 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 226-250 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 251 - 275 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 276-300 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 301 - 325 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 326 - 350 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 351 - 375 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 376 - 400 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 401 - 425 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 426 - 450 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 451 - 475 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 476 - 500 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 501 - 525 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 526 - 550 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 551 - 575 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 576 - 600 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 601 - 625 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 626 - 650 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 651 - 675 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 676 - 700 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 701 - 725 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 726 - 750 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 751 - 775 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 776 - 800 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 801 - 825 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 826 - 850 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 851 - 875 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 876 - 900 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 901- 925 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 926 - 950 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 951 - 975 Sight Words Video

Hartmans 976 - 1000 Sight Words Video

Sight Word Smash Up

Starfall Sight Word Match

Dolch Listen and Spell

3rd Grade Jigword Sight Words 

Snowball Fight Sight Words 

Kitten Hop Dolch Sight Words 

Sight Word Bingo 

Sight Word - Complete the Sentence 

Spell the Sight Word 

Sight Word Bingo Creator

Printable Flash Cards for Home Use

Education.com

ABCya Spelling Practice

Room Recess

Tell a T-Rex

Snowball Fight

Dolch Word Games