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Dolch Word Lists

Note: Please read "What are Dolch Words?" for background information on these lists.

Here are the Dolch word lists, the 220 most common words and 95 additional nouns in children's reading books, in alphabetical order. Dolch words, or sight words, provide an excellent base for reading at an early age. They are often called sight words because some of them can't be sounded out, and need to be learned by sight.
 
Note that all the Dolch words can be taught before children finish the first grade in school. Words in the second and third grade lists are more common in books for those age groups, but they do appear in books for earlier grades, just less frequently.
 
The documents below are in the following formats:
Web/HTML , Word , PDF , PowerPoint and with audio .
 
Click on the icon in the right column next to the lists for the format you desire.
 
1. All Dolch Words On One Page   
  All 220 words and 95 nouns
  220 words, alphabetical, by grade
  220 words by frequency, by grade
  220 words by frequency (combined)
  95 common nouns
 
2. Dolch Pre-Primer Vocabulary Word List
  Dolch Pre-Primer Flash Cards (cut apart - 6 per page)
  Dolch Pre-Primer Word List in a PowerPoint 97 Show
  (use your classroom computer to flash the words at 4 second intervals)   
 
3. Dolch Primer Vocabulary Word List
  Dolch Primer Flash Cards (cut apart - 6 per page)
  Dolch Primer Word List in a PowerPoint 97 Show
  (use your classroom computer to flash the words at 4 second intervals)   
 
4. Dolch 1st Grade Vocabulary Word List
  Dolch 1st Grade Flash Cards (cut apart - 6 per page)
  Dolch 1st Grade Word List in a PowerPoint 97 Show
  (use your classroom computer to flash the words at 4 second intervals)   
 
5. Dolch 2nd Grade Vocabulary Word List
  Dolch 2nd Grade Flash Cards (cut apart - 6 per page)
  Dolch 2nd Grade Word List in a PowerPoint 97 Show
  (use your classroom computer to flash the words at 4 second intervals)   
 
6. Dolch 3rd Grade Vocabulary Word List
  Dolch 3rd Grade Flash Cards (cut apart - 6 per page)
  Dolch 3rd Grade Word List in a PowerPoint 97 Show
  (use your classroom computer to flash the words at 4 second intervals)   
 
7. Dolch Word Book - courtesy of Ms. Ross's First Grade Class
  The Dolch Word Book contains all 5 Dolch word lists and is 39 pages long. Please be patient, this is a 260 KB file in a pdf format only.   
 
8. 220 Dolch Sight Words in a Story
  (Story shared by Stacie Seuferling - author unknown)   
 
9. 220 Dolch Sight Words in a Story - Color Coded
  Color coded version of the story above.   

NOTE: The PowerPoint 97 Shows can be viewed in either PowerPoint version 97, 2000 or 2002. They have not been tested on later versions but probably still work. If you do not have PowerPoint, click here to download the Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Viewer. To install the viewer after downloading it, just double-click on the file "ppview97.exe" and follow the instructions presented.

The PowerPoint shows are formatted for Century Gothic Font to closely match primary type printing font. If you do not already have Century Gothic font installed on your computer, the show will display in the Arial font. Click here to download Century Gothic TrueType Font.

 


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