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. 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.
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. 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. This can make their reading sound choppy and also have a negative affect on comprehension.
Otherwise, much of their time reading may be spent decoding words. 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.
