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August 28, 2018 23 Comments

Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards Free Printable

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Reading is one of the most important skills a child can learn. Various methods have been used by teachers and parents over the years, but sight words, and sight word activities, have remained a constant. Because of that, you have probably heard your child’s teacher mention the Dolch sight word lists.

The Dolch word list, which has been around for over 60 years, is still used by many elementary schools today. These sight word flash cards can help you help your child at home.

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Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards

The Dolch word list was created by Edward William Dolch in 1936 and first published in 1948. It includes 220 words that have been determined to be a necessary part of reading fluency.

The words are divided into grade levels, based on the grade when they should be memorized. Remember, this was determined over 60 years ago and your child’s school may be using them differently!

The Dolch swords are traditionally considered “sight words” (words that need to be memorized on sight), but many of them can actually be easily read phonetically (or “sounded out”).  Either way, chances are your child will need to be familiar with these words.

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What You Will Need

  • Printer Paper (and a printer)
  • Laminator
  • Laminating Pouches (Laminating is optional, but it does make the flash cards more durable.)
  • Scissors

There is a flash card printable set for each level. They are different colors, to help you keep them organized.

Ecamples of Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards

Sight Word Flash Cards

  • Pre-Primer Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards – Red Set
  • Primer Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards – Orange Set
  • First Grade Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards – Yellow Set
  • Second Grade Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards – Green Set
  • Third Grade Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards – Blue Set

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Pre-Primer Sight Word Activity Sheets

Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards

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  1. Laurie says

    June 20, 2019 at 3:47 pm

    I’m so grateful for this resource! Thank you! I’m wondering if there might be a way to add words? My son has over 100 additional words, that are not on any of these lists, that he has to know by sight and how to spell going in to second grade. I’d love for them to all be the same size and font so we can play games with them. I’m not technology literate

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    • Cindy Howell says

      June 22, 2019 at 1:40 pm

      I have been considering adding additional sight word cards. There is a Dolch nouns list and the Fry list of words. I don’t have anything planned at the moment though.

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      • Emily says

        September 11, 2019 at 11:46 pm

        Hi. Firstly, thanks for uploading this. I printed the first 3 sets of word cards last year. My 5-yo is now able to read all the words up to grade 1 and here i am, back for more. Do let me know if the printouts for Dolch Noun becomes available. Would love to print those too. Thanks again for doing this!

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        • Cindy Howell says

          September 14, 2019 at 1:59 pm

          I have been considering adding the noun cards. Check back in a few weeks!

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      • CVL says

        December 10, 2019 at 11:11 am

        Fry words list would be so amazing! I truly love that the each page has 10 or less words. I actually place them in a folder with brads and we work through the sets. I sign off after each page is mastered. Please consider making fry 1000 word list!! Great work!! Thanks so much

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  2. Katie says

    April 30, 2019 at 8:06 pm

    Are there lists for high grade levels? 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.

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    • Cindy Howell says

      May 1, 2019 at 11:55 am

      No, there aren’t any traditional Dolch lists for the upper grades.

      Reply
  3. Liz says

    April 29, 2019 at 11:16 pm

    OMG!!! thank you. I realize this takes time but it is SOOOOO wonderful to see such work be shared for FREE.

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    • Cindy Howell says

      April 30, 2019 at 12:46 pm

      You are very welcome!

      Reply
  4. Christina says

    March 22, 2019 at 1:45 pm

    Omg Thank you for this so much needed an helpful!!!!! OXOX

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    • Cindy Howell says

      March 22, 2019 at 2:11 pm

      You are so welcome! I hope they are helpful.

      Reply
  5. Aida says

    March 19, 2019 at 5:08 pm

    Thank you for providing this free resource. It is such a time saver.

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    • Cindy Howell says

      March 20, 2019 at 2:29 pm

      You’re very welcome! I hope you find it useful.

      Reply
  6. Holly says

    January 27, 2019 at 6:10 pm

    Thank you so much for making these available for free. As a grandmother raising her 1st grade granddaughter these are exactly what I was looking for. The color coding is perfect and doesn’t use a lot of ink. With very limited resources but determined to help my granddaughter these are a lifesaver. There are so many grandparents in this situation and any help we can get is so helpful It’s been a long time since we’ve been in school as have our children. I’ll be looking for more of your wonderful work. Thank you again.

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    • Cindy Howell says

      January 28, 2019 at 12:14 pm

      You are so welcome!!! I plan on adding a lot more free educational printables very soon.

      Reply
  7. gabriela says

    September 14, 2018 at 1:09 pm

    thanks for this it will be a good help for my girls

    Reply
  8. Julie says

    August 29, 2018 at 1:36 pm

    Thank you for sharing these free sight words. My son is enjoying them while learning.

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    • Cindy Howell says

      August 29, 2018 at 2:01 pm

      You are so welcome!

      Reply
  9. Susan says

    May 12, 2017 at 5:05 pm

    This is just amazing!! Thank you so much for your effort and created them, and most important, sharing them!! They have been of such much help. Seriously, can’t thank you enough!

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    • Cindy Howell says

      May 13, 2017 at 2:32 pm

      You are very welcome!!!

      Reply
  10. Nelia says

    May 3, 2017 at 2:34 pm

    Thank you for making these sight words available for free.

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    • Cindy Howell says

      May 6, 2017 at 10:40 am

      You are very welcome! I hope you find them helpful.

      Reply
  11. Angel says

    February 22, 2017 at 1:23 pm

    I like them

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