Dolch Sight Word Nouns

Sight Words: Nouns

You might be wondering, what is a sight word? In general, Sight Words are words that cannot be sounded out phonetically and must be read by sight. For example, the word “cat” can be sounded out with individual letter sounds “c—a—t” and thus is not a sight word. However, words like “four” and “she” cannot be sounded out phonetically or broken apart into chunks. These words must be memorized through repetition and exposure, or memorized by sight. This is why they are called sight words.

Of course, there are always exceptions to the sight word rule, but this is a good starting point for understanding the purpose of sight words and the need for sight word memorization as an important building block on the road to reading. You can read more about the importance of sight words for kids here.

What are Sight Words?

So, what are sight words and why are they so important? There are two widely accepted high-frequency sight word lists that are used by teachers and homeschooling parents all over the world. Dolch Sight Words, which is a word list compiled by Dr. Edward William Dolch includes 95 common noun sight words. Fry’s Sight Words, compiled by Dr. Edward Fry covers 100 sight words students should learn throughout each grade level. If you’re wondering which sight word list to use, you can read more about each sight word list here.

Sight Words your Students Need to Know:

Most commonly, we’ve seen the Dolch Sight Word list prevail as the accepted, grade-level specific list of sight words, however, many families and schools continue to use Fry’s 100 Sight Words Lists as well. You might find that some school districts will use both, or a mixture compiled from each common sight word list.

Dolch Noun Sight Word List

The free printable sight word teaching resources on this page use Dolch sight word lists featuring nouns. If you’ve decided to use Fry’s 100 Sight Words, we have a variety of sight word charts, flashcards, and printables available as well. Below you’ll find our Dolch noun sight words lists for all 95 Dolch Noun sight words.

Alphabetic Dolch Noun Sight Word List

This is a free printable Dolch Noun Sight Words PDF that includes all common and high-frequency words from the Dolch 220 word list. These sight words are in alphabetical order for easy reference. Print this sight word list as a reference chart, for extra practice, or even use it as a sight word preassessment to see how many words your students know!

Dolch Noun Sight Words List Alphabetic Order Continued

Your students can learn important sight words in order of frequency. This Dolch noun sight word list presents the Dolch 220 noun sight words in order based on use in texts. This is very helpful for building important reading fluency skills as these are the most common words your students will see in their everyday reading.

Dolch Noun Sight Words List

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How to Teach Sight Words to Your Students

Here are some helpful tools that will help you teach your students important sight words. Students learn through a variety of ways: movement, visual representations, and listening games, so you’ll want to incorporate many hands-on activities, vitals, and listening opportunities for your students. Repetition is key, so you’ll find that many of the printables and games we feature below will help your students with extra practice on important reading skills. Additionally, students generally need to work on handwriting skills so you’ll want to include opportunities for students to trace and write sight words on their own.

Free Dolch Noun Sight Word Printables

The Dolch noun sight word printables on this page reference Dolch 220 Noun Sight Word List words. There are 95 Dolch noun sight words for your students to practice, as listed below:

Dolch Noun Sight Word Worksheets

Free, printable Dolch noun sight words worksheets and printables for students are fun and educational! The ability to recognize common noun sight words requires repeated practice and exposure. Over the years we’ve created a TON of free and fun sight word worksheets, games, activity pages, and hands-on learning opportunities. Below we have some of our most loved sight word worksheets to provide your students with ample opportunity to practice reading, writing, and spelling common sight words.

Dolch Noun Sight Word Worksheets

Students work on a variety of skills for learning the 95 Dolch noun sight words! With these free sight words worksheets and PDFs your students will work on a variety of sight word activities and reading skills:

• Read Sight Words
• Recognize Sight Words
• Trace Sight Words
• Magnet Spelling
• Color the Letters
• Cotton Swap Painting

Dolch Noun Color By Sight Word

If you need simple noun color-by-sight word activities, you’ll want to check out our Color By Sight Word Worksheets. We have a variety of thematic Color by Number printables for holidays, seasons, and themes. Within each theme, we’ve included a few Color by Sight Word printables that will help your students learn their noun sight words.

Dolch Noun Sight Word Games

Learning noun sight words is FUN with our free printable Sight Word Games! With our printable sight word flashcards, you can use our gameboards or create your own hands-on learning games, and small group activities for kids. We’ve created fun, hands-on learning activities for your students to learn their noun sight words.

Dolch Noun Sight Word BINGO

Learning sight words is fun with our free printable Sight Word BINGO games! Each game features unique sight words from the Dolch Noun Sight Word list for your students to find, read, and cover!

Dolch Noun Sight Word Flashcards

Free printable Dolch noun sight word flashcards for Dolch words list. These color-coded flashcards include every noun sight word your student should know! Great for learning to read practice or used with our Sight Word Games. These can be used as BINGO calling cards as well.

Sight Word Slap Game

Your students will love to practice reading their noun sight words with this free printable sight word game. Students use our free printable sight word flashcards to play.

Sight Word Assessments

If you are ready to test your students for sight word fluency, you’ll greatly appreciate our free printable sight word assessments. Assessments include Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, and Third Grade. We’ve included teacher copy assessment sheets, as well as printable sight word reading cards for students. With quarterly testing, this assessment is the perfect resource to track and monitor student growth.

Sight Words Assessment

Simple, no-prep sight word assessments organized by grade level. Your students can show proficiency for all grade-level specific sight words. Our sight word assessments present sight words in frequency order by quarter so each quarter your students will learn new sight words. These simple sight word quiz sheets provide low-prep testing and easy take-home reports.

Let’s Learn Sight Words!

Editable Sight Word Activity Bundle!

Want to give your students the opportunity to practice their sight words in a fun and engaging way? You’re in luck!

Our Editable Sight Word Activity Bundle strategically helps students to practice spelling words, sight words, student names and so much more! Save with our sight word bundle and fill your literacy centers with custom learning resources suited to your students’ abilities.

Noun Sight Words: Dolch Sight Words List

If you need a simple and quick list of Dolch noun sight words in alphabetical order, you can simply copy and print the list below! Use the list to plan out your homeschool, classroom, or target word list for the school year. These sight words are taken from the Dolch Sight Words 220 Word List.