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Dolch first grade sight words

The forty-one Dolch first grade words. Open a list in SpellKitty and the kitty says each word while your child spells it out loud.

What the list is

Edward Dolch’s list is the 220 service words that fill most of a young reader’s pages, in five steps from pre-primer to third grade. This is the third step.

Dolch first grade, part 121 words
  1. after
  2. again
  3. an
  4. any
  5. as
  6. ask
  7. by next to
  8. could
  9. every
  10. fly
  11. from
  12. give
  13. going
  14. had
  15. has
  16. her
  17. him
  18. his
  19. how
  20. just
  21. know to have it in your mind
QR code that opens Dolch first grade, part 1 in SpellKitty

Play these words in SpellKitty. On an iPhone or iPad with the app, open this list or scan the code, and the words go straight in. Without the app it opens a page that shows the list.

Dolch first grade, part 220 words
  1. let
  2. live
  3. may
  4. of
  5. old
  6. once
  7. open
  8. over
  9. put
  10. round
  11. some a few
  12. stop
  13. take
  14. thank
  15. them
  16. then at that time, or next
  17. think
  18. walk
  19. were the past of are
  20. when
QR code that opens Dolch first grade, part 2 in SpellKitty

Play these words in SpellKitty. On an iPhone or iPad with the app, open this list or scan the code, and the words go straight in. Without the app it opens a page that shows the list.

How to practice them

A few words at a time, a little every day. Say each word, use it in a sentence, then spell it out loud letter by letter. Go back to the ones that were missed first next time.

Where a word sounds like another (to, two, too), the kitty says what it means with the word, so the right one is spelled. The other words are said on their own, as sight words are learned.

Using your child’s own list

If the school sends home a weekly list, type or paste those words into SpellKitty instead, up to thirty, with a meaning after a dash if you like. Your first list is free; more lists come with SpellKitty Pro. Opening a shared list is always free. Or make the list here and open it on the phone with a link or a code.

Other lists

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