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Dolch second grade sight words

The Dolch second grade words, forty-five of the forty-six: “don’t” has an apostrophe, which the kitty’s letters cannot hold, so it stays on paper. 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 fourth step.

Dolch second grade, part 123 words
  1. always
  2. around
  3. because
  4. been the past of be
  5. before
  6. best
  7. both
  8. buy to pay for
  9. call
  10. cold
  11. does
  12. fast
  13. first
  14. five
  15. found
  16. gave
  17. goes
  18. green
  19. its belonging to it
  20. made did make
  21. many
  22. off
  23. or one or the other
QR code that opens Dolch second 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 second grade, part 222 words
  1. pull
  2. read to look at words and take them in
  3. right correct, or not left
  4. sing
  5. sit
  6. sleep
  7. tell
  8. their belonging to them
  9. these
  10. those
  11. upon
  12. us
  13. use
  14. very
  15. wash
  16. which what one of them
  17. why
  18. wish
  19. work
  20. would the past of will
  21. write to put words on paper
  22. your belonging to you
QR code that opens Dolch second 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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The Dolch and Fry lists are public; the meanings and the pattern lists were written for this site. SpellKitty is independent and not affiliated with Scripps or any spelling bee organization.

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