Sight Words - Kindergarten

Kindergarten teachers are often looking for effectiveKindergarten sight words lists are important for
ways to teach their kindergarten students sight words.enhancing student reading. The word list is made up of
Many kindergarten teachers use different methods forwords that frequently appear in preschool and
teaching their student sight words such as teachingkindergarten level reading material.
through the use of sight word games, sight word lists,While there are several kindergarten sight words lists
and sight word activities. The appropriate method forone of the most common lists is the Dolch
teaching kindergartener students these importantKindergarten Sight Word List. The Dolch Kindergarten
words should be determined by the teacher throughWord List is made up of primer level words and was
assessment of age appropriateness, learning disabilitiescreated by Dr. E.W. Dolch in the 1930's.
and other kindergarten student/classroom relatedDolch Primer or kindergarten level sight words are as
factors.follows: all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came,
Sight words are the most common words used in thedid, do, eat, four, get, good, has, he, into, like, must, new,
English language. A kindergarten student should beno, now, on, our, out, please pretty, ran, ride, saw, say,
taught these important words so they can recognizeshe, so, son, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was,
the words on "sight." These important words are thewell, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes
core foundation for reading and are taught in every© 2008 FishForWords.
elementary school across the United States.