DOLCH BASIC WORDS LIST

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a	as	again	about	any	The Dolch words are the 220 most frequently found words in books that children read.  These words are usually learned in first and second grade; students who learn these words have a good base for beginning reading.  Many of these words cannot be sounded out because they do not follow decoding rules, so they must be learned as sight words. ---------------- One way of estimating a primary student’s reading level is by having the student identify the 220 Dolch Basic Sight Words. The number of words recognized is the basis for assigning his/her equivalent reading level. The scale is as follows: # OF DOLCH WORDS RECOGNIZED   ESTIMATED READING LEVEL 0 - 75   Pre-primer 76 - 120   Primer 121 - 170   1st Year 171 - 210   2nd Year Above 210   3rd Year +
all	away	ate	after	better
am	be	over	always	both
an	black	but	around	bring
and	brown	cold	ask	carry
are	by	cut	because	clean
at	came	fast	been	could
big	did	first	before	done
blue	eat	five	best	don’t
call	fall	fly	buy	draw
can	find	four	does	drink
come	for	give	far	eight
do	get	goes	found	every
down	going	from	full	hurt
funny	have	got	gave	know
go	her	green	grow	light
good	him	had	hold	myself
he	his	has	how	never
help	if	hot	just	own
here	into	its	keep	pick
I	laugh	long	kind	right
in	let	made	much	seven
is	live	many	must	shall
it	may	new	now	show
jump	my	not	off	their
like	no	of	once	them
little	old	open	only	then
look	on	please	round	there
make	one	or	sleep	these
me	put	our	small	think
out	saw	pull	take	those
play	said	read	tell	together
pretty	she	start	thank	use
ran	sit	say	that	very
red	some	sing	they	want
ride	stop	six	this	warm
run	three	soon	too	wash
see	today	ten	try	went
so	two	upon	under	what
the	was	us	walk	when
to	will	who	well	where
up	work	why	were	which
we	yes	wish	white	would
you	yellow	your	with	write