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Features

  • One page for each of the 40 pre-primer words, A to Z
  • Trace it: the word with numbered start dots
  • Color it: the word in bubble letters
  • Write it on handwriting lines: an example, copies to trace and a line of its own
  • Find it: circle the word among words that look like it, such as the, then and she
  • Spell it: a letter in each box
  • Read it: circle the word in a short sentence with a picture
  • Every sentence uses only words from the list and words children can sound out
  • Words in the ball-and-stick print children learn
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Read the 40 pre-primer sight words
  • Write each word, starting each letter in the right place
  • Spell a word a letter at a time
  • Tell a word from words that look like it
  • Find a sight word in a sentence
  • Read short sentences with a picture

How to Use This Pack

Forty pages, one for each Dolch pre-primer word from a to you, the first words children learn to read by sight. A banner at the top shows the word. Six boxes follow: trace it from its start dots, color it in bubble letters, write it on handwriting lines, circle it each time it is in a grid of words that look like it, spell it a letter to a box and read it in a sentence with a picture. Every sentence is made of sight words from the list and words a child can sound out, such as cat and fix. The answer keys circle the word and spell it.

In the Classroom

Put the page on the board as the word of the day: read the word together, spell it aloud and use it in a sentence. Trace it in the air, then on the page. For Find it, ask children to point under each word and read it before they circle. Keep the words on a word wall as you go, and read the sentences from earlier days to warm up.

At Home

Read the word together, then hunt for it in a picture book or on a cereal box. Write it on sticky notes around the house and read it each time you pass one.

Tips for Success

  • Say the word, spell it, say it again
  • Start each letter at the dot with the 1 in it
  • Point under each word as you read
  • Look closely: then is not the
  • Read the sentence, then circle the word

Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Words

Pre-K – K

A page for each Dolch pre-primer sight word, from a to you, made for a word of the day routine. Children trace each word, color it, write it, find it among words that look like it, spell it a letter to a box and read it in a sentence.

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What’s Included

  • 40 worksheets, one for each pre-primer word
  • Six activities on every page: trace, color, write, find, spell and read
  • 40 answer key pages
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