First Grade Sight Word Practice For the Year!

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First Grade Fry and Dolch Words Practice

We all need to teach sight words in first grade, right? We’ve been using the Dolch words the last several years to target the order of frequency. This year, we realized that the Fry Word Lists are an updated version of word frequency and difficulty. When we analyzed both lists, we noticed that many of the Dolch and Fry words overlapped. The order of words was a little different. This packet is based on the first 140 Fry words, but each group of five has one Dolch word that was not included in the early Fry lists. This way, you get the best of both worlds. The order of frequency according to Fry, while making sure no Dolch words in the first 150 words are forgotten. This packet has three different types of exercises to help improve sight word knowledge, reading, and writing. There are 35 pages for 2 of the different exercises and one blank that can be used over and over again with all of the different sight words or even your word wall! Take a look!

Exercise #1 – Sight Word Graphing/Writing Exercises

There is a group of mixed up words at the top in different fonts. Students look for the first word on the list and circle it as many times as they find it. Next, they write the words on the grid as many times as they found it above. They can write how many times they found it also underneath. They do this for each word on the grid. Below the grid are sentences that contain some or all of the words. Students can read the sentences, trace over them and the rewrite them underneath on the lines provided. The early pages only have one sentence, but as they progress, there are two sentences to read, trace, and write. On one practice sheet, the students read each word at least ten times and write each between four and five times. (And they are having fun doing it!) This is also great handwriting practice!

Exercise #2 – Trace and Write the words

      We know that one important way for students to retain sight words is to write them. On this page, students trace each word, 2, 3, 4, or 5 times and then write the words again on the line underneath. It’s great independent practice. Each page is marked on the upper right hand corner to let you know what week the words correspond to. The list is at the end of this file. They also correlate to the graphing pages.

Example #3 – Sight Word Blank

        This exercise is 2 pages and can be double sided. The student is given the choice of 4 of the words they would like to practice. They write each word 4 times and then use it in a sentence. You can use this with the words of the week or with just your word wall. It’s another great independent practice of sight words.

Here is the list of words separated by week. There are 5 words per week and there are sheets for 35 weeks. (That should cover your entire school year!) The first four words are the Fry words and the starred word is a missing Dolch Word.