However, it’s important to note that the Common Core standards focus on building students’ reading and writing skills in an incremental way. In general, sight words are not required for kindergarten Common Core. Doing so helps them become more comfortable with reading and writing, while also improving their vocabulary skills. The purpose of this list is to provide children with an understanding of frequently used terms in the English language by providing them with visual recognition through memorization and repetition. These words include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. The Dolch word lists is made up of 220 commonly used words that are important for young children to learn in order to read fluently. Knowing commonly used sight words makes it easier to understand longer, more complex texts later on down the road!

Overall, learning sight words can help build confidence while providing the necessary foundation for successful literacy development in children. Sight word memorization also allows students to focus on understanding what they’re reading instead of trying to sound out every single word they encounter.

Such recognition of these common terms leads to an increase in reading speed and fluency. Developing a familiarity with sight words helps young readers recognize them more easily in stories and other texts. Sight words are commonly used in everyday language, and therefore are important to learn.

Kindergarten sight word list printable