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Dolch Sight Words List | Sight Words: Teach Your Child to Read

All the Dolch sight word lists, divided by grade, also available as printable PDFs.

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The Dolch Sight Words list is the most commonly used set of sight words. Educator Dr. Edward William Dolch developed the list in the 1930s-40s by studying the most frequently occurring words in children’s books of that era. The list contains 220 “service words” plus 95 high-frequency nouns. These words comprise 80% of the words you would find in a typical children’s book and 50% of the words found in writing for adults. Once a child knows this list of words, it makes reading much easier, because the child can then focus his or her attention on the remaining words.

The Dolch words are commonly divided into groups by grade level, ranging from pre-kindergarten to third grade, with a separate list of nouns. There are a total of 315 Dolch Sight Words.

Pre-K Dolch Sight Words
(40 words)
a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you
Kindergarten Dolch Sight Words
(52 words)
all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes
First Grade Dolch Sight Words
(41 words)
after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when
Second Grade Dolch Sight Words
(46 words)
always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your
Third Grade Dolch Sight Words
(41 words)
about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm
Noun Dolch Sight Words
(95 words)
apple, baby, back, ball, bear, bed, bell, bird, birthday, boat, box, boy, bread, brother, cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, egg, eye, farm, farmer, father, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, garden, girl, goodbye, grass, ground, hand, head, hill, home, horse, house, kitty, leg, letter, man, men, milk, money, morning, mother, name, nest, night, paper, party, picture, pig, rabbit, rain, ring, robin, Santa Claus, school, seed, sheep, shoe, sister, snow, song, squirrel, stick, street, sun, table, thing, time, top, toy, tree, watch, water, way, wind, window, wood
All Dolch Sight Words by group
All Dolch Sight Words in alphabetical order

Top 100 Sight Words and How to Teach Them

Sight words is a common term in reading that has a variety of meanings. When it is applied to early reading instruction, it typically refers to the set of about 100 words that keeps reappearing on almost any page of text. “Who, the, he, were, does, their, me, be” are a few examples.

In addition to their being very frequent, many of these words cannot be “sounded out.” Children are expected to learn them by sight (that is, by looking at them and recognizing them, without any attempt to sound them out.)

Unfortunately, this means minimal teaching. Often, little is done other than to show the word and tell the child what it is “saying.” For many children, this is not enough, with the result that their reading of these critical words is laden with error.

What does this mean for parents who are helping their children master reading? Basically it means spending some time in truly teaching these words so that your child gains real mastery of them. The key to achieving this goal is accurate writing (spelling)—via memory. That is, the child writes the word when the model is not in view.

You can do this by creating simple sentences that the child reads. (By using sentences, you will automatically be using many “sight words.” In addition, you will be giving your child the opportunity to deal with words in context—a key to meaningful reading) After showing the sentence and having your child read it, turn it over and then dictate the sentence. If there is an error, you immediately stop your child and take away the paper. Then you show the model again and repeat the process. In other words, the writing of the sentence has to be fully accurate, starting with the first word.

If you want a list of those words to help guide your efforts, here is the top 100 according to the American Heritage Word Frequency Book by John B. Carroll.

A: a, an, at, are, as, at, and, all, about, after

B: be, by, but, been

C: can, could, called

D: did, down, do

E: each

F: from, first, find, for

H: he, his, had, how, has, her, have, him

I: in, I, if, into, is, it, its

J: just

K: know

L: like, long, little

M: my, made, may, make, more, many, most,

N: not, no, now

O: or, one, of, out, other, over, only, on

P: people

S: said, she, some, so, see

T: the, to, they, this, there, them, then, these, two, time, than, that, their

U: up, use

V: very

W: was, with, what, were, when, we, which, will, would, words, where, water, who, way

Y: you, your

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VISUAL - What is VISUAL?

The word consists of 10 letters: first in, second and, third s, fourth y, fifth a, sixth l, seventh b, eighth n, ninth s, last th,

The word visual in English letters (transliteration) - vizalnyi

The letter occurs 1 time in . Words with 1 letter in
The letter and occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter and
The letter z occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter z
The letter in occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter y
The letter a occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter a
The letter l occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter l
The letter ь occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter ь
The letter and occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter н
The letter ы occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter ы
The letter and occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter y

Meanings of the word visual. What is visual?

Visual

VISUAL (from Latin visualis visual) - visible, observed with the naked eye; memory and fantasy are visual if they reproduce predominantly what is visible to the eye.
Philosophical Encyclopedia

VISUAL (from Latin visualis - visual) - visible. Visual observations - made with the naked eye or with the help of an optical instrument (eg, telescope).
Big Encyclopedic Dictionary

Visual. Pertaining to the organs of vision. Observation, imagination, representational system of vision. (See also: Representational system).
Tsenev V. Neurolinguistic Programming Dictionary

Visual novel

Visual novel (jap. ビジュアルノベル bizuaru noberu) is a genre of computer games, a subspecies of a text quest in which the viewer is shown a story by displaying text, static (or animated) images ...
en.wikipedia.org

Visual rotation

Visual turn is the transition of science to the study of the “visual”, which has replaced the “linguistic turn”. "Visual turn" in the humanities has formed a new direction...
en.wikipedia.org

Visual culture

Visual culture is an academic field of study that typically includes some combination of cultural studies, art history, critical theory, philosophy, anthropology, and focuses on visual imagery.
en.wikipedia.org

Visual thinking

VISUAL THINKING - mental activity, which is based on the operation of visual graphs, spatially structured schemes. It is a kind of rational comprehension of the essential connections and relations of things and complements ...
Kemerov V. Philosophical Encyclopedia. - M., 1998

Visual thinking (from lat. visualis - visual) - Type of thinking. Creative solutions to problematic problems in terms of figurative modeling. The basis of visual thinking is visual-effective and visual-figurative thinking...
en.wikipedia.org

Visual thinking - a way of creative problem solving in terms of figurative modeling. The basis of visual thinking is visual - effective - and visual - figurative thinking ...
Psychological dictionary. - 2000

VISUAL THINKING is one of the cognitive processes aimed at information preparation and decision making. V. m. is carried out through either purposeful actions or unconscious operations, such as manipulating images ...
Labor psychology. - 2005

VISUAL THINKING - a type of human activity, the result of which is the creation of new images, new visual forms that carry a certain semantic load and make the meanings visible.
Dictionary of museum and pedagogical terms. - 2007

VISUAL LITERACY

VISUAL LITERACY (English visual literacy), direction in modern. pedagogy, which studies the problems of developing skills in the use of visual and audiovisual information.
Russian Pedagogical Encyclopedia / Ed. V.G. Panov. - 1993

Visual psychodiagnostics

VISUAL PSYCHODIAGNOSIS (VPD) is a new and relatively independent branch of psychology, the task of which is to study important characteristics of a person’s behavior and appearance in order to penetrate into the inner psychological content of a person and ...
Labor psychology. - 2005

Visual psychodiagnostics - a branch of psychodiagnostics based on the study of the external characteristics and appearance of a person in order to penetrate into the inner psychological content of the personality.
glossary.ru

Visual Flight Rules

Visual flight rules, VFR (English Visual flight rules, VFR) - a set of aviation rules and instructions that provide for crew orientation and maintaining safe intervals by visual observation of the natural line ...
en.wikipedia.org

Visual thinking

VISUAL THINKING (English visual thinking). 1. A way to solve intellectual problems based on internal visual images (preface, imagination).
Large psychological dictionary. - 2004

Visual thinking is a way of solving "intellectual problems based on internal" visual images; kind of thinking, the product of which is the generation of new images, the creation of new visual forms ...
Karmanov A. Psychological Dictionary

Russian

visual; cr. f. - flax, - flax.
Spelling dictionary. — 2004

Examples of the use of the word visual

The visual image for the advertising campaign was developed by an agency from Yekaterinburg.

Having retained the former name, the bank changed its visual image and positioning in the market.

The effect of it, however, was much more noise than visual.

All the main elements are brought to a single form, which creates a kind of visual ensemble from them.

This is support for building Windows 8-style applications, as well as the Visual LiveBindings visual designer.

The visuals have always been the most important, if not the defining component in this seemingly musical competition.

The results of their research are published in the scientific journal Current Biology. The visual test was tested on volunteers.

Words from the word "visual"
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Words starting with "vi"
Words ending in "y"
Words with "th" at the end
Words starting with "vis"
Words starting with "visa"
Words ending with "ny"
Words ending with "y"

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What is visual communication and why is it important? — Media on vc.ru

Imagine the Internet without YouTube, Twitter or Facebook. Better yet, imagine a world without graphics, images, symbols, or even color. Imagine a McDonald's menu or a Burger King menu consisting only of words and prices. Doesn't sound very good.

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People need visibility to better understand the world. Visuals greatly enhance the experience of using something. Therefore, it makes sense to include visual aids in all aspects of daily life, especially in business. Communication using visual images excites the perception filters of the target audience, which makes visualization an effective tool in marketing. No other way will allow your customers to be so immersed in your business, not even radio broadcasts with repetitive advertising.

What is visual communication

According to the Business Dictionary, visual communication is "the expression of ideas and information through visual forms or aids." This communication may include maps, photographs, charts, graphs to communicate the message effectively. This expression of ideas is important for everyone, regardless of their profession, but it is an important skill for business leaders.

Over the past 15 years, social networks have conquered society. Many companies have adapted to the new means of communication and are using Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to reach all their customers and attract new ones. Tax firm PwC Australia found that social media posts accompanied by visual content are 40 times more likely to be shared.

We also found that articles with an image every 75-100 words can be expected to double the number of social media shares compared to a text-only article. This phenomenon is called the "image superiority effect". The effect is based on a study that showed that people are much better at learning and remembering content seen in images than they are in text. By providing readers and listeners with visual aids, visual communication complements written and oral communication, improving the memory and learning speed of its recipients.

TechSmith reports that when an image is combined with text, the audience retains 65% of the information after three days, compared to only 10% of the text. With this data in mind, an interactive diagram or photo in a presentation can be vital to employee motivation and learning.

Advantages and disadvantages of visual communication in business

Benefits:

Emphasize and complement spoken language

Technology has allowed us to use visual aids to communicate important business messages. Visual communication helps emphasize verbal communication. When a person is explaining something, it is always important to use presentations for better understanding. In such situations, visual aids come in handy. When an employee proposes a new business idea, a visual image on the slides greatly helps to understand the essence and understand the subtleties. In addition, visual communication is more engaging compared to verbal communication.

More effective than verbal communication

Audiovisual communication is more effective than just words. Some facts cannot be conveyed in words, so diagrams and drawings are used. Graphs and maps are self-explanatory and can be used to show customers how a business works instead of verbal communication. Visual communication is also attractive, and most people focus on this mode of communication rather than others.

Workplace presentations

In a business environment, employees may sometimes be required to give presentations about how the company operates. It can be difficult to use words to display information, and so visual communication can be used instead of words. Graphs, charts, drawings, and other forms of visual communication can be used to represent mathematical data. Some people may find it difficult to understand the data displayed in tables, but charts and graphs make it easy to work with. When large global companies, such as Coca-Cola or Apple, display performance statistics, as well as growth forecasts, it is charts and graphs that are used. It's easy to understand and self-explanatory.

Increases efficiency in decision making

Another important advantage of visual communication in business is that it is very effective even for illiterate people. People may not be able to read, but they can perceive visual information. In addition, a set of visual communications takes less time to understand compared to other types of communications. Sharing information has become easier as the audience is quicker to view and interpret what they have to say. When information is processed quickly, people can make quick and correct decisions. Most companies have realized that the use of visual communication attracts more customers compared to other communication methods. It can also be based on the fact that visual communication is self-explanatory. McDonald's uses visual appeal rather than words or verbal communication when showcasing the products they offer. This helps customers make quick and effective decisions for the company.

Defects

For all its advantages, visual communication also has its disadvantages

Cost

One of the main drawbacks is the high cost. Compared to other modes of communication, visual communication is more expensive. The process of creating a video, diagram or image is expensive and requires the participation of various stakeholders in the organization. In addition, in addition to creating, you need a device that will show your slides or charts. Renting or buying a TV station or a projector can sometimes be quite costly.

Lack of independence

Unfortunately, elements of visual communication almost always have to be supported by text or voice accompaniment. Without them, it will take longer for the audience to grasp the concept of the visual aid, resulting in wasted time. Moreover, when the audience does not understand what is being said, the meaning is lost.

Takes a long time to create

The time required to create visual aids is much longer than other forms of communication. This is due to the fact that different specialists are involved and different software is used.

Visual communication in 2022

In 2022, it is simply impossible to imagine business communication without the use of visual communication. And due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the even greater transition of our lives online, this type of communication has become even more entrenched in various business processes. In order to competently and fully convey your thoughts on endless calls to Zoom or an online conference, you need to know how to make the use of visual components comfortable both for yourself and for listeners.

Tips for using visual communication online and offline

Become familiar with the software you need. No matter Zoom, Power Point or other programs. Respect your audience and value their time. No one wants to wait an extra 5-10 minutes. which you will need for troubleshooting or searching for some function.
Use good communication equipment. If you are performing offline, take care of a normal projector, and if it is an online call, then do not use your smartphone to transmit information.
Transmit the image in Full HD whenever possible. At lower resolutions, fine details may not be visible.
Check internet connection! It seems to be a banal and simple advice, but many still forget about it. You should not freeze or constantly reconnect.
This item could also be attributed to equipment, but we decided to put it separately. Use a good camera or microphone. If the camera transmits a blurry image, and the microphone is constantly phoning, get new ones. Using bad equipment will only ruin the experience for your audience.
Make sure that everyone sees what you want to show them. If the event is offline, then everyone should see the presentation screen, but at an online conference, the main place on the broadcast screen should be occupied by your presentation, not your face.
If you are talking from home, take care of the silence, especially if you have small children.
Although your presentation will take up the bulk of the presentation, your face should also be clearly visible, so adjust the lighting.
Arrange in advance the things that you may need during the performance. They should be within arm's length of you.
Close or silence all third-party programs on devices that will be near you. Especially on the one from which the broadcast will be conducted! No one is interested in listening to endless new message notifications.
Turn off your smartphone if you do not need it for the presentation.
If your call is intended for a small number of participants, do not mute your microphone and ask all participants to do the same. Mute is possible only when calling to a large number of people, so as not to create noise. Otherwise, this feature deprives your conversation of energy.
Behave the same as you would in an offline meeting. Don't get up and go out for tea or coffee.
Try to connect in advance. Nobody likes latecomers.
Use your real name when filling out the online meeting login form.
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