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Preschool Sight Words

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US school print is upright ball-and-stick print. Sloped print is an Australian school hand.

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On the solid letters, a numbered dot shows where each stroke starts and an arrow shows which way it goes. US school print and cursive only: sloped print has no arrows.

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Class set

One copy for every student: type the first names and get one PDF, with each name on that student's own pages. Every student's pages use the same settings.

Class lists are used only to draw the pages and are never saved.

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Or download the ready-made set

The Dolch pre-primer list, the first Dolch level, printed large on one page with a check box beside every word, plus a page of the same words as cards to cut out. Schools and preschools choose their own lists, so treat this as one place to start.

Word lists: Edward William Dolch (1936, 1948).

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The first Dolch level, printed large

This page keeps to the 40 words of the Dolch pre-primer list, the level that comes first, and prints them larger than the other sight word pages do. The PDF is two pages: the list with a check box by each word, then the same 40 words laid out as cards to cut apart.

The tracing generator at the top opens on the same list at the Ages 3-4 size, the largest of its sizes, so a tracing sheet can sit next to the cards with the same words. The other sizes and the four later Dolch levels are in its menus.

The neighbor pages cover more ground. Sight Words for Kindergarten adds the primer level to this one and sorts both by first letter; Sight Words gives every level from pre-primer to third grade a list of its own; Dolch Sight Words sets all 220 in one table beside the nouns.

Three examples

  • A preschool sight word tracing worksheet: large Dolch pre-primer words, each with a model and dotted copies.
    The tracing sheet as the page first opens: all 40 pre-primer words at the Ages 3-4 size.
  • A preschool sight word tracing worksheet in sloped print on two guide lines.
    The same list in sloped print on two guide lines.
  • A preschool sight word tracing worksheet with a sample name at the top, on A4 paper.
    A sample first name written in at the top, printed on A4 paper.

Questions and answers

Which words does the preschool sight word generator use?

It opens on the 40 pre-primer words, such as a, and, big, can, go and see, drawn at the Ages 3-4 size, its largest. The four later Dolch levels can be picked from the list menu.

How big are the letters on the preschool sight word sheet?

Capital letters are about 0.7 inch tall at the Ages 3-4 size, 0.55 inch at Ages 5-6 and 0.4 inch at Ages 7+. A long word is drawn smaller so that it fits its row.

What is the difference between four and two guide lines?

Four lines are a top line, a dashed midline, a baseline and a line below for letters that drop down. Two lines keep only the top line and the baseline. Choose under Options.

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