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Sight Word Sentences

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Ten short sentences made only of Dolch pre-primer and primer sight words, such as "I can see you." and "They came to help." Each sentence gets four rows: a solid model with stroke arrows, a dark dotted copy, a light dotted copy and a blank row.

Pick a built-in list, or choose My own words and type them below.

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Letter style

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

Guide lines
Show stroke arrows

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.

Paper
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  • US Letter or A4

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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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Sentences from the first two Dolch lists

Every word in the ten sentences is on the Dolch pre-primer or primer list (the source is at the foot of this page). The sentences were written for this site and are not part of the Dolch lists themselves. To use your own sentences, choose My own words and type one sentence per line. For the words on their own, one word to a row, use the sight word tracing worksheets.

Three examples

  • A sight word sentence tracing worksheet: I can see you, written as a solid model, a dark dotted copy, a light dotted copy and a blank row.
    The first page at the Ages 5-6 size: each sentence in four rows.
  • A sight word sentence worksheet with a top line and a baseline only, in small print.
    Two guide lines instead of four, at the Ages 7+ size.
  • A sight word sentence worksheet in large print with the sample name on the Name line.
    The largest size, Ages 3-4, with a name on the Name line.

Questions and answers

Which sight words are in the sentences?

Only words on the Dolch pre-primer and primer lists, among them I, can, see, you, come, play, look, find, like, ride, said, yes, ran, away, came, help, big, red, where and yellow.

Can I type my own sentences?

Yes. Choose My own words in the list menu and type up to 60 lines, one sentence per line, up to 600 characters in all.

What does each row do?

The first row is a solid model with numbered stroke arrows, the next two are dotted copies, dark then light, and the fourth is blank for writing the sentence alone. A long sentence wraps onto a second line.

Can the sentences be in cursive?

Yes. Choose Cursive under Letter style; the copies to trace become light gray lines instead of dots.

Where do the Dolch lists come from?

Edward William Dolch published the lists in 1936 and 1948; this site uses them as printed by ReadWriteThink (IRA/NCTE). The source is also at the foot of the page.

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