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Sight Word Worksheets

Sight Word Worksheets & Activity Pages for Preschool and Kindergarten students. Sight words are words that generally cannot be sounded out phonetically, or have a silent letter.  These are words children will simply need to memorize by sight through repetition from reading and targeted learning.

We’ve created some helpful activities and worksheets you can use so that your kindergartner can quickly learn these important words.  Here are some Sight Word Freebies you can use with your students.  Some of these are previews of what you’ll find in our Site Word of the Week Program and some are not.  Many of the activities have a hands-on element that is sure to engage your kindergarten students.   

Sight Word Dab n' Dot Sheet

Free printable sight word Dab n' Dot sheets for each of the Dolch pre-primer list words. Using this in your literacy center or as a review will help solidify these basic words and assist in the learning to read process.

Sight Word Flash Cards

40 Free Printable Sight Word Flash Cards covering Dolch 220 Pre-Primer list words. These print 8 to a page and can be laminate for use in pocket charts.

Sight Word Play Dough Mats

Free printable sight word play dough mats for all of the pre-primer words. This is a fantastic way to incorporate some hands-on learning into your classroom.

Sight Word Activity Sheets

Free printable sight word activity sheets are made by using the Dolch 220 Pre-Primer list words. Each sight word is featured on each sheet and allows your student to test their knowledge through circling, finding, writing and painting.

Roll & Cover Sight Words

Students work on reading key sight words with these free sight word Roll & Cover Games! Add gumdrops to the gingerbread house to cover your sight word!

Sight Word Bubble Pack

This sight word pack follows along with our READ curriculum! Each page contains an organized collection of sight words that are sure to reinforce the most frequently used words for kindergarten.

Sight Words of the Day

Dolch Sight Words is a list of 220 common words needed for reading. Sight words are words that cannot be sounded out, but must be ready by sight.

Sight Word Bingo Printables

Sight word bingo is a great game to play with little ones who are learning key sight words.

Fishing for Sight Words

This set of printable worksheets helps your children write and identify important sight words they'll need to learn during their Kindergarten year.

Try our Sight Word of the Week Program for 40-Weeks of Hands-on Fun!  Each week covers a single sight word with fun and engaging worksheets, activities, games and hands-on resources. Students will Read, Write, Spell and even (ASL) Sign their Sight Words!  Best of all this program is low-prep, print and go!  View Sample Pages Here.

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65 Fun Sight Word Activities That Work

So many ways to teach, practice, and master sight words!

The goal of reading sight words is automaticity, or being able to look at and read the word without thinking about it. Young readers will learn phonics patterns that help them read words with phonics patterns with automaticity, which leaves sight words or any words we want readers to recognize “by sight.” Sight word activities are how students practice the words you’re teaching them to reach automaticity.

Learn more: What Are Sight Words?

It’s a myth that blindly memorizing every letter in a sight word is the only way to learn it. The science of reading tells us that linking sounds and letters is the most effective way for kids’ brains to learn any word. Many common words are easy to tackle using beginning phonics skills (like “at,” “can,” “him,” etc.), so staying true to a strong phonics curriculum is one way to support kids’ sight word learning. Even irregularly spelled words have decodable parts, e.g., kids can use the sounds of “s” and “d” to help with “said,” even if the “ai” is unexpected. Experts often call these words “heart words” to call out for kids that they should learn the unexpected word parts “by heart.”

Check out these low-prep and engaging sight word activities for both teaching and practicing words.

Sight Word Activities to Teach Words

These activities are great when you are introducing new words or when students need a reminder of the letters and patterns that make up each word.

1. Drive a sight word

For this activity, you’ll need paper (butcher paper works great because you can write lots of words), Lego bricks, and toy cars. Write sight words on paper, put a Lego brick by each letter or sound that the student is reading and have students drive a toy car by the legos to read the word.

Learn more: @droppinknowledgewithheidi

2. Sight word smush

Use sheet protectors and play dough. Write a word on a piece of paper with boxes for each sound. So, the word Friday would have boxes for F, R, I, D, and AY. Slip the paper into a sheet protector and have students put a small piece of play dough on each sound pattern. As students read each sound, they smush the play dough.

Buy it: Set of sheet protectors for less than $40 and 10 pack of Play Doh for less than $10 at Amazon.

Learn more: @playdough2plato

3. Map words with a magnet wand

Print pages with sight words on them. Slip the pages into sheet protectors, and have students move a magnetic chip to each sound as they read the word. Dragging those magnetic dots around is so satisfying!

Buy it: Set of sheet protectors for less than $40, magnetic wand and chips for less than $20 at Amazon.

Learn more: @warriorsforliteracy

4. Make a mini book

Fold paper into fourths, write sight words your students are working on, and create a mini-book they can take home with them to read on their own. As they learn more words, you can incorporate sentences as well so they’ll really see themselves growing as readers.

Learn more: @hughesheartforfirst

5. Tap it, pop it, learn it!

Use pop-its to reinforce reading each part of a word. Write the word, break it out by sound, so “said” becomes “s” “e” “d.” Then, students press a “button” in the pop it for each part of the word they read.

Buy it: Set of pop-its for less than $35 at Amazon.

Source: @hellojenjones

6. Shaving cream writing

Spray shaving cream onto a cookie tray and tell students a word. They write the word and then “erase” it by smearing the shaving cream. 

7. Sight word stamp

With a set of letter stamps, have students stamp each sight word. Either read the words and have students stamp them, or give students a stack of sight word cards and take turns reading or stamping them. 

Buy it: Alphabet stamps for less than $30 at Amazon. 

Sight Word Activities for Practicing Words

Once students have learned a word, it’s all about practice, practice, practice! These activities will help students learn words by “heart.”

8. Find and swat words

Write sight words on notecards or small pieces of paper. Use a fly swatter to have students swat the word you say. You can also make two sets of cards and have students work in partners. One student reads while the other swats.

Learn more: @kids_play_learn_laugh

9. Flip word pancakes

Serve up sight word pancakes while practicing spelling them aloud. For this activity, create the “pancakes” by cutting out brown circles. Write a sight word on each circle and place the word up. Students slip a spatula under each word, read the word and flip it. You can also put the words face down and have students flip the word, then read it.

Learn more: Playdough to Plato

10. Wear heart word bracelets

Make kids feel like sight word VIPs and keep sight word review on hand. Write sight words on bracelets and have them wear a word all day. You can use this when lining up, have students line up based on the sight word they have on their wrist. Or, have students find a partner by finding the other student with the same sight word bracelet.

Buy it: Set of paper wristbands for less than $20 at Amazon.

Learn more: @teachingmoore

11. Search for sight word balls

Write sight words on ball pit balls with a chalk marker or dry-erase marker. Kids race around hunting for balls to read and toss in a basket, or hunt through a big tub of balls for a certain word.

Buy it: Set of ball pit balls for less than $20 at Amazon.

Learn more: @preschoolforyou

12. Start a sight word band

Loud but oh-so fun! Write sight words on sticky notes and put each sticky note on a pot, pan, or something else that makes noise. Then, students can read each word before they tap or hit each one.

Learn more: @earlyyears_withmrsg

13. Drive a sight word path

This is one of many fun ways to use magnetic tiles for learning! Write sight words on magnetic tiles and have students use a toy car to drive over and read each word, or stand up the tiles and knock down each word they read.

Buy it: Set of magnetic tiles for less than $20 at Amazon.

Learn more: @travisntyler

14. Use sticky notes to inspire sight word sentences

Have kids stick words on items that give them ideas for sentences. Put the word “said” on a helmet for the sentence: “My Mom said to wear a helmet!”

Learn more: @kinneypodlearning

15. Write words on a sensory bag

Fill a zip-top bag with a small amount of kid-safe paint, seal well, and have kids practice “writing” sight words with their finger or a cotton swab. When they’ve written the first word they can “erase” it and write the next one.

Learn more: @makeitmultisensory

16. Wear a sight word crown

Create crowns out of construction paper and write a sight word on each one. Students can wear their word, and practice reading each others’ words. This is also an activity that works in person or online.

Learn more: @mrsjonescreationstation

17. Play a magnetic-tile board game

We love new ideas for ways to use magnetic tiles for sight word activities. For this game, write sight words on magnetic tiles. Set up a board game by linking the tiles together to create a path. Then, have students roll a di and move a piece around the path. They read the word they land on.

Learn more: @twotolove_bairantwins

18. Spell words to a familiar tune

Get sight words stuck in everyone’s head, in a good way, by singing the song BINGO. Instead of BINGO, spell the sight word. So, if you were teaching the word THE, the song would go: There is a sight word of the day and THE is its name o. T-H-E. T-H-E. The sight word is T-H-E and THE is our sight word!

Learn more: @builditbre

19. Feed a word monster

Nom, nom, nom. Create a “monster” with a tissue box. Cut a hole for its mouth and practice reading words. When a student reads a word, they can feed the word to the monster. This activity is great for centers or large groups.

Learn more: @ecplayandlearn

20. Search for the pom-pom

Write sight words on the bottom of plastic cups. Put a set of cups so the words are on top. Hide a pom pom under one cup. Students read each word as they try to find the pom pom. They have to read the word before picking up the cup.

Learn more: @la.la.learning

21. Play sight word Kaboom!

Write words on popsicle sticks. Write Kaboom! On a few sticks. Put all the sticks in a cup or can, word-end down. Have students take turn drawing a stick and reading the word. If they can’t read the word, the stick goes back in the bucket. If they pull a stick that reads kaboom, all the sticks go back in the bucket. This can be played as a whole group game (think: morning meeting) or in small groups. 

Learn more: @essentiallykinder

22. Roll and write words

Roll, write, repeat.

Learn more: @mylittlepandamonium

21. Write words with rainbow colors

Assign sight words and have students write them in each color of the rainbow. Bonus points for aromatic markers.

24. Trace words with flashlights

Write sight words on paper, a mini whiteboard or your table. Students trace the words as they read them using mini flashlights. Stock up on batteries because kids never get tired of this!

Buy it: Mini flashlight keychains for less than $25 at Amazon.

Learn more: @giggleswithgerg

25. Find words in plastic eggs

Print sight words on strips of paper. Put one word in each plastic eggs and put all the eggs in a bin. Give kids a checklist of words to find as they open each egg.

Learn more: 57 Ways to Reuse Plastic Eggs

Learn more: @blooming_tots1

26. Spy words around the classroom

Just add a magnifying glass and clipboard to make kids feel like supersleuths! In this activity, students have a list of sight words. You write sight words on cards and put them around the classroom. Each time they spy a sight word they check it off their list.

Learn more: @readingcorneronline

27. Find words in the morning message

Don’t forget about old standbys! When you’re writing your morning message, underline or put a box around the sight words students are learning. Or, make it part of morning meeting to find the sight words in the day’s message. This is one of our favorite ways to get kids to recognize sight words in connected text.

Learn more: @tales_of_a_kinder_classroom

28. Build words with bricks

Such a great use of extra building bricks! Write sight words on the longer bricks, then the parts of the words on smaller bricks. Have students build words by putting smaller bricks on top of larger bricks. So, a large brick may read “them” and three smaller bricks might read “th” “e” “m.”

Buy it: Set of mega blocks for less than $20 at Amazon.

Learn more: The Printable Princess

29. Write words in sand

Put a layer of sand in a pencil box and print out a list of sight words. Have students open the box and write the sight words in the sand. Using the pencil boxes keeps this activity clean and allows students to use it when they have extra time to fill.

Buy it: Set of pencil boxes for less than $15 at Amazon.

Learn more: @teacherhacks

30. Spell words on a construction site

Put kinetic or actual sand in a bin. Give students a list of sight word cards, letter stamps, and a toy bulldozer. Students stamp the word in the sand, read it, and bulldoze it away.

Buy it: Kinetic sand for less than $30 at Amazon, letter stamps for less than $40 at Amazon.

Learn more: @planningplaytime

31. Spell words with toy cars

Stick letters on to toy cars and have students build words by putting cars together. So, cars with “i” and “n” on them can spell in.

Buy it: Set of toy cars for less than $15 at Amazon.

Learn more: @lozlovesprep

32. Park in a sight word “parking lot”

Create a parking lot for toy cars. In each space, write a sight word. Have students “park” cars as they read words. This one is easy to modify based on whatever toys are available in the classroom or at home.

Learn more: @msbendersclassroom

33. “Plant” words in play dough

Roll out a strip of modeling clay and “plant” magnetic letters in the clay to spell sight words.

Buy it: Play Doh for less than $10 and magnetic letters for less than $10 at Amazon.

34. Build words in a sensory tub

Because spelling is just more fun when your hands are covered in beans! Fill a bin with beans. Hide letters in the beans. Give students sight word cards and have them find the letters they need to spell each sight word.

Learn more: @coffeeandspitup

35. Write words on a magnetic drawing board

A magnetic writing board is a great way to practice sight words. Students can put a sight word card in the eraser space.

Buy it: Magnetic writing board for less than $15 at Amazon.

Learn more: @moffattgirls

36. Write words on the window!

Everyone wants a turn to write on the window! Read words and have students write them on the windows with window paint.

Buy it: Window chalk markers for less than $15 at Amazon.

Learn more: @kindergarten_matters

37. Shhh! Discover words written in invisible ink

Write sight words in white crayon on white paper. Students paint over the word in watercolor and read the words that come up.

Learn more: @teachstarter

38. Dot-paint words with a cotton swab

Give students a page with a sight word written on it. Students use a cotton swab to trace or tap over the word.

Learn more: @sightwordactivities

39. “Type” words on a keyboard

Use an old keyboard or keyboard cover and have students type each sight word. This is great practice for students who need additional support with letters as well.

Buy it: Keyboard cover for less than $10 at Amazon.

Learn more: @lifebetweensummers

40. Read words before heading through the door

Post sight words on your door and use them for line up routines. The line leader can double as the word pointer during transitions.

Learn more: @ms.rowekinder

41. Read the word the teacher’s wearing!

Clip a sight word to your pocket or lanyard and refer to it throughout the day. If you can read this word, clap twice.

Learn more: @theprimarypartner

42. Take a sight word cakewalk

Write words in a circle on the playground with chalk or write them on paper and put them on the floor in your room. Students walk around the circle when the music is going, then when it stops they each choose a word. You say one word and the student standing on that word wins.

Learn more: @joyfulinkinder

43. Play sight word hopscotch

Draw a hopscotch game and put sight words inside each box. If you can’t get outdoors, tape on the floor works just as well.

Learn more: @wheretheliteracygrows

44. Play tic-tac-toe

Assign each student a sight word and have them play tic tac toe with their word. The first one to write three words in a row wins.

Learn more: Boy Mama Teacher Mama

45. Go sight word bowling

Add sight words to bowling pins and go bowling. Students read the words they knock over. No bowling pins? Use half-filled plastic water bottles instead.

Buy it: Plastic bowling pins for less than $25 at Amazon.

Learn more: @thecreativeteacher_

46. Ready, aim, read

Draw a target with chalk or on butcher paper. Add sight words around the edges and in the bullseye. Students throw a beanbag and read the word closest to the beanbag.

Learn more: @laurens_lil_learners

47. Play muffin tin ball toss

Write sight words in the bottom of muffin liners. Put the muffin wrappers into a muffin tin. Toss a ball or pom-pom into the muffin tin and read the word. It’s easy to use colored muffin cups to prep different sets of words.

Buy it: Muffin tin for less than $15 and muffin liners for less than $10 at Amazon.

Learn more: @fun_with_lynda

48. DIY sentence flash cards

Create flashcards by having students write sight words and sentences using those sight words or drawings showing the sight word. Send the flashcards home with students for practice.

Learn more: @teachertipsandtales

49. Play sight word checkers

Add sight words to the spaces on a checkerboard. Students play checkers and read the words they land on. If kids don’t have a partner available, they can “play” with a stuffed animal and get double practice.

50. Play sight word Guess Who?

Set up this game once and use it forever. Create sight word cards that fit into a guess who game. Then, have students guess which word their partner has. You may want to create question cards to help students. Questions like: Does your word have an E in it? Does your word have a B at the beginning?

Learn more: Get the Guess Who game printable .

Learn more: @RebekahPoeTeaching

51. Sight word jars

Prep this activity with tiny jars and magnetic letters. Students organize a big jar of letters into words and pack them into smaller jars. Or put the letters you need for each word into a jar and students pour out the letters, then spell.

Buy it: Set of magnetic letters for less than $10 at Amazon.

Learn more: No Time for Flash Cards

52. Sight word fishing

Put paper clips on notecards with sight words written on them, and have students use magnetic wands to go fishing.

Learn more: A Teachable Teacher

53. Sight word balloon toss

Write sight words on the sidewalk using chalk. Throw water balloons at the sidewalk to “bash” the words. Use reusable water balloons to be able to play this game over and over. 

Buy it: reusable water balloons for less than $25 and sidewalk chalk for less than $30 at Amazon. 

54. Sight words on the menu

Put magnetic letters and sight word cards on a “menu” in the pretend-play center. Students can request, and then be served, sight words.

Learn more: The Kindergarten Connection

55. Sight word dominoes

Create sight word dominoes out of note cards by dividing the cards in half and writing two sight words on each card. Create a set so that each word has a match. Then, have students play dominoes, matching sight word with sight word.

56. Sight word caterpillar

Write letters on bottle caps and have students build sight words by either matching bottle cap letters to words that are already written, or by spelling a word they hear read aloud.

Learn more: This Reading Mama

57. Sight word rubbings

Create raised sight words using a glue gun on posterboard. When the glue is dry, students can use the cards to color over and see sight word rubbings.

Learn more: The OT Toolbox

58. Sight word popcorn

Prepare this game by writing sight words on small slips of paper (they can look like popped popcorn if you’d like). Write five slips of paper with the word Pop on them. Put all the slips of paper into one bag. Then, students take one word out at a time. If they read it they can keep the word and build a pile of popcorn. If they draw a “pop” card all the words they’ve collected go back into the bag. 

59. Sight word BINGO

Write sight words on bingo cards, or get a bingo game, and get ready to aim for a cover all. Students listen to words read aloud and cover the sight words they have on their card. Add a level of challenge to this game by having students write a list of the words they hear but don’t have. 

Buy it: Sight word bingo for less than $25 at Amazon. 

60. Sight word memory

Print sight word cards so that you have two of each word. Turn the cards face-down and turn two over at a time. If the words are the same, the student keps the pair. If not, they read both words and the cards are turned over. 

61. Sight word stack

Write sight words on a stack of plastic cups. Students read each word. If they read it correctly, they add the cup to the stack. If they don’t, the cup stays in their stack. 

Learn more: Cup Stacking Game.

62. Sight word scavenger hunt

Write sight words on notecards. Hide the word cards around the room.  Then, give students a list of the sight words they need to find. They can read the word list then search the room to check off each word. 

63. Whack-a-mole

Spell sight words with this spelling game. Create a mallet, and print out the letter cards. Tell students a word and they whack out the spelling.

Learn more: Whack-a-mole Spelling Game.

64. Musical sight words

Write sight words on notecards or construction paper. Place the sight words around a carpet or the floor. When the music plays, students walk around, when it stops, they find a sightword and stand over it. Then, they read their sight word. The rule: you can’t end up at the same sight word twice. Play until everyone had had a chance to read each sight word once. 

65. Word jump

Write sight words on notecards or paper. Students jump from word to word. They either stop and read each word they pass, or you can have them jump for one, two or three hops and read the word they land on. 

Check out: 33 Fun Phonics Activities and Games for Early Readers

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Everything you need to know about sight words. We also provide articles and worksheets for parents and teachers to provide assistance with spelling, writing and reading.

Sight Words Worksheets

Sight words worksheets are great activities; they are the perfect supplement to a sight word lesson. We have created numerous worksheets to help your child or student develop a sight word vocabulary. Our selection of sight words is based on our reading curriculum and Dolch’s and Fry’s list containing common or high frequency words that a child should recognize by sight, rather than sounding out.

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Worksheet #5 is a blank template. Use this worksheet if you are working on a specific set of sight words.

The last worksheet (#6) is a blank template. Use this worksheet if you are working on a specific set of sight words.

Sight Word Instruction

Practice, repetition, and repeated exposure to sight words is critical when developing a sight word vocabulary. Ideally teach words that appear most frequently; a mere twenty-five words account for approximately a third of written material and many of these words are phonetically irregular. Sight words should be introduced in a cumulative manner. As new words are introduced, old words should be reviewed.

Our worksheets provide the perfect complement to a lesson by offering opportunities for your child or student to practice the sight words using both reading and writing activities.

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20 EASY Ways to Practice Sight Words

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Looking for some EASY ways to practice sight words with your learners? Yes, please!

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Why Sight Words?

If you really take a look at sight words, the majority of them are words that learners can decode ( and , is , well , soo n, etc.). So why do we even need learners to worry with sight words?

There is ONE BIG REASON: Sight words {also called high frequency words} occur so often in reading that knowing them automatically is KEY.

While learners NEED phonics instruction, they also need to be able to recognize those frequent words without slowing down to decode them every.single.time. Relying on phonics alone for these frequent words bogs readers down, negatively affecting their fluency AND comprehension .

Feel free to read more of what I’ve written about sight words in my articles: Sight Words: When they Just Don’t “Stick,”   2 Kinds of Sight Words and  Phonics or Sight Words? Teaching Kids to Read .

One thing to keep in mind: Not all sight words can be fully decoded using phonics. I find that when teaching these kinds of sight words, it helps to talk about the easy parts of the word (parts that follow the phonics rules) and the hard parts of the word (parts that are confusing or tricky).

For example, the word what has two “easy” parts – the wh and the t make the sounds they’re supposed to make. It’s the a that makes the wrong/hard sound.

With all that said, let’s get to some EASY ways to practice sight words!

1. Download our Sight Word Games App –  The only set up is choosing the words your learners will need. But we’ve made that part easy. And with our update from this summer, you can now sync your device to other devices. You can read more about our Sight Word Games App .

2. Print our Sight Word Sentence Cards – With FIVE levels to choose from, you’ve got an EASY way to practice sight words within the context of a simple sentence!

3. Use a choice board –  Learners choose which hands-on spelling activity they will use from their Tic-Tac-Do Spelling Board . Combine it with a dry erase board or notebook and you’ve got an easy routine you can use every week!

4. Use bottle caps –  Collect bottle caps from friends and family to use for spelling sight words. See how you can do this with these cute  Caterpillar Sight Words .

5. Chant them –  Download our Animal Sight Word Chants and 24 Sight Word Chants . SUCH an easy and multi-sensory way to practice ANY sight words!

6. Move and spell them – Download our free Sight Word Action Cards to get kids moving their ENTIRE BODY as they spell the words.

7. Spell with magnetic letters – We LOVE Learning Resource’s Magnetic Letter Construction Kit !

Although you can spell words with letter tiles , I prefer  magnetic letters  because learners can FEEL the letters’ formation. These magnetic letter construction pieces take it to a whole new level as learners have to build each letter {a great way to visualize letters}.

8. Sight word activity pages – We have several free sight word activity pages for beginning sight words as well as entire bundles for the Dolch Words and Fry’s Words . I love how learners read, find, trace, spell, build, and then write them in sentences.

9. Focus on their shape – Learners can use manipulatives you already have, like DUPLO or LEGO bricks to build the shape of the sight word. This is such a visual way to sneak in handwriting, too!

10. Play SIMPLE card games – You’ll love our Sight Word Dice Game . {They’re editable!} Try our Thanksgiving Sight Word Card Game for free!

11. Go fishing! – Learners love to fish for words ! These fish are editable and give a small taste of all the games you’ll find in our Printable Spelling Games and Activities pack .

12. Use editable games – Editable games allow YOU to customize the exact sight words your learners need. Try our FREE seasonal Editable Thanksgiving Sight Word Card Games ,  Roll a Snowman Sight Word Game as well as our Roll a Flower Sight Word Game …all editable!

13. Integrate a little math – Some learners struggle with language and thrive with math. We have LOTS of free seasonal Word Bump! Games , perfect for tying some math into reading and spelling sight words. Our simple Roll and Write Sight Words game from YEARS ago is also still a hit with my learners…and it’s SO simple to play.

14. Use a spelling folder – Having a portable word wall is a great way to help learners have access to the correct spellings of those frequently needed sight words.

I’ve made this one SUPER EASY for you by providing FREE spelling folders! Grab our Kindergarten Spelling Folder , our Spelling Folder for 1/2 grade , or our Elementary Spelling Folder (for 3rd-5th grades.) Yes, you just hit the jackpot. 🙂

15. Sort them –  We typically think of word sorts for phonics words, but you can integrate phonics right into sight words, too. Check out our free Short Vowel Sight Word Sorts and our Free Long Vowel Sight Word Sort .

16. Sing sight word songs –  Take a simple tune, like BINGO, and sing a song featuring a sight word. For example, “There’s a word that I can spell. And like is it’s name-on. L-I-K-E – like ; L-I-K-E – like; L-I-K-E – like . And like is its name-o.”

If you don’t think you can carry a tune in a bucket, ask your learners to help you out. Because they’re set to familiar tunes, most learners will already know the songs. In my emergent reader curriculum bundle pack, Reading the Alphabet , every week features a different song to go with the new sight word.

17. Use over-sized letter cards – You can spell all kinds of words with your learners using our sets of over-sized letter cards. We have Oversized Uppercase Cards , Oversized Lowercase Cards , and Oversized Digraph Cards …all FREE to download!

18. Color them – I’ve created some FREE Color by Sight Word pages that go hand-in-hand with Reading the Alphabet . In the next curriculum up, Learn to Read , my Kindergartner LOVED our Color it Crazy Sight Word Pages, which takes sight word coloring pages to harder level.

19. Rainbow write them – Grab a die and some crayons. You can use our template or ask learners to do it on their own. Either way, it’s no prep and simple!

20. Read sight words in context – Last, but certainly not least, learners need to practice sight words by reading. We can practice sight words on word cards until we’re blue in the face, but reading them in the context of a book is when learners really need to use them. Learners get lots of practice just reading books on their level .

You can find our free word family books that also feature sight words. But if you really want some focused sight word practice in context, check out all the  sight word books The Measured Mom has.

Be sure to look through all our Sight Word Printables !

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15 of the BEST Sight Words Activities

• Janessa Fletcher
• December 1, 2020

I am constantly looking for Sight Words Activities to use in my small groups, independent centers, and as homework.  I use sight words in my vocabulary and word work centers.  Certain sight words are taught in small groups to help students better read their leveled readers.  And as added practice, I send those same sight words home to practice as well.  I like to use a mix of paper pencil and hands-on activities to practice sight words. ❤️

Education to the Core has been busily creating NO PREP Sight Word Activities that you can use in your classroom IMMEDIATELY!  We have resources with sight word practice in isolation, as well as sight words embedded within fluency practice.

And as an added bonus… we have also included some really fun sight word activities that don’t require worksheets. ?

No Prep Sight Words Printables

This resource includes no prep printables for the first 300 words on the Fry’s Word List.  Students can practice each word through 7 different activities.

• Find and Circle
• Write the Word
• Box the Word
• Draw the Word
• Count the Syllables
• Fill in the Blank
• Use the Word in a Sentence

Monster Munch

With your child/students, create a monster out of construction paper and an empty tissue box.  The students can be as imaginative as they wish, using pipe cleaners, google eyes, etc to create their monster. Then write the sight words they need to practice on small pieces of paper.  As the student/child reads the sight word, they get to “feed ” it to the monster.  See how full you can make the monster’s belly. ?

Poppin’ Sight Words

Students have so much fun “dabbing” their sight words with bingo daubers.  Or, if you want to reuse each page, the words can be covered with colored counting chips.  We also have this sight word activity in digital format .

STEM Sight Words Construction

My son, the builder, absolutely LOVES this sight word practice activity.  Grab some popsicle/craft sticks and write sight words on them. I like to write the same word on 2-3 sticks. Also grab some modeling clay or a small container of Play-doh.  Then your child/students will grab a stick and say the word aloud. If they read the word correctly, they get to keep the stick for construction, if not, correct them and it goes back into the “building” pile.  Once they’ve earned a few sticks, they can start using Play-doh or clay to create a building.  I love to see the neat structures they think of.  And the best part is that they are learning and having fun at the same time. In the end, they didn’t realize we were working on sight words.

Sight Words Practice Menus

These Sight Word Menus allow students to practice a word in 8 different ways. They are able to work on fine motor strength, letter formation and recognition, and sight word identification and spelling.  Each page has 4 different activities on it, so you can print front to back, or do 4 for a couple of days and the other 4 later in the week. Some teachers are having students cut the cards apart and keep them in an envelope to bring out during independent work time. There are many possibilities and it also happens to be NO PREP for you! ?

“Magic” Words

Give each kiddo a white piece of paper and ask them to fold it into a specified number of sections, usually 6, 8, or 10.  They will need to write a sight word in each section with a white crayon. Once they’ve written all of the words you want them to practice, they are going to color over the sections with markers.  The sight words are going to “magically” appear on the page. For the more adventurous teachers, you can also have them watercolor paint over the words to make them “appear”.

Sight Words Centers

We have a variety of Sight Word Centers that can be used during your literacy block to help students practice sight words. These are hands-on activities/games that engage students in sight word identification. My students love “Fishin’ For Sight Words”. ?

Paint a Word

This activity isn’t as messy as it sounds. LOL Fill a ziplock back with paint, leaving a little bit of air, and make sure to tape the top after sealing. (I prefer to use packing tape to seal the top. ?)  Then give your students a Q-tip,  eraser end of a pencil or their finger. They will write their sight word on the bag and watch it appear in the paint. This is a fun activity for those who want to finger paint, but not get messy. If you would rather skip the paint altogether, you can put sand, sugar, or salt in a tray and students can use the same tools to write sight words in as well.  Same concept, without the concern of a paint mess.

Sight Word Sentence Mats

Our Sight Word Sentence Mats come in both printable and digital format. The digital set even takes it a step further and has students match the word to the image, working on phonics skills as well.  Both formats are great for small group centers because they are no prep. The printable mats are literally Print and Done.

Hide-and-Seek Sight Words

Grab some small Dixie cups and write the sight words you want to practice on the outside. Using a small object; toy, snack, block, etc. place that object underneath one of the cups. (Make sure the student has their eyes closed and isn’t cheating.) The goal is for the student to find the hidden object, but in order to check under the cup, they have to read the sight word written on the outside. It’s a class favorite!

Sign Language Practice

Students LOVE signing their sight words to each other! This center activity comes with a variety of sight word mats that students can use to sign back and forth while they spell and read their sight words. And this is a center that your students could do in pairs while still maintaining social distancing. It is also available in digital format . ?

Caterpillar Words

I always think about garage sales when I see those multi-colored circular stickers. Well, I have found a new use for them besides price tags. ? Give your students a sheet or two and their list of sight words for the week. They will draw a face on one sticker and then spell the sight words one letter at a time to create the body of the caterpillar. Once they have written all of the letters, they stick them to a piece of paper to create the “caterpillar”. If you want to make it a little more difficult, you could record yourself saying the sight words and the students then have to spell them out without being able to see the word.

Sight Word Passages

We have listened to the needs of our teachers and created simple sight word passages with comprehension questions. Each passage contains a certain set of sight words, so students can practice reading them in isolation and then within the text. Each passage comes with simple comprehension questions (multiple-choice, fill in the blank, and short answer with a sentence starter). Even your low readers can work on the first few passages in this bundle, as the text is very repetitive.

Target Practice

My oldest son thinks that this activity is the coolest! He is an avid baseball player and I have gotten on him more than once about throwing a ball in the house. Well, I finally decided to take his “lack of following the rules” and turn it into an academic positive. Grab some paper plates and write sight words on them. Tape them to a wall or door (spread out a little if you can). Then give your kiddo a softball – I prefer a hacky sack or soft stress ball. Your child/student will read aloud one of the sight words on the plates and then try and hit that plate with the ball. So much fun and keeps them entertained for awhile.

Sight Word Foldable Books

For the youngest of readers, these sight word foldable books are perfect. Each book focuses on a specific sight word. With fun illustrations within the short story, students will be better able to read the text. There are also added activities, such as writing the word and drawing a picture that corresponds to a given sentence. Along with the books, are passages for students to practice the story without rebus images. This will help build their fluency as time goes on.

There are so many creative sight word activities out there. These are just a few of my favorites, along with some BRAND NEW and TRIED AND TRUE sight words resources from Education to the Core. If you have a sight word activity that your students love, please post a picture in the comments below. I am always looking for new ways to spice up my word work center. ?

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Daily Dolch Drills — Pre-Primer Weekly Homework

Updated:  07 Jun 2023

Practice weekly sight words to strengthen letter-sound recognition, spelling, and reading fluency with six weeks of sight word homework worksheets.

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Sight Word Homework Activities for Early Readers

Reading and writing skills start with letter-sound recognition . 

But after that…

Reading fluency is the result of a lot of repetition and memorization.    

Each weekly worksheet in this resource introduces a group of six words from the Dolch Pre-primer word list . Each weekly worksheet focuses on a specific group of words and includes a different daily activity.

Monday: students read, trace, and write sight words.

Tuesday: students read and complete a color by sight word activity.

Wednesday: students write the sight words in rainbow colors.

Thursday: students identify the correct spelling of the sight words when given a list of three different spelling options.

Students complete each weekly worksheet and demonstrate they can correctly read and spell grade-appropriate words.

Need to change a word? Customize these worksheets in Google Slides!

Scaffolding + Extension Tips 

In addition to individual student work time, use this set of 36 spelling worksheets for a:

• Reading center activity
• ELA lesson warm-up
• Fast Finisher activity
• Homework assignment
• Writing center activity

Students who need more of a challenge can practice spelling their words by writing sentences using the words.

Support struggling students by lowering the number of words included each week. 

Need to change a word? This resource is fully editable in Google Slides! 

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A sight word curriculum can build a solid foundation in essential early reading skills. Sight Word of the Week from The Crafty Classroom is a great option that provides hands-on activities and engaging lessons to learn sight words.

Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the review to enter for your chance to win the Sight Word of the Week bundle!

Do you have a beginning reader in your family? Or possibly a struggling reader? I know the feeling because it wasn’t so long ago that I felt like I tried everything to help my daughters to read. I didn’t want to push them or make reading a chore, but I wanted to provide a variety of resources to help shore them up when they wanted to practice.

Two of my daughters caught on to reading quickly, but another one struggled a bit more. When I found the reading resources at The Crafty Classroom , things really fell into place for her! She loved the printable activities, making her own books, and the fun illustrations.

Because of our great experience, I’ve been recommending The Crafty Classroom to all my friends for over two years now — and not just for reading. There are science , geography , math , art, Bible , and language arts learning activities as well.

{We’ve used the U.S.A. Geography Activity Notebook in our morning basket routine, which you can see here .}

Sight Word of the Week

The Crafty Classroom now has TWO levels of Sight Word of the Week in their line of reading resources. Preschool is a 40-week curriculum and Kindergarten is 52 weeks . (You can save $10 by buying the bundle of both.)

Here is the description of the Preschool level :

Sight Word of the Week covers 40 key sight words. Each week covers a single sight word with fun and engaging worksheets, activities, games and hands-on resources. Students put their knowledge to the test with a weekly sight word mini-book that will bridge the gap between emergent and early readers. Providing your students with a springboard to success with this ready to use program. The 40-week curriculum covers all 40 Dolch 220 Pre-Primer words and prints in the necessary order. Simply add the pages to a 3-ring binder and you are set! What’s Included? 40-Week Print & Go Program New Dolch 220 Pre-Primer Sight Word Each Week 8 Activities for each Sight Word (Monday-Thursday Schedule) ASL Sign Chart Playdough Mats Sight Word Search Fishing for Sight Words Sight Word Dab &Dot Touch & Read Sight Word Sentences Sight Word Spelling Worksheet Sight Word Cut & Paste Notebook Sight Word Bingo Mystery Monster Review Sight Word Sticker Charts Student Assessments BONUS: 40 Sight Word Early Readers 40 sight word mini-books following the Dolch 220 Pre-Primer word list. Stories include jokes, fairy tales, and lots of sillies! Perfect for bridging the gap between emergent and early readers. Each book features large print, easy to read font for emergent readers. Early readers will enjoy the extra practice reading the (sometimes silly) comments made by the characters in each story. These readers print on a single sheet of paper and are just the right size for little hands. Store early readers in your Sight Word Notebook Pocket for easy review each week. Weekly Early Reader: At the end of each week, students put their new reading skills into practice with their own early reader. Each booklet takes a single sheet of paper and is folded to make a 4-page early reader. To assemble fold in half horizontally, then fold again in half vertically so that the title page is on the cover of the booklet.  Students write their name on the cover page and color a star for each time they have read the book.  For extra practice encourage students to underline or color their word as they find it in the story. Review, Games & Assessments:   Mystery Monster Review Pages:   This curriculum includes 8 Mystery Monster Review Pages for use at weeks 5, 10, 15, 20, etc….  Each sheet includes 3-5 words for students to find and color on their chart.  When complete they will reveal a mystery monster.  These sheets are wonderful for providing students with a little extra practice. Sight Word Bingo: There are two different Bingo Games to be played at Week 20 and Week 40. There are three different bingo boards for each set. Ask children to write their words from weeks 1-20 on a sheet of paper then cut apart to make calling cards. Sight Word Sticker Chart: Available in full color or black and white, this sticker chart is a great incentive to hang on your classroom wall. Kids color in or place a sticker on each word they have mastered. Sight Word Student Assessment Charts: This assessment chart is a quick way to gauge where your child is at with their sight word memorization. Use stickers or write the date next to each word read. We recommend assessing children at regular intervals so you can adapt your studies as necessary. Children needing additional work can use their sight word notebook, word flashcards, and early readers for review.

Pretty thorough, right? This is an awesome tool to have when teaching your kids to read! There is even an example Weekly Overview on the website so you can get a closer look, along with sample pages.

What’s included in the Kindergarten Sight Word of the Week level?

Sight Word of the Week Primer covers 52 key sight words for Kindergarten. Each week covers a single sight word with fun and engaging worksheets, activities, games and hands-on resources. Children put their knowledge to the test with a weekly sight word mini-book that will bridge the gap between emergent and early readers. The 52-week curriculum covers all 52 Dolch 220 Primer words and prints in the necessary order.

The format is the same as the Preschool level, so this easily flows for both the child and the homeschool mom. It’s really print and go, with no/low prep for you to worry about. There are built-in reviews and assessments, too!

• 52-Week Print & Go Program
• New Dolch 220 Primer Sight Word Each Week
• ASL Sign Chart
• Sight Word Brick Build & Write Mat (Classic LEGO size)
• Spin, Read, & Build Pattern Block Mat (Basic Pattern Blocks)
• Sight Word Worksheet
• Gumball Grab: Sight Word Dab & Dot
• Cut & Paste Sight Word Sentences
• Touch & Read Sight Word Sentences
• Sight Word Notebook Activity Sheet
• Sight Word War (Battleship Game)
• DIY Sight Word WordSearch
• Sight Word Code Cracker
• Student Assessments

BONUS: 52 Sight Word Early Readers

52 Sight Word mini-books featuring Dolch 220 Primer words (Kindergarten). Each book focuses on a single sight word for children to practice as they read. Easier text is below, with extra practice speech bubbles coming from the characters. These sentences are tightly controlled for extra practice and mastery of these specific sight words.

Perfect for bridging the gap between emergent and early readers. Each book features large print, easy to read font for emergent readers. Early readers will enjoy the extra practice reading the (sometimes silly) comments made by the characters in each story.

ASL Chart:  Start each week by learning the ASL for your sight word. Read and recognize the word in sentences.  Make your work with letter magnets and practice the fingerspelling as shown on the chart.  Hang this chart in the classroom for review each morning.  For words where there is not an exact sign, fingerspelling is taught.

Sight Word Brick Pictures:   Children write their sight words alongside four review words. Each time they finish a row they cover the corresponding word with building bricks to complete the picture.

Spin, Read, & Build:  Children spin a pencil and paperclip spinner. They read the word, then place a block on that word in the picture. This continues until the picture is complete.  Students then practice reading their word three times.

Sight Word Worksheet:  Students trace, find, write, spell, search, spell, and solve the maze for their sight word. This is a great way to practice oral spelling by having students read the letters aloud as they go.

Sight Word Dab: This colorful page can be used in a variety of ways. Children can use bingo daubers to find and dab their sight word. Alternatively, children can color with crayons, use flat round marbles, coins, or even playdough to roll and smash their word.

Sight Word Sentences: Children cut and paste the picture words to match the correct sentence. Children then write the sentence on the line. For struggling writers, have children circle their sight word in the sentence and practice writing the sight word a few times on the lines.

Touch & Read:  Students place their fingers on the dots as they read their sight word and slowly build into reading a sentence.

Sight Word Notebook:   These activities are intended to be stored in a small notebook. This page includes a flashcard for weekly review, sight word snap cube card to make, and ASL letter tiles to spell the sight word.

Weekly Early Reader:

Again, this is done in the same format as the Preschool level so it all flows naturally.

Sight Word War:   This curriculum includes 8 Sight Word War Battle Boards!  Students write their sight words on their board (just like you might arrange your battleships) then take turns seeking & destroying their sight word ships.

Sight Word Code Cracker:   This set includes fun sight word flashcards for students to decode.  Each card features a variety of pictures, for which students must identify the beginning letters to spell out their sight word. These are great when laminated for reuse, or as flashcards for performing mentally for speed.

DIY Sight Word Word Search:  Students create their own word search to challenge a friend or family member.  Using the word back at the bottom of each page, students must arrange their words on the grid, then fill in the remaining blanks with random letters.

Sight Word Student Assessment Charts:  This assessment chart is a quick way to gauge where your student is at with their sight word memorization.  Use stickers or write the date next to each word read.  We recommend assessing students at regular intervals so you can adapt your studies as necessary.  Students needing additional work can use their sight word notebook, word flashcards, and early readers for review.

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10 Week-by-Week Sight Word Packets: An Easy System for Teaching 100 Important Sight Words to Set the Stage for Reading Success Paperback – July 1, 2010

• Print length 96 pages
• Language English
• Grade level Kindergarten - 2
• Dimensions 8.38 x 0.23 x 10.85 inches
• Publisher Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
• Publication date July 1, 2010
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching (July 1, 2010)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0545204585
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0545204583
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Sight Words

Learn the history behind Dolch and Fry sight words, and why they are important in developing fluent readers.

Follow the sight words teaching techniques. Learn research-validated and classroom-proven ways to introduce words, reinforce learning, and correct mistakes.

Flash Cards

Print your own sight words flash cards. Create a set of Dolch or Fry sight words flash cards, or use your own custom set of words.

Play sight words games. Make games that create fun opportunities for repetition and reinforcement of the lessons.

• What Are Sight Words?
• Types of Sight Words
• When to Start
• Scaling & Scaffolding
• Questions and Answers

1. Overview

Sight words instruction is an excellent supplement to phonics instruction. Phonics is a method for learning to read in general, while sight words instruction increases a child’s familiarity with the high frequency words he will encounter most often.

The best way to learn sight words is through lots and lots of repetition, in the form of flashcard exercises and word-focused games.

2. What Are Sight Words?

Sight words are words that should be memorized to help a child learn to read and write. Learning sight words allows a child to recognize these words at a glance — on sight — without needing to break the words down into their individual letters and is the way strong readers recognize most words. Knowing common, or high frequency, words by sight makes reading easier and faster, because the reader does not need to stop to try and sound out each individual word, letter by letter.

Sight Words are memorized so that a child can recognize commonly used or phonetically irregular words at a glance, without needing to go letter-by-letter.

Other terms used to describe sight words include: service words , instant words (because you should recognize them instantly), snap words (because you should know them in a snap), and high frequency words . You will also hear them referred to as Dolch words or Fry words , the two most commonly used sight words lists.

Sight words are the glue that holds sentences together.

These pages contain resources to teach sight words, including: sight words flash cards , lessons , and games . If you are new to sight words , start with the teaching strategies to get a road map for teaching the material, showing you how to sequence the lessons and activities.

3. Types of Sight Words

Sight words fall into two categories:

• Frequently Used Words — Words that occur commonly in the English language, such as it , can , and will . Memorizing these words makes reading much easier and smoother, because the child already recognizes most of the words and can concentrate their efforts on new words. For example, knowing just the Dolch Sight Words would enable you to read about 50% of a newspaper or 80% of a children’s book.
• Non-Phonetic Words — Words that cannot be decoded phonetically, such as buy , talk , or come . Memorizing these words with unnatural spellings and pronunciations teaches not only these words but also helps the reader recognize similar words, such as guy , walk , or some .

There are several lists of sight words that are in common use, such as Dolch, Fry, Top 150, and Core Curriculum. There is a great deal of overlap among the lists, but the Dolch sight word list is the most popular and widely used.

3.1 Dolch Sight Words

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. The Dolch sight 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 the Dolch words, it makes reading much easier, because the child can then focus his or her attention on the remaining words.

3.2 Fry Sight Words

The Fry Sight Words list is a more modern list of words, and was extended to capture the most common 1,000 words. Dr. Edward Fry developed this expanded list in the 1950s (and updated it in 1980), based on the most common words to appear in reading materials used in Grades 3-9. Learning all 1,000 words in the Fry sight word list would equip a child to read about 90% of the words in a typical book, newspaper, or website.

3.3 Top 150 Written Words

The Top 150 Written Words is the newest of the word lists featured on our site, and is commonly used by people who are learning to read English as a non-native language. This list consists of the 150 words that occur most frequently in printed English, according to the Word Frequency Book . This list is recommended by Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., Professor of Learning Development at Yale University’s School of Medicine.

3.4 Other Sight Words Lists

There are many newer variations, such as the Common Core sight words, that tweak the Dolch and Fry sight words lists to find the combination of words that is the most beneficial for reading development. Many teachers take existing sight word lists and customize them, adding words from their own classroom lessons.

4. When to Start Teaching Sight Words

Before a child starts learning sight words, it is important that he/she be able to recognize and name all the lower-case letters of the alphabet. When prompted with a letter, the child should be able to name the letter quickly and confidently. Note that, different from learning phonics, the child does not need to know the letters’ sounds.

Before starting sight words, a child needs to be able to recognize and name all the lower-case letters of the alphabet.

If a student’s knowledge of letter names is still shaky, it is important to spend time practicing this skill before jumping into sight words. Having a solid foundation in the ability to instantly recognize and name the alphabet letters will make teaching sight words easier and more meaningful for the child.

Go to our Lessons for proven strategies on how to teach and practice sight words with your child.

5. Scaling & Scaffolding

Every child is unique and will learn sight words at a different rate. A teacher may have a wide range of skill levels in the same classroom. Many of our sight words games can be adjusted to suit different skill levels.

• Confidence Builders suggest ways to simplify a sight words game for a struggling student.
• Extensions offer tips for a child who loves playing a particular game but needs to be challenged more.
• Variations suggest ways to change up the game a little, by tailoring it to a child’s special interests or making it “portable.”
• Small Group Adaptations offer ideas for scaling up from an individual child to a small group (2-5 children), ensuring that every child is engaged and learning.

6. Research

Our sight words teaching techniques are based not only on classroom experience but also on the latest in child literacy research. Here is a bibliography of some of the research supporting our approach to sight words instruction :

• Ceprano, M. A. “A review of selected research on methods of teaching sight words.” The Reading Teacher 35:3 (1981): 314-322.
• Ehri, Linnea C. “Grapheme–Phoneme Knowledge Is Essential for Learning to Read Words in English.” Word Recognition in Beginning Literacy . Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
• Enfield, Mary Lee, and Victoria Greene. Project Read. www.projectread.com . 1969.
• Gillingham, Anna, and Bessie W. Stillman. The Gillingham Manual: Remedial Training for Students with Specific Disability in Reading, Spelling, and Penmanship, 8th edition . Cambridge, MA: Educators Publishing Service, 2014.
• Nist, Lindsay, and Laurice M. Joseph. “Effectiveness and Efficiency of Flashcard Drill Instructional Methods on Urban First-Graders’ Word Recognition, Acquisition, Maintenance, and Generalization.” School Psychology Review 37:3 (Fall 2008): 294-308.
• Shaywitz, Sally E. Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
• Stoner, J.C. “Teaching at-risk students to read using specialized techniques in the regular classroom.” Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal 3 (1991).
• Wilson, Barbara A. “The Wilson Reading Method.” Learning Disabilities Journal 8:1 (February 1998): 12-13.
• Wilson, Barbara A. Wilson Reading System . Millbury, MA: Wilson Language Training, 1988.

25 Responses to “Sight Words”

Thank you for great information!

Thank you for seeking answers to reading problems some people have.

Thank you for sending the link to my mom for this website, i can’t wait to explore it more and introduce it to my kids!!

Salex Dihan

Do you break up the sight words to make it easy?

ADMIN – Hi Salex,

Yes, you will only work on a couple of new Sight Words at a time. The youngest children can only handle 2-3 new words at a time. Third graders can handle introducing 5 to 10 new words at a time.

Isn’t teaching sight words the same thing as teaching with the thoroughly discredited whole-word reading method?

ADMIN – Hi Julia,

We get strong readers teaching Sight Words in conjunction with Phonics.

If you teach only phonics, where a child is sounding out words as their only approach, you run into two problems. First, some words are phonetically irregular (such as ‘little’), and can’t be sounded out. Second, sounding out even common words (such as ‘the’), makes reading slow.

If you are teaching only Sight Words, there are also problems. First, if you come across an unfamiliar word, you won’t have many strategies to figure out the word. Second, when you start writing, spelling is going to be harder for you.

Gerry Martin

Thank you SO much for all of this information about sight words and related reading concepts. I will relay this info to friends with children with special needs.

Jose Hernandez, Sr

After retiring from the USAF as an Education and Training officer and began a second career as a teacher. I was amazed at the number of children in middle and high school grades who lacked reading skills. My retirement from teaching coincided with daughter’s assignment to a near by military base and my grandson’s preK eligibility. In our rural area the trip to school was a major concern therefore we decided that I would home-school my four year old grandson instead. From various sources I compiled and printed 393 sight words on 3 by 5 index cards for first to third grade students. Now at age 5 and a half and in kindergarten he can read third grade sight words and he is learning phonics at school. Our sessions are very short (20 minutes) and simple. He has 15 seconds to read a randomly selected index card. A correctly read word earns a check mark and if he can use it in a sentence he earns a plus sign too. I have four stacks of cards as follows: 1) Main stack, 2) one checkmark, 3) two checkmarks, 3)Mastered (Three checkmarks). It works. At school his teacher has him read to the other students to help motivate them.

Anita Holaday

In looking over your material here on the internet I see no classroom checklist for all students in the class so the teacher can at a glance tell what words most of her students do not know. This is very important when using a direct instruction mode of teaching reading.

ADMIN – Hi Anita,

Thanks for the suggestion! The feedback we receive from our users helps us decide what features to add to the site.

Thank you for the great information on sight words. I am homeschooling my 4 year old son with ADHD and autism for preschool. I will be teaching him sight words over the summer to get him prepared for kindergarten.

Thank You! Your site is wonderful. Everything I need is right here, easy to find. I can’t wait to start using your tools to teach my DD.

Thanks … It is the best website talk about that topic … It is really helpful 🙂

Tonya Mercer

Last year there was a pre-test on here to see what sight words they were missing. Where can I find that again. This site is wonderful.

ADMIN – Hi Tonya,

Thanks! Our site has never had a pre-test for sight words, but I recommend that you quiz your child with flash cards for the words you think they should know. You can use our card generator to create flash cards from a custom word list. Set aside any words the child stumbles on, and give those words further review using our five teaching techniques .

Terri Hecht

My 5yo grandson has a lot of signs of dyslexia. He is starting kindergarten and does not recognize all his letters or numbers. We have worked a lot with him. This looks like it could help. Are there pictures for words like my , an , etc?

ADMIN – Hi Teri,

Our Phonemic Awareness curriculum is a great place to start with your grandson. I recommend that you start with the Compound Words module , and then work through the Syllables activities until he is firm in his understanding of the concepts. Here are a few other suggestions for you to pursue: 1. If your grandson’s school has a speech/language pathologist (SLP), set up a meeting. If the SLP knows the Fast ForWord program , that may help your grandson. 2. Consider using Teach your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons at home daily. 3. Read Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz. It will give you some good information and strategies. 4. Buy a set of sandpaper alphabet letters . Have him use his first two fingers of his dominant hand to trace and repeat the names of the letters. Start with letters that look the same in both upper and lower case form (Cc, Ss, etc.). Then have him close his eyes (or use a blindfold) and move his two fingers to trace over the letter and see if he can name it. If he can’t, give him a choice of two, then three, then four to choose from. When he is firm with naming the letters when tracing them, use the same letters without a blindfold, mix them with other letters, point to one he’s traced, and have him name it. Once he’s learned the similar-looking upper-case and lower-case letters, add the dissimilar ones (Hh, Gg, etc.). 5. There are no visuals for words like my or an except in sign language. They are high frequency words that can be learned using our sight words teaching techniques after he has learned the names of all the lower-case alphabet letters. 6. Send his school a written communication requesting an evaluation to determine if a learning ability is evident. Date it and keep a copy! The request probably won’t be acted upon for a while, but it will put them on notice that you are concerned and why. This will strengthen your case if he continues to have problems that aren’t addressed. 7. If there is a tutor trained in Orton-Gillingham methodology in your area, look into hiring that person to help your grandson.

Melinda Buie

Can you recommend some research articles that look specifically at air writing and its benefits?

ADMIN – Hi Melinda,

Try this: http://www.resourceroom.net/readspell/2002_automaticity.html

First time to bump into this incredible resourceful website. I am simply loving all the helpful and guided links and instructions.

Josephine Francis

Would like to have a set of simple reading sentences for a 5 year old child

Thanks so much. I was able to train my teachers on using and teaching sight words with your materials and guide. I’m grateful. You guys are doing a great job here!!!!

Thank you for this information, I combined these lists to fit the needs of my ESL students here in Asia. We learn 5 words a week in my kindergarten class and I am so proud of them all and their current reading skills. They all passed their reading test for entering 1st grade.

Thank you…… It is really helpful.

I am a retired first grade teacher, reading specialist, principal and always educator. I now write a column for parents to know HOW to help their children learn called SUPPORTING SUPER STUDENTS (www.supportingsuperstudents.org). Since I am writing once again about helping children learn to read, I recommended your website as a resource for parents determined to help their children learn to read–whether educated publicly, privately or at home. It is one of the best for beginning readers. Thank you and I hope I have your permission for this recommendation.

Do you have any tips for teaching the alphabet? I homeschool and am trying to figure out where to start with my 4 and 5 year olds. If we start with the phoneme curriculum, should we be teaching letter recognition at the same time? Or is that part of the phoneme curriculum?

Thank you. It is really helpful to have the sight words games, flash cards, and lessons!

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Sight words: An evidence-based literacy strategy

By Cheryl Lyon, MAT

Expert reviewed by Allison Posey, MEd, CAST, Inc.

What you’ll learn

Watch: sound-letter mapping for sight words, read: how to use this three-part strategy, understand: why this sight words strategy works, connect: link school to home, research behind this strategy.

Sight words are words that students are expected to recognize instantly. With the right support, students can become so familiar with these words that they no longer need to pause and try to decode them. Some sight words are regularly spelled words, and some are spelled irregularly .

You may hear other educators use the term high-frequency words . These are words that appear very often in what students read. It’s especially important for these frequently used words to become sight words. Students can read with better fluency when they recognize these words right away.

By explicitly teaching sight words, you can help cement the words into students’ memories. Use this three-part strategy, which starts with sound-letter mapping, then moves to a flashcard activity, and ends with other ways to keep reinforcing the sight words with repeated exposure.

Watch this video from Literacy How of a teacher using sound-letter mapping to teach her students the high-frequency word lit . 

Objective:  Students will increase the number of sight words they can recognize instantly without decoding. 

Grade levels (with standards): 

K (Common Core Literacy RF.K.2: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words; RF.K.3.C: Read common high-frequency words by sight)

1 (Common Core Literacy RF.1.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words; RF.1.3.G: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words)

2–5 (Common Core Literacy RF.2.3, RF.3.3, RF.4.3.A, and RF.5.3.A: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words)

Best used for instruction with:

Whole class

Small groups

Individuals

How to prepare: 

Choose words to teach. Assess how well your students recognize sight words using a simple pre-test. For example, you can have students read grade-level words from Dolch or Fry word lists . Then, make a list of the 25 words your students missed most often. Divide the list into groups of five words to teach each day. (You can adjust the number of words based on your students’ needs.)

Plan daily practice. Allow about 10 minutes each day for direct instruction and practice with sight words.

Prepare materials. On the board, draw sound boxes (a long rectangle divided into two, three, or four squares, depending on the number of sounds in the words you plan to teach). Give students a matching handout of the sound boxes, such as this printable of Elkonin sound boxes .

How to teach: 

1. Start with sound-letter mapping. This practice helps students connect the sounds and letters in words together. 

Choose one of the five words you want to teach. Tell the students they’ll be spelling the word. (Example: with. ) Invite them to repeat the word. Then ask, “How many sounds do you hear in with ?” Hold up one finger per sound as your students say the sounds: /w/ /i/ /th/. Say the sounds with the students to help them identify individual sounds.

On the board, write in the sound boxes the letter or letters that correspond to each sound — one sound per box. Then read the word together. 

Students can write the letters on their handout. Or you can give your students small manipulatives (like coins or bingo chips). Have students move one manipulative into a box for each sound. Then, when it’s time to write the corresponding letter or letters in each box, students can move the manipulatives out of the way to write the letter(s).

Repeat the sound-letter mapping with each of the five sight words.

2. Practice the words with one of the flashcard activities below. Both involve waiting a set amount of time between showing a card and asking students to say the word(s) on the card.

Constant time delay: Use this flashcard activity to give your students repeated exposure to their five words. Write one word on each card.

In round one, show and read the words one at a time to students. Wait three seconds to give students time to look at each word’s letters and patterns. Then ask them to repeat the word. 

In round two, shuffle the cards and show one card at a time. Wait three seconds and then ask students to read the word. If students read the word incorrectly or aren’t able to read it, point out a memorable feature. For example, “Notice the -ed at the end of used .” Wait three seconds and ask students to try the word again. Go through the stack of cards until students correctly identify each word at least twice.

Constant time delay for words with unusual spellings: Use this activity for word sets (or “word families”) that share a pattern but that don’t have typical letter-sound combinations (like could , should , and would) . You can use a resource like Phinder to look for words based on letter patterns.

Write all the words from a word set in a vertical column on a card. Show students the card and ask them to identify how each word ends. After students respond correctly, point to and say each word on the card. Wait three seconds and then ask students to say the words. 

If you’re practicing words from different word sets, be sure to write the different sets on different cards. Shuffle the cards and have students read through each word set.

Teaching tip: If you’re introducing these sight word activities for the first time, make sure to explicitly teach the activity and offer guided practice. If students are familiar with an activity, provide a quick model.

3. Continue to reinforce the sight words with repeated exposure, no matter which activity you choose. You can do this by reading texts — from books to posters to comics — that contain the sight words. You can also use word walls or word banks to help students keep track of the words they’ve learned. Once you notice that students can consistently recognize the words by sight, add them to your regular word games and activities. 

When you use this strategy, you’re teaching a skill called orthographic mapping. It’s a process we use to store printed words in our long-term memory. Orthographic mapping is essential for learning sight words.

Here’s what happens when we use orthographic mapping: When we see a word, we break it apart by the sounds we hear in the word (phonemes) and the letter and letter patterns (graphemes) that correspond to those sounds. This process fixes the word into our long-term memory. Eventually, we recognize the word immediately when we see it. We still see all the letters, but we know the word so well that we don’t have to sound it out. 

Research shows that most readers need between one and four exposures to a word to commit it to long-term memory. Struggling readers need even more exposure to new words because orthographic mapping can be hard. Repeated practice with sight words gives students the exposure they need to build their sight word vocabulary.

Teaching tip: For English language learners, including a word’s meaning during instruction can help with reading and language development. Try using hand gestures as you teach word meanings.

Share this article with families to help them understand what sight words are and why they’re important. You can also send home this list of 12 ways for families to help kids practice sight words at home.

“Word boxes improve phonemic awareness, letter-sound correspondences, and spelling skills of at-risk kindergartners,” from  Remedial and Special Education

“Teaching sight words as a part of comprehensive reading instruction,” from the Iowa Reading Research Center

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These sight word worksheets make great practice work for preschool, kindergarten, first grade in a classroom or homeschool. In addition, these sight word worksheets are perfect for morning work, literacy centers, independent seat work, guided activities and homework!

When teaching children to read it is so important to teach the sight words. Many books that children read use only sight words OR, up to 80% of the words the children read are sight words. If children can read these words fluently, they would be confident, eager readers.

It is one of my goals to help children learn the sight words in a fun, engaging way. Children can create mini-books, or do cut and paste activities. OR, on of my favorite activities for teaching the sight words are color by letter/color by sight word worksheets!

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Jawaher Korichi, 17, from Columbus, Ohio, responded to an article headlined “ Official Death Toll From Hajj Pilgrimage Climbs Into the Hundreds .” She wrote:

As a Muslim, those words pierce my soul, but as a Saharan, I’m not surprised. People don’t appreciate how deadly the desert is. I humbled myself, however, after reading that those hundreds struck down by the heat during Hajj season did not lack knowledge, but funds. My paternal family never has to worry about affording any religious journey, let alone dying during it. They are comfortable and can stroll between the sacred mountains of Safa and Marwa. They could book a hotel instead of staying in a flimsy tent or lodging area, although the former lacks the modest charm associated with pilgrimage in the first place. Afterward, they can pick up gifts while exiting Saudi. I once received a glimmering blue dress. My maternal family is different. My mother’s aunt on her first-ever Umrah; a smaller, more accessible religious journey. Facetiming us late one night, she smiled wearily showing us where she slept, an overcrowded room with yellowed walls. My mother warned of the heat; like most pilgrims pictured here, she is more than elderly. It is unlikely she will bring back anything besides her sanctification. I’m going to Umrah this December. I’m grateful to do so. I’m also grateful for these authors revealing why so many die during Hajj. They bring to light how these people aren’t ignorant, but victims of price-gouging and predatory tourism companies taking advantage of pious people. People like my mother’s aunt.

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With lithium prices languishing near three-year lows and showing no signs a recovery is coming, attention is now turning to whether miners will be forced to rein in supply of the battery metal.

The price of the material that’s vital to the energy transition has plunged by around 80% since late 2022, and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence sees the current glut deepening through 2027. While some smaller producers have already cut output, the question now is whether the bigger firms will choose to shutter mines and delay projects from Australia to Chile.

Clearer indications of the intentions of some top miners may be revealed in the coming weeks with the release of quarterly production reports or earnings. The insights from Pilbara Minerals, Mineral Resources, Albemarle and Arcadium Lithium may provide clues on what the supply response might look like.

A prolonged period of low lithium prices could “trigger a renewed wave of mine supply cuts and project delays,” said Alice Yu , the lead metals and mining research analyst at S&P Global Commodity Insights. Prices for spodumene, a lithium-bearing raw material, dropped last week closer to the level when mining output cuts previously occurred between mid-January and end-February, according to data from Platts.

Lithium remains in the doldrums due to slowing growth in electric-vehicle adoption and increased supply. Spot prices of lithium carbonate in China have been hovering near the lowest since March 2021.

The market is expected to see a growth in supply of 32% in 2025, outpacing demand expansion of 23%, according to Benchmark Mineral. The surplus is set to peak in 2027 before a deficit returns at end of the decade, the consultancy said.

Some smaller players have already reacted to the prolonged price slump. Australia’s Core Lithium said this month it would halt operations at its Finniss project. In China, two of Zhicun Lithium Group Co.’s carbonate units will be put into maintenance from this month.

The weaker demand-growth outlook for EVs has continued to put downward pressure on lithium, with China’s market maturing while European and American consumers delay purchases.

The EV tariffs imposed by the EU and US against China products “have not only weighed on sentiment but have led to a drop in real-world lithium hydroxide demand,” said Claudia Cook , an analyst at Benchmark Mineral.

Chinese industry giants Ganfeng Lithium Group and Tianqi Lithium both swung to preliminary net losses in the first half. While major miners such as Pilbara Minerals are still aiming to expand output, there’s growing pressure on other miners to curtail production.

“We’ve downgraded supply forecasts for Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Australia due to diminished profit margins,” said Linda Zhang , the battery materials lead for Asia Pacific at CRU Group.

Some producers are clinging on despite having little to no profit margin, Benchmark Mineral’s Cook added, citing reasons including maintaining a skilled workforce, avoiding restarting-production costs, and preserving relationships with their buyers.

The stronger focus on supply comes as hopes fade for a significant demand rebound this year, with the supply chain still working through inventories and carmakers rethinking their EV strategies. BloombergNEF last month slashed its EV sales estimates and warned that the auto industry is falling further off the track toward decarbonisation.

The question now is how long lithium companies will be able to maintain output should prices remain stagnant, or even fall further.

Curtailments and project deferments are expected to “peak next year,” and that could tighten the market balance in the medium term, CRU’s Zhang said.

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BETHEL PARK, Pa. — Federal investigators have determined that the rifle used in an assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump on Saturday was legally purchased by the gunman’s father in 2013, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

The 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks , bought 50 rounds of ammunition at a gun store the morning of the shooting, according to this person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share information that has not been publicly released.

The FBI said Monday that agents have accessed the data on the cellphone belonging to Crooks, and technical experts “continue to analyze his electronic devices,” the agency said in a statement.

Officials are trying to determine why Crooks opened fire at the rally for Trump in Butler, Pa., leaving the former president wounded, one rallygoer dead and two others critically injured. Even with access to the gunman’s family and friends, his phone and the phones of some of the people he communicated with, investigators have found little information pointing to a motive, according to people familiar with the probe who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

FBI officials have said they do not have meaningful evidence of an ideology driving Crooks to commit the act. He appeared to act alone, they said. Officials cautioned that the investigation was in an early stage and that their understanding could change with more evidence.

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President Biden and Vice President Harris were briefed Monday in the Situation Room by senior law enforcement and security officials, including FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle also participated. The agency faces questions over how Crooks managed to get on the roof of a building outside the rally’s security perimeter and open fire. Video taken just before the attack appears to show some spectators trying to alert police to the shooter’s presence.

FBI special agent in charge Kevin Rojek said Crooks used an AR-style rifle chambered in 5.56mm, a common caliber for such weapons. Authorities said the weapon was identified and traced using records from a gun dealership that is no longer operating.

On the morning of the shooting, Crooks bought 50 rounds of ammunition at a local gun store called Allegheny Arms, according to the person familiar with the investigation. The store owner and employees declined to comment when visited by a reporter from The Washington Post on Monday morning. They offered a statement that said they have a “prerogative to cooperate with law enforcement in every way.”

“We are thankful that President Trump was not assassinated and our hearts and prayers go out to all victims of this horrible incident,” the statement said.

Crooks lived with his parents in Bethel Park, a quiet suburb of Pittsburgh that is about 50 miles south of where Saturday’s rally took place. He worked at a nursing home and graduated in May with an associate’s degree in engineering science from the Community College of Allegheny County in western Pennsylvania, according to a college spokesperson.

“Like all Americans, we are shocked and saddened by the horrific turn of events that took place,” the community college said in a statement. It expressed relief that Trump is safe and offered condolences to the family of Corey Comperatore , the 50-year-old engineer, firefighter and father of two who was killed.

Crooks planned to enroll at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh this fall, according to a university spokesperson.

At the community college, Crooks was a part of a proof-based mathematics book club that met weekly, according to a former classmate who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect his privacy. While Crooks was interested in math, the classmate said, he took more of a liking to physics.

The classmate said Crooks was a reserved person, rarely talking about politics at school and politically leaning more moderate to central right. When the classmate heard Crooks was identified as the gunman, he texted Crooks saying he was sorry someone was trying to impersonate him. He didn’t receive a text back. Then, his classmate saw the photo of Crooks fatally shot on the roof of a building.

“If I had to speculate, I would assume this was a suicide-by-cop,” said the classmate, who considered Crooks a friend. “Tom was a good guy, I assumed he was going to live a good life. I don’t know what drove him to do this. I worry about our democracy, his family, the Crooks. I feel awful for the firefighter’s family.”

In Crooks’s hometown of Bethel Park, residents on Monday had grown weary of the journalists who had descended on their community in search of answers about the would-be assassin.

The American flag outside of the Sheetz convenience store billowed at half-staff. And next to a shuttered heating and cooling company, someone planted a sign that said, “TRUMP LIVES!” Beside it was a picture of the former president, ear bloody and fist raised.

Some store owners preprinted statements to hand to visiting reporters. At the library, someone had cut out Crooks’s picture from a high school yearbook. Residents largely declined to talk about Crooks but defended Bethel Park as home to kindhearted and community-oriented people, despite the gunshots that had landed their hometown at the center of American history.

Police and volunteer firefighters blocked off access to the gunman’s neighborhood on Sunday, but the area was reopened to the public Monday. Crooks lived in a small, one-story brick home with his parents, Matthew and Mary, who have so far declined to publicly comment on the attack.

The Crookses have owned their 1,000-square-foot ranch-style home since 1998, the same year they married and five years before their son Thomas was born.

Matthew and Mary Crooks have both been licensed counselors for over two decades, Pennsylvania state records show, a certification that requires a master’s degree or higher. A LinkedIn profile lists Matthew Crooks’s employer as a company that provides mental health care, but the company did not respond to requests for comment. Matthew Crooks also owns a business called C&F Professional Disability Services based out of his mother-in-law’s Pittsburgh home, records show. The company has a minimal online footprint.

Up and down the block where the Crookses lived, many neighbors did not open their doors, or they declined to comment.

Liam Campbell, who lives across the street, said he and his family were rustled out of bed around midnight Saturday by police who were evacuating the neighborhood for fear that there might be an explosive device inside Crooks’s house.

“They said there was a device in a neighboring household that needed to be removed and that just we need to get everyone out of the house out and stay somewhere,” said Campbell, 17, adding that he was not allowed to return home until 10 p.m. Sunday.

During Campbell’s freshman year of high school, he and Crooks rode the school bus together. But, Campbell said, Crooks “kept to himself” and didn’t seem to interact with many people at school or in the neighborhood.

“He would just walk around the neighborhood by himself,” Campbell said. “He was a quiet kid, and he was kind of strange. He sat by himself. Didn’t talk to anyone. … But he just seemed like a normal person who just didn’t like talking to people.”

The gunman was a member of the Clairton Sportsmen’s Club, a shooting club in Clairton, Pa., a club lawyer confirmed Monday.

The club “fully admonishes the senseless act of violence that occurred on Saturday,” Robert S. Bootay III said. He added that the club “offers its sincerest condolences to the Comperatore family and extends prayers to all of those injured, including the former president.”

Barrett and Hilton reported from Washington. Bailey reported from Atlanta. Shawn Boburg, Alice Crites, Monika Mathur, Razzan Nakhlawi, María Luisa Paúl, Aaron Schaffer, Perry Stein and Matt Viser in Washington contributed to this report.

The shooter: The FBI named Thomas Matthew Crooks , who is now dead, as the gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump at a rally . The 20-year-old Pennsylvania man had searched online for information about Trump and President Biden and had photos of both men saved on his phone, according to lawmakers and others briefed on the investigation.

Victims: The man killed at the rally was Corey Comperatore , a married father of two daughters who Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said died trying to protect his family. The two rally attendees who were critically injured were identified as David Dutch and James Copenhaver.

Layout of shooting site: The Washington Post built a 3D model of the site of the attempted assassination at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania based on more than 40 videos and photos. The Post’s analysis found that two Secret Service countersniper teams may not have been able to see the shooter at first.

Secret Service: Growing evidence that law enforcement were made aware of the shooter before he opened fire has put the Secret Service under pressure to explain what analysts have described as a major security failure .

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