WORD FAMILIES AND SIDE WORDS

AGES
4–8
No I Kno My
K–2

WORD FAMILIES

& SIGHT WORDS

• T eaches Early Reading Skills
• Engages & Motivates Young Learners
• S upports Curriculum Standards



No I Kno My

WORD FAMILIES
& SIGHT WORDS

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Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Helpful Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
A Close-Up Look at the Activity Pages. . . . . . . 9
Word Family Reference List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dolch Basic Sight Word Vocabulary List. . . . . 14
Connections to the Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Word Families Activity Skill Activity Skill
17–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -est 33–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -og
Short Vowels 19–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -et 35–36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -op
21–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ick 37–38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ot
Activity Skill 23–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ig 39–40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -uck
1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ag 25–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -in 41–42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ug
3–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -am 27–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ing 43–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ump
5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -an 29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -it 45–46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -unk
7–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ap 31–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ock
9–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -at
11–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ed
13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ell
15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -en

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Long Vowels Other Long Vowel Variant Vowels
With Silent e Phonograms
Activity Skill
Activity Skill Activity Skill 85–86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -all
47–48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ake 65–66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ail 87–88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -aw
49–50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ale 67–68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ain 89–90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ook
51–52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ame 69–70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ay 91–92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ool
53–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ice 71–72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -eat 93–94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -oot
55–56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ide 73–74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ee
57–58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ine 75–76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -eel Diphthongs and
59–60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ole 77–78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -eet r-Controlled Vowels
61–62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -one 79–80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ight
63–64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ose 81–82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -oat Activity Skill
83–84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ow 95–96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -oil
97–98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -own
99–100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . -ar
101–102. . . . . . . . . . . . . -ore
103–104. . . . . . . . . . . . . -orn

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Sight Words Activity Skill Activity Skill
23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . found 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . little
Activity Skill 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . look
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . all 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . funny 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . make
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . am 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gave 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . many
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . get 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . my
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . are 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . go 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . new
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . as 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . goes 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ask 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . good 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ate 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . had 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . now
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . away 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . have 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . he 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . off
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . big 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . help 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . on
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . blue 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . her 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . our
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . here 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . out
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . him 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . came 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . his 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . play
15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . come 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . how 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . please
16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . did 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . into 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pretty
17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . put
18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . does 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jump 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . read
19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . down 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . just 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . red
20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . eat 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . like 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ride
21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . find
22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for

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Activity Skill Activity Skill
67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . right 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was
68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . run 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . well
69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . said 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . went
70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . saw 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . were
71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . say 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . what
72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . when
73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . she 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . where
74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . so 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . who
75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . some 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . will
76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . soon 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with
77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . would
78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yellow
79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . their 102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yes
80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . them 103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you
81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . then 104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . your
82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . there
83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . they
84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . this
85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . too
86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . under
87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . us
88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . very
89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . want

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Introduction

Welcome to Now I Know My Word Families & On the next page, you’ll find suggestions for
Sight Words! This big collection of activity pages introducing the activity pages to your child along
will give your child plenty of opportunities to with tips for making the experience go smoothly.
practice and master more than 50 different word Pages 9–11 provide a close-up look at the various
families and 100 key sight words—building blocks activity formats, and for your reference, page 15
that help lay the foundation for reading success. details how the practice pages will help your
Best of all, your child will experience the joy of child meet key early reading and language
learning while developing the skills that will curriculum standards.
help him or her excel in school and become a
lifelong learner. We hope you enjoy doing the activities in this book
with your child. Your involvement will help make
Research shows that independent practice helps this a valuable educational experience and will
children gain mastery of essential skills. Each support and enhance your child’s learning!
double-sided activity page targets specific skills and
words for your child to practice. The consistent For background information about
format will help your child work independently and word families and sight words
with confidence. Other important features include: and their importance in learning
to read, see pages 10 and 11.
✤✤ easy-to-follow directions to help build vocabulary
and early reading comprehension skills

✤✤ tracing, drawing, and writing exercises to develop
and strengthen your child’s fine-motor skills

✤✤ appealing artwork that engages and motivates
your child to learn

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Getting Started Word Family Reference ListttUhasergebetuthbwisbollerisd”tfeaaxsmearilcyries(fepesrri.enntecde
ifnorbiodledn) taifnydinfgorpcichteucreksintghaytoruerpcrheislden’st rweosrpdosnbseeslotnogtihneg to the
Each activity consists of a double-sided page that “fill in
offers practice with a specific word family or sight
word. Introduce the activity to your child by going Activity
over the directions and walking through its features.
See pages 9–11 for more information. 1–2 1b.asga, dfla2g.,tatapg3, .wflaagp; Activity

Helpful Tips 19–20 jet, net, vet, wet; Activity
1. sat 2. got 3. pat
✤✤ For ease of use, simply choose the word family 3–4 1h.arman, ja2m. y,arwamn ,3y. ahmum; 37–38 cot, hot, knot, pot;
or sight word you would like your child to 1. hat 2. pet 3. goat
work on (you’ll find detailed information on the brick, chick, kick, stick;
Contents pages), locate the corresponding page 21–22 1. pig 2. chin 3. tock 39–40 1b.upcak,ckdu2c.kt,icsktu3c.kb,atrcukck;
in the book, and gently tear out the page along
the perforated edges. 5–6 1c.arnu,nfa2n.,hpaamn,3v.amn;en 23–24 1d.igk,icpkig2,.twgeigt,3w. iwg;ick 41–42 1b.udgo, gm2u.gr,epdlu3g.,jorugg;

✤✤ The only materials needed for the activities are 7–8 cap, map, snap, trap; bin, chin, fin, pin;
crayons or colored pencils. 1. mad 2. sad 3. cab 1. fine 2. find 3. pine
25–26 43–44 1d.udmrupm, ju2m. pd,opwunm3p.,josbtump;
✤✤ Let your child complete each page at his or her
own pace. 9–10 bat, cat, hat, mat; 27–28 king, ring, swing, wing; 45–46 1b.udnakr,kju2n.kh,osnkkun3k.,stpruanrkk;
1. man 2. ten 3. sit 1. pink 2. stick 3. win
✤✤ Review the answers together and encourage your
child to share the thinking behind his or her 11–12 1b.ebda, dsh2e.dw, eseledd3, .wleadd; 29–30 hit, knit, pit, sit; 47–48 cake, lake, rake, snake;
responses. (You can use the reference lists on 1. fin 2. kid 3. bite 1. talk 2. snack 3. back
pages 12 and 13 for checking your child’s work.) 13–14 1b.epll,usllh2e.lls,psiplle3l.l,fwalel ll;
31–32 1b.loscoka,kcl2o.clko,olkoc3k.,flsooactk; 49–50 1b.apleo,lesa2le. ,wshcoalele,3w. thaallle;
✤✤ Support your child’s efforts and offer help 15–16 hen, men, pen, ten;
when needed. 1. hand 2. tan 3. pin 33–34 1d.olgo,cfkro2g.,bjoagg,3lo. gp;ig
51–52 1fl.acmoem, efra2m. teim, gea3m. efa,nsame;
✤✤ Display your child’s work and share his or her 17–18 chest, nest, vest, west; 35–36 1h.oppo, dm2o.ph, ostto3p.,mtoapp;
progress with family and friends! 1. mast 2. bust 3. rent
53–54 dice, ice, mice,
1. slide 2. mine price;
3. right

Word Family Reference List continued
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Activity stool;

Activity pool, school, spool,
1. foul 2. tall 3. doll
Activity b1r.idnein,ehi2d.ed, irviede3,.stliimdee; bee, tee, three, tree; 91–92
55–56 73–74 1. week 2. feed 3. need
toot;
vine; 75–76 e1e. lf,ehlle2e.l,repaedel3, .wbheellel; 93–94 b1o. osth,ohto2o.t,hrooto3t., toad
tie
57– 58 line, nine, spine, 77–78 b1e. esth,efeeept,2m. beeeat,ns3tr.eteret;e boil, coil, oil, soil;
1. dime 2. pin 3. 95–96 1. call 2. tail 3. all

59–60 h1o. lwe,amll 2o.les,taploele3,. tadpole; light, night, right; 97–98 c1l.oywanw, ncr2o.wonu,rfr3o.wcnla,wtown;
mile 2. sting 3. mint

61–62 b1o. nlaew, nco2n.eb,upnh3o.nceo, mtherone; 79–80 knight, jar, star;
1. rent care 3. tear
bar, car,
63–64 c1l.onsoet,eh2o.sep,anssos3e.,crloaswes; 81–82 b1o. aflta,tc2o.ast,ofalopa3t,. goat; 99–100 1. tan 2.
got
101–102 c1o. rbea,rs2c.opreo,lesn3o.rpeh, osnoere;
pail, sail, snail, tail; 83–84 bow, crow, row, snow;
1. maid 2. rain 3. pain 1. gown 2. now 3. throne 103–104 a1c. obranr,nc2o.rnw,ohnor3n.,mthoorren;

65–66 tall, wall;
2. mail 3.
b1r.asinta,rc2h.amina, irdai3n., train; 85–86 ball, fall, tale
raid 1. smell
67–68
87–88 c1l.ajwa,mpa2w. l,aswanw3, .stsrtaawr ;
69–70 hay, jay, spray, tray;
1. pain 2. claw 3. trail look;
crack
71–72 h1e. atet,amme2a.t,hseeaal t3,.wsheeaamt; 89–90 b1o. okkn,occoko2k.,thaolko3k,.

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A Close-Up Look at the Activity Pages

You’ll find several activity formats that repeat throughout the book, as described below:

Word Families What Are Word Families?

✤✤ Write the Word: To practice writing, spelling, Word families, also called phonograms, are
recognizing, and sounding out words that belong rhyming chunks of words that have the same
to the same word family, your child fills in the spelling pattern and make the same sound.
letters to complete each word. Encourage him This sound-spelling reliability increases your
or her to note the sound and spelling pattern of child’s ability to read and spell many different
the words. words. For example, the words top, mop,
pop, and hop share a common word ending,
✤✤ Identify the Word: In this activity, your child or phonogram, which means they belong
identifies and colors items that belong to the to the -op word family. Once your child can
target word family. read and write these words, it’s much easier
to learn the words cop, chop, drop, stop,
27 Name: Word Family: -ing and many more. By learning to recognize
Write words that end with -ing. common sound-spelling patterns, your child
Color each item that ends with -ing. can quickly and efficiently decode a large
number of words and focus on the real goal
of reading—comprehension.

r
k
w

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✤✤ Word and Picture Match: By drawing lines to 28 Name: Word Family: -ing
match each word to its picture, your child builds Draw lines to match.
word recognition. FWillhiinchthwe obrudbdbolee.s not belong?
sing
✤✤ Bubble It In: To practice letter-sound and 1. thing pink king
discrimination skills, your child reads a series king
of words, then fills in the bubble for the word 2. stick sting sing
that does not belong. This activity also gives ring
him or her practice with the format of many 3. wing ring win
standardized tests. swing
Draw a picture
✤✤ Draw Your Favorite: This activity invites your of your favorite
child to illustrate his or her favorite word from -ing word.
the target word family. He or she might draw a
picture of something already represented on the Now I Know My Word Families & Sight Words © 2014 Scholastic Teaching Resources • page 44
activity page, or choose another related word.

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Sight Words What Are Sight Words?

✤✤ Trace and Write: Your child traces and writes Sight words, or high-frequency words, such as and, of,
the target sight word. This exercise reinforces and the, are the words we see again and again when
letter formation, builds fine-motor skills, and we read. These words often do not follow regular rules
provides word recognition and spelling practice. of spelling so children cannot easily sound them out.
And although many sight words generally carry little
✤✤ Color-Coded Picture: This activity reinforces meaning of their own, they have a strong impact on the
word recognition and visual discrimination flow and coherence of the text we read. The ability to
skills. Your child colors each space that contains recognize these words “on sight” will enable your child to
the target sight word and then colors the rest of read more smoothly and at a faster rate, and ultimately
the picture as desired. Some of these completed remember more of what he or she has read and make
activities reveal hidden pictures. sense of it. The words targeted in this book are found
on the Dolch Basic Sight Word Vocabulary List, which
Sight Word: all accounts for more than 50 percent of the words primary-
age children encounter most frequently in the print
105 Name: Find each all. Color that space red. materials they read. For a complete list, see page 14.
Then color the rest of the picture.
allTrace.
all an a an
all
all all a Dolch Basic Sight Word Vocabulary ListFollowing are the 220

The words in bold are
all and wfeoartdusretdhaotnatphpeeaacr toivnittyhepaDgoelschinBtahsisicbSoiogkh.t Word Vocabulary List.

all a brown first hold me put ten warm
up about but five hot much ran thank was
after buy fly how must read that wash
all again by for hurt my red the we
all call found I myself ride their well
Write all. can all all always came four if never right them went
a am can from in new round then were
at an carry full into no run there what
all and clean funny is not said these when
at all any cold gave it now saw they where
of are come get its of say think which
around could give jump off see this white
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ask did goes keep on shall three why
at do going kind once she to will
ate does good know one show today wish
away done got laugh only sing together with
be don’t green let open sit too work
because down grow light or six try would
been draw had like our sleep two write
before drink has little out small under yellow
best eat have live over so up yes
better eight he long own some upon you
big every help look pick soon us your
black fall her made play start use
blue far here make please stop very
both fast him many pretty take walk
bring find his may pull tell want

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Word Family Reference List

Use this list as a reference for identifying pictures that represent words belonging
to the target word family and for checking your child’s responses to the “fill in the
bubble” exercises.

Activity Activity Activity

1–2 bag, flag, tag, wag; 19–20 jet, net, vet, wet; 37–38 cot, hot, knot, pot;
1. sad 2. tap 3. flap 1. sat 2. got 3. pat 1. hat 2. pet 3. goat

3–4 ham, jam, ram, yam; 21–22 brick, chick, kick, stick; 39–40 buck, duck, stuck, truck;
1. ran 2. yawn 3. hum 1. pig 2. chin 3. tock 1. pack 2. tick 3. back

5–6 can, fan, pan, van; 23–24 dig, pig, twig, wig; 41–42 bug, mug, plug, rug;
1. run 2. ham 3. men 1. kick 2. get 3. wick 1. dog 2. red 3. jog

7–8 cap, map, snap, trap; 25–26 bin, chin, fin, pin; 43–44 dump, jump, pump, stump;
1. mad 2. sad 3. cab 1. fine 2. find 3. pine 1. drum 2. down 3. job

9–10 bat, cat, hat, mat; 27–28 king, ring, swing, wing; 45–46 bunk, junk, skunk, trunk;
1. man 2. ten 3. sit 1. pink 2. stick 3. win 1. dark 2. honk 3. spark

11–12 bed, shed, sled, wed; 29–30 hit, knit, pit, sit; 47–48 cake, lake, rake, snake;
1. bad 2. weed 3. lad 1. fin 2. kid 3. bite 1. talk 2. snack 3. back

13–14 bell, shell, spell, well; 31–32 block, clock, lock, sock; 49–50 bale, sale, scale, whale;
1. pull 2. spill 3. fall 1. soak 2. look 3. float 1. pole 2. whole 3. tall

15–16 hen, men, pen, ten; 33–34 dog, frog, jog, log; 51–52 flame, frame, game, same;
1. hand 2. tan 3. pin 1. lock 2. bag 3. pig 1. come 2. time 3. fan

17–18 chest, nest, vest, west; 35–36 hop, mop, stop, top; 53–54 dice, ice, mice, price;
1. mast 2. bust 3. rent 1. pod 2. hot 3. map 1. slide 2. mine 3. right

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Word Family Reference List continued

Activity Activity Activity

55–56 bride, hide, ride, slide; 73–74 bee, tee, three, tree; 91–92 pool, school, spool, stool;
1. nine 2. dive 3. time 1. week 2. feed 3. need 1. foul 2. tall 3. doll

57– 58 line, nine, spine, vine; 75–76 eel, heel, peel, wheel; 93–94 boot, hoot, root, toot;
1. dime 2. pin 3. tie 1. fell 2. read 3. bell 1. shot 2. hot 3. toad

59–60 hole, mole, pole, tadpole; 77–78 beet, feet, meet, street; 95–96 boil, coil, oil, soil;
1. wall 2. stale 3. mile 1. sheep 2. bean 3. tree 1. call 2. tail 3. all

61–62 bone, cone, phone, throne; 79–80 knight, light, night, right; 97–98 clown, crown, frown, town;
1. lawn 2. bun 3. come 1. rent 2. sting 3. mint 1. yawn 2. our 3. claw

63–64 close, hose, nose, rose; 81–82 boat, coat, float, goat; 99–100 bar, car, jar, star;
1. note 2. pass 3. claws 1. flat 2. soap 3. got 1. tan 2. care 3. tear

65–66 pail, sail, snail, tail; 83–84 bow, crow, row, snow; 101–102 core, score, snore, sore;
1. maid 2. rain 3. pain 1. gown 2. now 3. throne 1. bar 2. pole 3. phone

67–68 brain, chain, rain, train; 85–86 ball, fall, tall, wall; 103–104 acorn, corn, horn, thorn;
1. star 2. maid 3. raid 1. smell 2. mail 3. tale 1. barn 2. won 3. more

69–70 hay, jay, spray, tray; 87–88 claw, paw, saw, straw;
1. pain 2. claw 3. trail 1. jam 2. lawn 3. star

71–72 heat, meat, seat, wheat; 89–90 book, cook, hook, look;
1. team 2. heal 3. seam 1. knock 2. talk 3. crack

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Dolch Basic Sight Word Vocabulary List

Following are the 220 words that appear on the Dolch Basic Sight Word Vocabulary List.
The words in bold are featured on the activity pages in this book.

a brown first hold me put ten warm
about but five hot much ran thank was
after buy fly how must read that wash
again by for hurt my red the we
all call found I myself ride their well
always came four if never right them went
am can from in new round then were
an carry full into no run there what
and clean funny is not said these when
any cold gave it now saw they where
are come get its of say think which
around could give jump off see this white
as cut go just old seven those who
ask did goes keep on shall three why
at do going kind once she to will
ate does good know one show today wish
away done got laugh only sing together with
be don’t green let open sit too work
because down grow light or six try would
been draw had like our sleep two write
before drink has little out small under yellow
best eat have live over so up yes
better eight he long own some upon you
big every help look pick soon us your
black fall her made play start use
blue far here make please stop very
both fast him many pretty take walk
bring find his may pull tell want

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Connections to the Standards

The activities in this book support the College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards. These broad
standards, which serve as the basis of many state standards, were developed to establish grade-by-grade
educational expectations with the goal of providing students nationwide with a quality education that prepares
them for college and careers. The standards begin in kindergarten, so, if your child is of preschool age,
the activities will help set the stage for your child’s success with the following early reading and language
standards for students in kindergarten, first, and second grade.

Reading • Orally produce single-syllable words by Fluency
blending sounds, including consonant blends. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to
Print Concepts support comprehension.
Demonstrate understanding of the organization • Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and • Read grade-level text with purpose and
and basic features of print. final sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
understanding.
• Follow words from left to right and top to bottom. • Segment spoken single-syllable words into their • Use context to confirm or self-correct word
complete sequence of individual sounds.
• Recognize that spoken words are represented in recognition and understanding, rereading as
written language by specific sequences of letters. Phonics and Word Recognition necessary.
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word
• Understand that words are separated by analysis skills in decoding words. Language
spaces in print.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of letter-sound Conventions of Standard English
• Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase correspondences by producing the primary or Demonstrate command of the conventions of
letters of the alphabet. most frequent sound for each consonant. standard English grammar and spelling when
writing or speaking.
• Recognize the distinguishing features of a • Associate the long and short sounds with the • Print upper- and lowercase letters.
sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending common spellings for the five major vowels.
punctuation). Demonstrate command of the conventions of
• Read common high-frequency words by sight standard English capitalization, punctuation, and
Phonological Awareness (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does). spelling when writing.
Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, • Write a letter or letters for most consonant and
syllables, and sounds. • Distinguish between similarly spelled words by
identifying the sounds of the letters that differ. short-vowel sounds.
• Recognize and produce rhyming words. • Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on
• Know the spelling-sound correspondences for
• Count, pronounce, blend, and segment common consonant digraphs (two letters that knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
syllables in spoken words. represent one sound).
© Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
• Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single- • Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words. and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.
syllable spoken words. • Know final e and common vowel teams for

• Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, representing long-vowel sounds.
and final sounds in three-phoneme (consonant-
vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. • Recognize and read grade-appropriate
irregularly spelled words.
• Add or substitute individual sounds in simple,
one-syllable words to make new words. • Distinguish long and short vowels when reading
regularly spelled one-syllable words.
• Distinguish long- from short-vowel sounds in
spoken single-syllable words.

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1 Name: Word Family: -ag
Write words that end with -ag.
Color each item that ends with -ag.

b
t
fl

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2 Name: Word Family: -ag
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
wag Fill in the bubble.

flag 1. sad rag bag

tag 2. drag tag tap

bag 3. wag flap flag

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-ag word.

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3 Name: Word Family: -am
Write words that end with -am.
Color each item that ends with -am.

r
y
j

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4 Name: Word Family: -am
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
ram Fill in the bubble.

yam 1. slam ran ram

jam 2. yawn yam clam

ham 3. ham jam hum

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-am word.

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5 Name: Word Family: -an
Write words that end with -an.
Color each item that ends with -an.

v
c
p

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6 Name: Word Family: -an
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
fan Fill in the bubble.

pan 1. run van ran

van 2. man tan ham

can 3. can men fan

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-an word.

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7 Name: Word Family: -ap
Write words that end with -ap.
Color each item that ends with -ap.

m
c
tr

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8 Name: Word Family: -ap
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
map Fill in the bubble.
1. map mad clap
cap
2. sad lap trap
snap
3. nap slap cab
trap
Draw a picture
of your favorite
-ap word.

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9 Name: Word Family: -at
Write words that end with -at.
Color each item that ends with -at.

c
m
b

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10 Name: Word Family: -at
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
mat Fill in the bubble.

cat 1. mat hat man

bat 2. that fat ten

hat 3. sit bat sat

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-at word.

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11 Name: Word Family: -ed
Write words that end with -ed.
Color each item that ends with -ed.

b
w
sl

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12 Name: Word Family: -ed
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
bed Fill in the bubble.

sled 1. bed red bad

wed 2. fed weed wed

shed 3. lad led shed

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-ed word.

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13 Name: Word Family: -ell
Write words that end with -ell.
Color each item that ends with -ell.

w
b
sh

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14 Name: Word Family: -ell
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
well Fill in the bubble.

shell 1. pull tell well

bell 2. spell spill shell

spell 3. fell sell fall

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-ell word.

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15 Name: Word Family: -en
Write words that end with -en.
Color each item that ends with -en.

h
t
p

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16 Name: Word Family: -en
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
men Fill in the bubble.

hen 1. hen hand den

ten 2. tan when ten

pen 3. men pen pin

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-en word.

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17 Name: Word Family: -est
Write words that end with -est.
Color each item that ends with -est.

ch
w
n

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18 Name: Word Family: -est
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
west Fill in the bubble.

vest 1. pest mast test

nest 2. bust nest best

chest 3. rest chest rent

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-est word.

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19 Name: Word Family: -et
Write words that end with -et.
Color each item that ends with -et.

v
j
w

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20 Name: Word Family: -et
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
wet Fill in the bubble.

vet 1. sat let net

jet 2. get yet got

net 3. wet pat pet

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-et word.

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21 Name: Word Family: -ick
Write words that end with -ick.
Color each item that ends with -ick.

ch
br
k

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22 Name: Word Family: -ick
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
brick Fill in the bubble.

kick 1. pick trick pig

chick 2. sick chin chick

stick 3. tock stick tick

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-ick word.

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23 Name: Word Family: -ig
Write words that end with -ig.
Color each item that ends with -ig.

d
p
w

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24 Name: Word Family: -ig
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
twig Fill in the bubble.

dig 1. pig kick big

pig 2. get fig twig

wig 3. wig dig wick

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-ig word.

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25 Name: Word Family: -in
Write words that end with -in.
Color each item that ends with -in.

f
p
b

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26 Name: Word Family: -in
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
chin Fill in the bubble.

pin 1. fine win grin

bin 2. spin fin find

fin 3. tin pine pin

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-in word.

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27 Name: Word Family: -ing
Write words that end with -ing.
Color each item that ends with -ing.

r
k
w

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28 Name: Word Family: -ing
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
sing Fill in the bubble.

king 1. thing pink king

ring 2. stick sting sing

swing 3. wing ring win

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-ing word.

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29 Name: Word Family: -it
Write words that end with -it.
Color each item that ends with -it.

p
h
s

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30 Name: Word Family: -it
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
knit Fill in the bubble.

hit 1. fit sit fin

pit 2. kit kid hit

sit 3. bite bit knit

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-it word.

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31 Name: Word Family: -ock
Write words that end with -ock.
Color each item that ends with -ock.

cl
l
s

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32 Name: Word Family: -ock
Draw lines to match.
Which word does not belong?
clock Fill in the bubble.

lock 1. soak knock sock

block 2. rock lock look

sock 3. dock float flock

Draw a picture
of your favorite
-ock word.

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