Sight words
Kindergarten Sight Words
Sight words for kindergarten from the Dolch pre-primer and primer levels, 92 words in all, with hangman, difficulty scores and printables.
Read the word list
Sight word lists for kindergarten vary by school, state and program. Many programs use the Dolch pre-primer and primer levels, and that is what this page offers: 40 pre-primer words plus 52 primer words, 92 in all. Your own school may use a different list or a different order, so check before you print.
In practice, few kindergartners learn all 92 in a year. A common pattern is to start with the pre-primer words in the first half of the year and add primer words as the children become secure. Words like the, a, I, and, can and see go first because they let a child read a first sentence.
The hangman game works with the full set or with smaller groups you choose from the worksheet. For this age, an adult usually runs the game, reading the clues and letting a child guess.
92 entries. Our solver needed 5.8 wrong guesses on average: 13 easy, 23 medium and 56 hard. The toughest is be (16 misses), the quickest a (0).
Pre-primer
- a Easy · 0
- and Medium · 4
- away Medium · 2
- big Hard · 12
- blue Hard · 5
- can Hard · 7
- come Hard · 9
- down Hard · 6
- find Hard · 9
- for Hard · 11
- funny Hard · 5
- go Hard · 11
- help Hard · 6
- here Easy · 1
- I Easy · 0
- in Hard · 5
- is Hard · 6
- it Medium · 4
- jump Hard · 12
- little Easy · 0
- look Hard · 5
- make Hard · 8
- me Hard · 11
- my Hard · 12
- not Medium · 2
- one Medium · 3
- play Hard · 7
- red Hard · 6
- run Hard · 7
- said Medium · 2
- see Medium · 4
- the Hard · 5
- three Easy · 0
- to Easy · 1
- two Hard · 7
- up Hard · 11
- we Hard · 14
- where Medium · 2
- yellow Medium · 4
- you Hard · 14
Primer
- all Hard · 5
- am Hard · 11
- are Easy · 1
- at Easy · 1
- ate Easy · 0
- be Hard · 16
- black Hard · 5
- brown Hard · 7
- but Medium · 4
- came Hard · 5
- did Hard · 5
- do Hard · 7
- eat Easy · 0
- four Hard · 5
- get Hard · 9
- good Hard · 9
- have Hard · 9
- he Hard · 7
- into Medium · 2
- like Hard · 7
- must Hard · 6
- new Hard · 7
- no Medium · 3
- now Hard · 7
- on Medium · 3
- our Medium · 2
- out Medium · 3
- please Medium · 2
- pretty Easy · 1
- ran Medium · 3
- ride Medium · 4
- saw Hard · 11
- say Hard · 12
- she Hard · 6
- so Medium · 4
- soon Medium · 4
- that Medium · 4
- there Easy · 1
- they Hard · 7
- this Medium · 3
- too Easy · 1
- under Hard · 6
- want Hard · 8
- was Hard · 10
- well Hard · 8
- went Hard · 7
- what Hard · 5
- white Medium · 4
- who Hard · 6
- will Hard · 12
- with Hard · 8
- yes Hard · 8
Words worth a closer look
- theLearn this first: it is the most common word in English.
- saidPlan to teach it as a whole, with the ai flagged.
- yellowLongest of the color words, with the double l at the end.
Teaching it
Short and frequent is the rule. Four to six new words a week, reviewed each day for a couple of minutes, beats a long session. Start with the words your students can already partly decode: can, big, red, run, and then add the few heart words like said and you.
Keep the game oral for the youngest. The adult says the word, the child names a letter, and together they say each letter as it appears. Printables give a quieter alternative at a table. Move on from a word when the child can read it in a sentence, in a sentence and not just on a list.
Print a Kindergarten Sight Hangman worksheet
Eight puzzles on one US Letter page, with a clue, letter blanks, an empty frame to draw in, an alphabet strip to cross off and circles to count misses. Page two is the answer key.
Need another sheet?
Draw eight different words from this list, right here. Same layout, new answer key.
Keep going
- Dolch Sight WordsThe Dolch service words from pre-primer to third grade, with the history behind the list, a difficulty score for each word and hangman to practice.
- Pre-Primer Sight WordsThe 40 Dolch pre-primer words, the first level of the list, with hangman, difficulty scores and a printable worksheet and answer key.
- Primer Sight WordsAll 52 Dolch primer words, from all and am to who and yes, with hangman, per-word difficulty and a printable worksheet.
- First Grade Sight WordsThe 41 Dolch first-grade words, from after and again to walk and when, with hangman, difficulty scores and a worksheet.
- Second Grade Sight WordsThe 47 Dolch second-grade words, including because, their, would and don't, with hangman, difficulty scores and a printable.
- Third Grade Sight WordsThe 41 Dolch third-grade words, such as laugh, light, together and myself, with hangman, difficulty scores and a printable worksheet.