The sight word lists on this page come from Essential Skills’ Sight Words and Sight Words Level 2 programs. We’ve compiled them here to make it easy for you to support your classroom activities and sight word lessons. Feel free to use these lists with your students, and download a spreadsheet of the lists using the links below.
You’ll also find fun games and resources to practice sight words below the word lists, including our super cool Sight Words Bingo Card Generator!
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Sight Words Level 1
The below lists consist of the Dolch word, as well as 100 additional high-frequency words.
List 1 a, am, and, at, away, be, but, can, for, get
List 2 he, here, I, if, in, is, it, like, make, me
List 3 my, no, not, on, said, see, the, to, we, you
List 4 baby, big, blue, cat, dog, down, funny, go, help, jump
List 5 one, two, little, mother, play, red, run, stop, up, yellow
List 6 come, did, do, find, good, got, have, into, must, new
List 7 our, please, ran, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, they
List 8 this, too, want, was, well, went, what, who, will, with
List 9 four, add, ball, brown, eat, father, hot, all, because, yes
List 10 black, girl, kitten, look, out, pretty, white, an, are, came
List 11 as, ask, by, ever, from, going, had, has, her, him
List 12 his, just, less, let, live, name, need, of, put, may
List 13 same, save, some, still, take, them, then, there, were, would
List 14 boy, car, purple, feet, fly, food, give, man, old, after
List 15 six, three, back, open, over, ride, school, street, tree, again
List 16 around, bed, bird, birthday, book, children, cold, door, fall, before
List 17 five, fast, first, green, off, pet, pull, read, sit, also
List 18 story, dinner, sing, sleep, under, wash, water, wish, work, been
List 19 best, call, day, gave, goes, how, it's, made, most, next
List 20 or, tell, thank, upon, us, very, when, which, why, word
List 21 animal, clean, cut, drink, far, hear, home, hurt, large, night
List 22 right, seven, small, ten, light, love, start, thing, walk, house
List 23 about, always, begin, below, better, bring, close, each, even, every
List 24 feel, fin, full, hope, keep, long, many, more, much, often
List 25 only, pick, seem, show, such, than, today, try, use, where
List 26 eight, between, carry, circle, draw, eyes, gray, laugh, any, different
List 27 answer, morning, number, party, people, picture, round, world, write, another
List 28 both, buy, could, does, done, follow, found, grow, guess, hold
List 29 hurry, kind, know, myself, never, now, once, other, own, should
List 30 something, their, these, thing, those, together, until, warm, while, your
Color Words white, black, brown, blue, purple, brown, gray, orange, yellow, green
Number Words 1-10 one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Number Words 11-20 eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty
Contractions List 1 I'm, he's, she's, it's, that's, won't, don't, can't
Contractions List 2 where's, there's, they're, we're, you're, couldn't, aren't, wouldn't
Sight Words Level 2
The below lists consist of next 400 words that have the highest frequency in the English language. Word lists have been researched and selected from a number of reputable sources including the Fry 1000 Instant Word List and the Bedrock Sight Vocabulary List.
List 1 bit, fill, fit, hit, miss, lay, may, job, lot, top, drop
List 2 hill, bill, fun, game, doll, spot, box, gas, map, child
List 3 hope, note, bad, glad, sat, stand, act, flat, plan, shall
List 4 lost, seat, heat, meet, seen, fell, set, spell, rest, led
List 5 friend, ready, end, send, free, real, sent, near, told, took, move
List 6 gone, maybe, ago, list, mine, lie, side, wide, cost, without
List 7 ate, past, place, stay, wait, safe, art, step, full, knew, turn
List 8 rock, block, barn, fire, glass, hole, letter, sail, smile, tail, team, hair
List 9 rich, trip, tomorrow, cool, dark, deep, during, test, trade, track, rule
List 10 else, almost, enjoy, front, great, learn, might, sure, beside, feeling, understand
List 11 cook, cross, half, ring, snow, line, number, paint, rope, wood
List 12 yet, along, air, guess, happen, left, main, nearly, pay, sound, above
List 13 began, being, born, able, allow, across, corner, count, busy, cannot, clear
List 14 hurry, itself, fact, fear, means, miles, music, quiet, really, return, rise
List 15 money, oil, roll, bottle, change, finish, key, knife, watch, shapes, afraid
List 16 size, strong, simple, song, speed, surprise, since, sometimes, young, pair
List 17 against, already, beautiful, become, believe, belong, center, certain, choose, complete, copy, cover
List 18 present, hundred, knock, shovel, square, spring, string, breakfast, building, church, circus, doctor
List 19 decide, describe, different, enough, explain, heavy, however, important, lovely
List 20 piece, point, problem, question, special, subject, suddenly, thought, touch, toward
Animal Words bear, chicken, cows, duck, horse, monkey, pig, rabbit, sheep, snake
Body Words body, ears, face, foot, hand, head, heart, legs, nose, skin
Clothing Words clothes, dress, hat, jeans, shirt, shoes, skirt, socks
Opposites 1 ahead, anything, arrive, behind, brother, buy, leave, nothing, sell, sister, few, several
Opposites 2 correct, cried, death, dry, first, last, laughed, life, wet, wrong
Opposites 3 break, build, early, happy, east, easy, hard, late, sad, west
Opposites 4 high, inside, king, listen, low, moon, north, outside, queen, south, sun, talk
Opposites 5 lose, part, quickly, short, slowly, summer, tall, thick, thin, whole, win, winter
Food Words apple, bread, eggs, fish, fruit, meat, milk, salt, seeds, sugar
Home and Garden chair, floor, flowers, garden, grass, oven, room, table, wall, window, yard
School bell, class, color, crayon, desk, page, paper, pencil, sentence, study
Transportation bicycle, boat, bus, plane, ship, train, truck, van, wheels
City and Country city, country, crops, farm, field, road, shop, store, street, town
Water ice, lake, ocean, rain, river, sea, stream, waves
Time evening, hour, minute, month, second, time, week, year
Action catch, climb, dance, fight, push, race, reach, smell, speak, swim
People aunt, family, men, Mr, Mrs, person, someone, teacher, uncle, woman
Earth earth, forest, ground, land, park, plants, root, sand, stick, stone
Sky air, cloud, sky, space, stars, weather, wind
Contractions didn't, I'll, isn't, let's, wasn't, we'll
Sight Words Games & Resources
Here are three engaging activities to help introduce and reinforce sight words in your classroom. Don’t forget to try our Sight Words Bingo Card Generator—it’s super cool!
Sight Words Bingo
Create Bingo cards with different sight words in each square. Call out sight words, and students cover the matching word on their cards. The first student to cover an entire row shouts “Bingo!” This game reinforces word recognition in a fun, competitive format.
Sight Word Memory Match
Make a set of cards with sight words (two copies of each word). Spread them face down, and have students take turns flipping two cards at a time, trying to find matching words. If a student finds a match, they keep the cards and take another turn. This game helps students with word recognition and memory skills.
Flashlight Find
Write sight words on index cards or a large poster. Turn off the classroom lights, and have students use a flashlight to find and read the words as you call them out. This adds a sense of adventure and keeps students engaged while they practice reading sight words.