Dolch Nouns: 95 Sight Word Nouns

What are some Dolch words?

Dolch words are 220 service words in five lists, plus 95 nouns. Service words include he, she, like, want, after, could, because, would, about and together. The nouns include apple, baby, ball, mother, school, squirrel, window and wood, and they are the words on this page.

Dolch nouns word list

The full list of 95 nouns sits in a table on this page, from apple to wood. It includes family words like mother and sister, animals like squirrel and rabbit, and things like table, window and money. Group them by topic to practice a small set at a time.

Sight word flash cards for the nouns

The flash card PDF has all 95 cards, eight to a page, with cut lines. Print them on cardstock (65 lb cover, about 176 gsm) so they last and the next card does not show through. Pick three to five words a week and put a card in the done pile once your child reads it without help on three different days.

Sight word worksheets for the nouns

Each worksheet page covers two words. A child reads the word, colors it, traces it, writes it and finds it in a row of look-alikes. The tracing sheets repeat every word three times in gray on handwriting lines, six words to a page. Plain printer paper works for both, in US Letter or A4.

Sight word bingo game

The bingo PDF has eight different 5 by 5 cards with a free center, two to a page. Call a word and every player looks for it and covers it. Because nouns name things, you can also hold up a picture or a toy and let players find the matching word.

Sight words printable: the nouns

Everything on this page is a free printable PDF in US Letter or A4: ten bookmarks, flash cards, worksheets, bingo cards and tracing sheets. Print only the pieces you need. The flash cards need cardstock, and plain printer paper is fine for the worksheets, tracing and bingo.

What are Dolch sight words?

Dolch sight words are 220 service words in five lists, plus 95 nouns. The service words appear in almost any text. The nouns change with the topic of a book, so Dolch kept the 95 most common ones in a list of their own.