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Pre-Primer Sight Words Go Fish Game – Dolch Sight Word Reading Practice

Name: Pre-Primer Sight Words Go Fish Game – Dolch Sight Word Reading Practice
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Pre-Primer Sight Words Go Fish Card Game is a fun, interactive way to help young learners build automatic recognition of Dolch Pre-Primer sight words. Using a familiar card game format students already know and love, this activity turns sight word practice into meaningful play.

This printable sight word game features all 40 high-frequency words from the Dolch Pre-Primer list. As students read, ask for, and match sight word pairs, they get repeated exposure to essential early literacy words while strengthening speaking and listening skills.

Why Teachers Love This Sight Word Game

Because the rules are based on the classic Go Fish card game, students can focus on reading instead of learning new gameplay. This makes it perfect for literacy centers, small groups, early finishers, and intervention. The repeated reading and verbal interaction naturally support word recognition, confidence, and fluency.

What’s Included

80 printable sight word cards (2 cards per word)
Complete Dolch Pre-Primer sight word list (40 words)
Color and black-and-white printing options
Clear, teacher-friendly directions

How to Use

Print and cut the cards (laminate for durability if desired).
Deal the cards evenly among players.
Students take turns reading a sight word aloud to ask for a matching card.
If no match is available, the player draws a card and “goes fish.”
Players form pairs by matching identical sight words.
The player with the most pairs at the end wins.

Skills Students Practice

Sight word recognition and recall
Oral reading fluency
Listening comprehension
Speaking and turn-taking
Visual memory and matching skills

Great For

Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms
Literacy centers and small-group instruction
Sight word intervention and RTI
ESL and ELL learners
Year-round sight word review and reinforcement

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What are Dolch sight words?

Dolch sight words are a list of high-frequency words that commonly appear in children’s books and early reading materials. Because these words show up so often, students are encouraged to recognize them instantly—without sounding them out—to support reading fluency and comprehension. The Dolch sight word list was created by Dr. Edward William Dolch, an American educator and literacy researcher. In 1936, Dolch analyzed children’s books and reading materials to identify the words that appeared most frequently in early texts. His goal was to help teachers focus instruction on the words students would encounter most often when learning to read.

How many Dolch sight words are there?

There are 220 Dolch sight words in total. These words were selected based on how frequently they appear in children’s reading materials and are widely used in early literacy instruction.

How are Dolch sight words divided into levels?

The Dolch sight word list is divided by grade level to match students’ reading development:

Pre-Primer (40 words)
Primer (52 words)
First Grade (41 words)
Second Grade (46 words)
Third Grade (41 words)

Each level introduces words that students are most likely to encounter at that stage of reading.

What is the difference between Dolch and Fry sight words?

The Fry sight word list was developed by Dr. Edward Fry in the 1950s and later updated. It contains 1,000 high-frequency words that appear most often in general English texts. Fry words include many nouns, verbs, and adjectives and are grouped by frequency rather than grade level.

Fry list structure:

First 100 words
Second 100 words
Third 100 words
up to 1,000 words

Pre-Primer Sight Words Go Fish Game – Dolch Sight Word Reading Practice