Dolch noun list: 95 common nouns for beginning readers
Besides the 220 service words, Dolch published a list of 95 common nouns that young children meet in their first books: things such as apple, baby, ball, farm and tree. They are not tied to a grade, and they can be sounded out or pictured, so they are often taught alongside the grade lists. Two seasonal words (Christmas, Santa Claus) are on the list as published; skip them if they do not suit your class.
Keys: right arrow or Space for the next word, left arrow for the previous, S to shuffle, R to start over, K to tick a word as known, F for full screen.
How to use it
- Start in Flash cards and press Full screen: the word fills the projector.
- Use the right arrow or Space for the next word; K ticks a word as known, S shuffles.
- Use the Checklist to see what is left, or print flash cards or the list for home.
Ideas for class
- Show a picture, say the word, and then show the word: nouns are the easiest sight words to link to meaning.
- Sort the nouns into animals, food, family, places and things you can hold.
- Play a guessing game: describe a word from the list and let the class point to it on the screen.
- Have students draw one noun from the list each day and label it, to build a class picture dictionary.
Related
- Dolch pre-primer sight words (40 words)
- Dolch primer sight words (52 words)
- Dolch first grade sight words (41 words)
- Dolch second grade sight words (46 words)
- Dolch third grade sight words (41 words)
- Reading passages with questions
- Read-aloud books for the projector
- Sight word lists and flash cards
- Decodable sentences by phonics pattern
- Readability checker
Questions
Who is the nouns list for?
Pre-K to second grade. The grade levels are Dolch's traditional ones and approximate: move on when the child reads nearly all of the list at a glance, not on a date.
Can I print the 95 words?
Yes. Choose Print flash cards for eight cards to a page, or Print list for one page with a tick box beside each word, then press Print.
Does it remember which words a child knows?
On this device, in this browser, one checklist for this list. Nothing is sent anywhere. Press Clear all before the next child.
Why is a word in the wrong list for my school?
The words are Dolch's own lists as published. Schools and programmes move words between levels, and many use other lists as well, so treat the grade as a guide.
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