Sight Words Flash Cards
Download and print flash cards from the Dolch, Fry, and Top 150 Written Words lists, or make your own Custom Sight Words Flash Cards. The cards are available in three sizes full-page (1-up); half-page (2-up); and quarter-page (4-up). We recommend printing the flash cards on card-stock paper, to make the cards stiffer and more durable.
Full-Page
These large full-page flash cards are great for putting on the wall and for playing floor games. Select or customize
Half-Page
The medium sized, 2-to-a-page flash cards are perfect for younger children; they have a large font but are still small enough to handle easily. Select or customize
Quarter-Page
The small 4-to-a-page flash cards are perfect for older children. They are also used in several of our sight words games. Select or customize
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about using the flash cards. More1. Full-Page Sight Words Flash Cards (1-up)
Custom Flash Cards
The Full-Page Flash Card Creator creates custom Flash Card sets. You can combine existing word lists such as Dolch Sight Words and Fry Sight Words or add your own custom words. Generate Custom Flash Cards
Dolch Flash Cards
Pre-K (40 words) — Download (PDF) Kindergarten (52 words) — Download (PDF) 1st Grade (41 words) — Download (PDF) 2nd Grade (46 words) — Download (PDF) 3rd Grade (41 words) — Download (PDF) Nouns (95 words) — Download (PDF)
Fry Flash Cards
1st 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 2nd 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 3rd 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 4th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 5th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 6th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 7th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 8th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 9th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 10th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF)
Top 150 Written Words Flash Cards
1st 50 (50 words) — Download (PDF) 2nd 50 (50 words) — Download (PDF) 3rd 50 (50 words) — Download (PDF)
Blank Flash Cards
Write your own words into these blank sight words flash cards. Download (PDF)2. Half-Page Sight Words Flash Cards (2-up)
Custom Flash Cards
The Half-Page Flash Card Creator creates custom Flash Card sets. You can combine existing word lists such as Dolch Sight Words and Fry Sight Words or add your own custom words. Generate Custom Flash Cards
Dolch Flash Cards
Pre-K (40 words) — Download (PDF) Kindergarten (52 words) — Download (PDF) 1st Grade (41 words) — Download (PDF) 2nd Grade (46 words) — Download (PDF) 3rd Grade (41 words) — Download (PDF) Nouns (95 words) — Download (PDF)
Fry Flash Cards
1st 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 2nd 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 3rd 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 4th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 5th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 6th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 7th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 8th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 9th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 10th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF)
Top 150 Written Words Flash Cards
1st 50 (50 words) — Download (PDF) 2nd 50 (50 words) — Download (PDF) 3rd 50 (50 words) — Download (PDF)
Blank Flash Cards
Write your own words into these blank sight words flash cards. Download (PDF)3. Quarter-Page Sight Words Flash Cards (4-up)
Custom Flash Cards
The Quarter-Page Flash Card Creator creates custom Flash Card sets. You can combine existing word lists such as Dolch Sight Words and Fry Sight Words or add your own custom words. Generate Custom Flash Cards
Dolch Flash Cards
Pre-K (40 words) — Download (PDF) Kindergarten (52 words) — Download (PDF) 1st Grade (41 words) — Download (PDF) 2nd Grade (46 words) — Download (PDF) 3rd Grade (41 words) — Download (PDF) Nouns (95 words) — Download (PDF)
Fry Flash Cards
1st 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 2nd 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 3rd 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 4th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 5th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 6th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 7th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 8th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 9th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF) 10th 100 (100 words) — Download (PDF)
Top 150 Written Words Flash Cards
1st 50 (50 words) — Download (PDF) 2nd 50 (50 words) — Download (PDF) 3rd 50 (50 words) — Download (PDF)
Blank Flash Cards
Write your own words into these blank sight words flash cards. Download (PDF)4. Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Why is there an arrow under each word in the flash cards? A: The arrow serves multiple purposes. It reminds teachers to place their index finger on the circle and move it from left to right under the word to lead the student’s eye across the word. The arrow also helps students orient the flash card and helps them remember to read from left to right. Q: How do I hold the flash cards? A: Hold the flash card so that it is directly in front of your child at your child’s eye level. When you move your finger across the arrow, make sure that it does not obstruct your child’s view of the word as this distracts attention from the words. Q: The flash cards don’t print correctly — why do they go over the edge of the paper? A: The one-to-a-page and four-to-a-page flash cards need to be printed in landscape. To do this, go to your printer settings and select “landscape” (not portrait). ↑ TopThese materials are provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Essentially, this means you can do whatever you want with the resources, provided you leave the attribution hallmark on the resources. You may use these materials in the classroom, at home, as part of a for-profit tutoring business, or for any other purpose. You do not need to contact us for permission to use the materials. We want you to use them!
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55 Responses to “Sight Words Flash Cards”
Nadia
Hi,
I have been trying to print the quarter-page set up in multiple page set up on my printer but its unable to print. Please advise as to how i can print in multiples as i want more than 4 words per page. Looking forward to your response.
Nadia
ADMIN – Hi Nadia,
If you want smaller cards, I recommend using some of our game cards. The Lucky 13 cards (9 per page) and Boom! cards (8 per page) will both suit your purposes well, I think. Just ignore the numbers or graphics in the corners and focus on the words.
Jen
when you print a PDF you should be able to select an option called “multiple pages per sheet”… the document will then print either 2, 4, or 8 pages per sheet, whichever you select! Hope this helps! 🙂
caralee sangster
LOVE LOVE LOVE these flash cards. With common core I feel I need to supplement my after-school kids.
Jen
I LOVE this!! Thank you so much!
kyliah
THIS IS SO COOL I LOVE HOW EASY IT IS!
Jennifer
Do you happen to have these sight words written on flashcards that are in short phrases….and not only in isolation??? I would LOVE a copy of that if you do!
Thank you!!!
ADMIN – Hi Jen,
You can custom generate any flash cards you want. Just use the blank template, or the custom flashcard generator.
Cindy
When I have a group of students – say, four or five at a kidney table – should each child have their own card in front of them, or should the teacher just have one card and hold it up for each child individually or the group? Thanks.
ADMIN – Hi Cindy,
Either would work. I usually use just one card, because it is easier to keep the activity on track with just one card. When each child has their own stack of cards, the activity can get sidetracked if one child forgets to flip a card or gets their cards out of order, etc. There also isn’t much benefit to giving each child their own card to be worth the potential for derailment.
margrita
These flash cards are wonderful. Thank you so very much fo uploading. God bless you.
Jeena
Really good work ….it really helps all levels of children.. Children who are below average to above average can learn a lot from these materials … the teaching lessons help teachers also.
Alexandria
Hi, I just wanted to point out that the 4-Up flashcards (or first set of 50 words) for the Top 150 Words have “there” twice. I believe the second one should be “their”.
Thank you for providing this great resource for free!
Caitlin
Great resource for printed flash cards. We can’t print at my school, so I just put the PDFs on my tablet.
bettysuesharpe
why is it when I try to print these flash cards the words are not printed on the cards just plain paper comes out with sightwords.com on
the lower left hand side of the paper.
ADMIN – Hi Betty,
Not sure what is going on. Perhaps you printer is out of black ink or the black ink nozzle is clogged and needs to be cleaned?
Paulette Barnes
Thank you for the sight word cards. I like the way they are set up to show students that we read from left to right. Thank you
Rachael
What is the difference between the fry set and the dolch set?
ADMIN – Hi Rachael,
The Fry and Dolch word sets are just different groups of words. They are for the most part the same words, taught in a slightly different order. Use whatever word set that your local school district uses. Most districts use Dolch, so if in doubt – that is the best place to start.
Al Pirigyi
I printed the Pre-K Dolch list on 3×5 file cards, one to a page. The only thing for my printer is to print that size I have to manually feed the cards individually. With a little practice and no distractions I got them all done fairly easily.
Mary DeGeorge
Great starting resources for ELL learners. Thank you for all of your hard work and time putting this together. I cannot wait to use these for my young students.
Susan Garcia
This is amazing!! Thank you so very much for sharing
Taofiq
Wow, this is really awesome! Thumbs up to you guys.
sana
Hi, brilliant work by you guys, thanks a lot . i just wanted to ask you how to increase the font size of the flash cards. I’m trying to print quarter page option and I would prefer if the words came out a little bigger, could you please guide me how to do that?
ADMIN – Hi Sana,
Thanks! Unfortunately, we don’t have the capability of adjusting the font sizes on the flash cards.
Janet Hughes
Great cards. Awesome just what I wanted to teach Adult ELL students.
ajiro
Thank you very much for this. It is going to be of tremendous help in figuring out how to get our daughter reading.
Cecilia
Perfect for my ELL students! Thank you!
gabby , jaron
Thanks my class really liked the program that ya’ll made it was a great resource for my students in class.
Charlie
These games are so much fun that I want to play them!
coco
Thanks a lot. : )
Alyce Pearl
WOW! I was blown away when I saw this awesome list of flash cards! I’m tutoring a first grader and this is EXACTLY what I need! MANY, many thanks!
alaa
This reading program is awesome. I can’t believe it’s free.
Bev
Your Dolch pre k sight word list prints with lower case letters as they are printed in primers. But your flash card templates have standard letters as child is taught to write at school. Which should be used for learning the sight words?
ADMIN – Hi Bev,
Not sure I am fully understanding your question … everything on our website should be lower-case. I teach lower case to children, because when they go out in the world and start trying to decode words they see a lot more lower-case letters than upper-case. And so teaching them lower-case first gives them more opportunities to practice out in the world.
Manish
These card are a great resource for teaching English. I want to know whether the card must be taught in sequence or it can be jumbled?
Krystal Robinson
What is the different between the Fry words, Top 150 Words, and the Dolch words?
AGS
Thank you – these are GREAT – our school isn’t keeping me informed of what my daughter (kindergarten) is learning, like they did with my son (who is now in 2nd grade). I’m using these, and it is helping us a lot with early reading!
Suzanne Tomaschko
I have used your flash cards for several years. A very positive experience. I’ve used the nouns but was wondering if you had a list of verbs.
Thanks for sharing these with us!
Maggie
Hi ! These cards are very useful. I am wondering if you have sight words cards with pictures on each flash card that can help little child to understand more easily. Thank you very much!
Donnamie A. Senina
Thank you, these are going to be a big help for our learners.
adam karl- cassette
I love this i will do this at least 4 times a week great job with it
Queen - Binwi Bihai
Hi! I like this activity. Thank you.
angelito
i like it
Glen A Kirk
Is there a corrected set of flashcards that correct “oil” and “sit” to “am” and “its”?
Sight Words Admin
Hi Glen, Thanks for stopping by. While we have updated our First 100 Fry Sight Words pdf here , I’m afraid we haven’t yet updated Pages 22 & 23 of our First 100 Flash Cards (which as you can see still include OIL & SIT). As a temporary workaround, may I suggest that you print out this entire First 100 Fry Words – Flash Cards pdf first, then Custom-print the 2 cards for AM & ITS? You can actually customize your cards on this page . First, under “Fry Sight Words”, tick the “1st 100” box. Then under “Custom Sight Words”, type “am” and “its” in two boxes. Then hit the green “Create Flash Cards” button, and you’re good to go!
Graciela Rangel
Love this resource! I use it in my resource room.
Daisy
Is it helpful for non native speakers as well?
Sight Words Admin
Certainly, it is helpful. It engages the child’s different learning modalities and utilizes repetition to commit the learning to the child’s long-term memory.
Nada
Hello I like your Dolch flash cards very much.
Do you have flash cards for Dolch words in simple sentences? It would help students who are learning English as a second language (two per page).
ADMIN – Hi, Nada. You may have simple sentences on the flash cards for Dolch sight words. This site has examples of such in a foreign language, not just in English. We don’t have flash cards with sentences, but there are many online resources that do, such as the link shared here. Hope you find what you’re looking for!
Ricardo Perez
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Linda Viekman
Is there a way to make the print on the flash cards larger and bolder? The print on the ones I made is very small, not like the print in your examples! Thank you for providing such an amazing resource to teachers.
Sight Words Admin
Hi Linda, Thanks for stopping by. We are happy to help. About the print-size issue, that’s odd. Did you make sure to choose the size of card(s) that you wanted: full, half, or quarter-page? Did you check your printer properties as well? If nothing seems to check out, our suggested workaround is that you print our blank cards and just write the words in your preferred size: https://sightwords.com/pdfs/blank_sight_words_flash_cards_2up.pdf. Hope you get to find the settings you want eventually!
Oliver Kadyata
Thank you so much. These cards will help my struggling readers.
Angelito
i like it
Kelly
I was able to download lists 1 & 2 of Fry Sight Words for my first graders parents, but lists 3 & 4 keep failing saying they are too large, and when I try to open it the file says it was corrupt during email send. I am not sure what that means, but I was wondering if anyone else has this issue? I don’t know why I could download lists 1 and 2 but not 3 and 4?
Kelly
I am talking about the Fry Sight Word Flash Cards in the above comment.
natasha
Hello! Thanks a lot for your great job. What do you think if I put the translation of the word on the other side of the card?
ADMIN – Hi, Natasha. It’s our pleasure to help! Interesting question as well. Do you intend the translation for your personal reminder? Are you training your child (or student) to be bilingual? As these sight words are specifically for training your child in the English language, it would really be best to design a different set of sight words flash cards per (foreign) language, wouldn’t you agree? However, if this is just a personal guide for you, that’s fine. It’s best to train the child in one language per class time though.
Ken
Would you tell me the steps to write my own words into these blank sight words flash cards? I find I cannot write down the words on the blank cards.
Sight Words Admin
Hello,
You should be able to type your selected words into the blank boxes here. You’ll also see these instructions on the page: “Instructions
The Flash Card Creator creates a custom set of sight words flash cards. You can use one (or more) of the existing lists of sight words and/or use your own custom word list. To create your Flash Cards:
First, select the sight word list(s) you wish to use. Under Dolch Sight Words or Fry Sight Words or Top 150 Written Words, check the boxes corresponding to any sight words lists you want included in your Flash Cards. For example, selecting the Dolch Sight Words Kindergarten and 1st Grade lists uses those 93 words for your Flash Cards.
Under Custom Sight Words, enter in any custom words you want included in your set of Flash Cards. For example, if you are doing a unit on farm animals, you might want to add cow and pig.
Click Create Flash Cards, and your cards will be created and displayed onscreen in PDF format. You can print the cards by selecting print from your browser window.” Good luck!
Karen
I love these cards! I have been using the quarter-page custom cards for years as we work through the Fry sight words. I do an assessment, then the words that my students don’t know go onto flash cards to practice. They each have their own set, whatever words they are currently working on. It is great for differentiation, and for working with students who are not at the same level but want to work together in a group. They love to play Uno, and read a word each time they take a turn. I have a student who has made it from the very first words into the 600’s this way!