Sight Word Worksheets | 1st Grade Dolch Workbook for Ages 6-7 (Digital PDF)

A 1st grade sight word workbook for ages 6 to 7: one calm, print-friendly page for each of the 41 Dolch first grade words (an, by, how, ask, fly, any and more). Read it, build it, trace it, write it from memory: every page follows the same short routine, so your child learns it once.

Montessori-inspired: sound first, then build the word from its sounds, then write it, then read it. Heart words: most letters in a sight word follow the phonics patterns your child is learning, so only the unexpected part gets a heart, the part we learn by heart. Which letters get a heart follows the US Common Core phonics standards for 1st grade.

What's included:
- 41 word pages, one for every word of the Dolch first grade list
- Each page: look, touch and say the sounds; build the word in sound boxes; trace it with start dots; hide it, write it from memory and check it; read it in a sentence and find it among look-alike words
- 7 review pages (mixed reading, dictation, a sentence) and a "Remember these?" strip of earlier words on every page
- A Heart Words section for the grown-up: what heart words are, how to teach one, and a table of every word with its heart part
- A how-to page, a letter-start chart, a progress tracker and a certificate
- US Letter and A4 PDFs (56 pages each), plus ink-saver black-and-white files

Size: US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 pages, portrait.

How to use: one word a day, about ten minutes. A grown-up line at the foot of every page says exactly what to say.

The words are the Dolch sight word list, a public-domain list of common words in children's books. The letters use Andika, a font designed for early readers, and the tracing letters are plain ball-and-stick print with a start dot on every letter. Sounds are American English.

This is a digital download: no physical item ships. Print at home as many times as you need for your own family or classroom.

License: personal use in one household, or by one teacher in their own classroom. Please don't resell, share or redistribute the files or printed copies.

Designed with AI-assisted tools; layout and content reviewed.

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- Which paper sizes are included? Both US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm), as separate PDFs. Print the one that matches your paper.
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