What are Sight Words?

Sight words are the most frequently used words in the English language. Even though there are only about 200 words in this list Sight words make up about 50-70 percent of everyday language and text.

Immediate recognition is important because we use these words so often. In fact, no one should have to decode these words…we should know them on sight.

There are two basic lists of sight words, the Dolch List of Basic Sight Words and Fry’s 300 Instant Sight Words.