As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a ... decode everything before they can read a simple story, you’re going to have to wait years ...

The Dolch List of Basic Sight Words is comprised of 220 words that can assist in the corrections of reading difficulty or help prevent those problems from occurring when properly memorized.

Many words don't follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as "sight words", "instant words", "high frequency words" or "star words". A new reader finds sight ...