Dolch Sight Word Assessment

• Adapted from Shanker, J. L., & Ekwall, E. E. (2003). Locating and correcting reading difficulties (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

• See accompanying score sheet

List # Slide #I 2II 23III 44IV 65V 86VI 107VII 128VIII 149IX 170X 191XI 212

List I

the

I-1

to

I-2

and

I-3

he

I-4

a

I-5

I

I-6

you

I-7

it

I-8

of

I-9

in

I-10

was

I-11

said

I-12

his

I-13

that

I-14

she

I-15

for

I-16

on

I-17

they

I-18

but

I-19

had

I-20

List II

at

II-1

him

II-2

with

II-3

up

II-4

all

II-5

look

II-6

is

II-7

her

II-8

there

II-9

some

II-10

out

II-11

as

II-12

be

II-13

have

II-14

go

II-15

we

II-16

am

II-17

then

II-18

little

II-19

down

II-20

List III

do

III-1

can

III-2

could

III-3

when

III-4

did

III-5

what

III-6

so

III-7

see

III-8

not

III-9

were

III-10

get

III-11

them

III-12

like

III-13

one

III-14

this

III-15

my

III-16

would

III-17

me

III-18

will

III-19

yes

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List IV

big

IV-1

went

IV-2

are

IV-3

come

IV-4

if

IV-5

now

IV-6

long

IV-7

no

IV-8

came

IV-9

ask

IV-10

very

IV-11

am

IV-12

over

IV-13

your

IV-14

its

IV-15

ride

IV-16

into

IV-17

just

IV-18

blue

IV-19

red

IV-20

List V

from

V-1

good

V-2

any

V-3

about

V-4

around

V-5

want

V-6

don’t

V-7

how

V-8

know

V-9

right

V-10

put

V-11

too

V-12

got

V-13

take

V-14

where

V-15

every

V-16

pretty

V-17

jump

V-18

green

V-19

four

V-20

List VI

away

VI-1

old

VI-2

by

VI-3

their

VI-4

here

VI-5

saw

VI-6

call

VI-7

after

VI-8

well

VI-9

think

VI-10

ran

VI-11

let

VI-12

help

VI-13

make

VI-14

going

VI-15

sleep

VI-16

brown

VI-17

yellow

VI-18

five

VI-19

six

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List VII

walk

VII-1

to

VII-2

or

VII-3

before

VII-4

eat

VII-5

again

VII-6

play

VII-7

who

VII-8

been

VII-9

may

VII-10

stop

VII-11

off

VII-12

never

VII-13

seven

VII-14

eight

VII-15

cold

VII-16

today

VII-17

fly

VII-18

myself

VII-19

round

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List VIII

tell

VIII-1

much

VIII-2

keep

VIII-3

give

VIII-4

work

VIII-5

first

VIII-6

try

VIII-7

new

VIII-8

must

VIII-9

start

VIII-10

black

VIII-11

white

VIII-12

ten

VIII-13

does

VIII-14

bring

VIII-15

goes

VIII-16

write

VIII-17

always

VIII-18

drink

VIII-19

once

VIII-20

List IX

soon

IX-1

made

IX-2

run

IX-3

gave

IX-4

open

IX-5

has

IX-6

find

IX-7

only

IX-8

us

IX-9

three

IX-10

our

IX-11

better

IX-12

hold

IX-13

buy

IX-14

funny

IX-15

warm

IX-16

ate

IX-17

full

IX-18

those

IX-19

done

IX-20

List X

use

X-1

fast

X-2

say

X-3

light

X-4

pick

X-5

hurt

X-6

pull

X-7

cut

X-8

kind

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both

X-10

sit

X-11

which

X-12

fall

X-13

carry

X-14

small

X-15

under

X-16

read

X-17

why

X-18

own

X-19

found

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List XI

wash

XI-1

show

XI-2

hot

XI-3

because

XI-4

far

XI-5

live

XI-6

draw

XI-7

clean

XI-8

grow

XI-9

best

XI-10

upon

XI-11

these

XI-12

sing

XI-13

together

XI-14

please

XI-15

thank

XI-16

wish

XI-17

many

XI-18

shall

XI-19

laugh

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