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Dolch Third Grade Sight Words (41 Words) — Free Printable List & Flash Cards

There are 41 Dolch third grade sight words. Third grade is the last of Dolch's five levels. Once a child knows these, they know all 220 Dolch service words.

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Flash cards open in the maker with all 41 words loaded — the word on the front and again, printed light, on the back for whoever holds the card up. The word search takes the first 30 words of three letters or more, and bingo gets the whole list to shuffle.

All 41 Dolch third grade sight words

In alphabetical order, as Dolch listed them.

  1. 1about
  2. 2better
  3. 3bring
  4. 4carry
  5. 5clean
  6. 6cut
  7. 7done
  8. 8draw
  9. 9drink
  10. 10eight
  11. 11fall
  12. 12far
  13. 13full
  14. 14got
  15. 15grow
  16. 16hold
  17. 17hot
  18. 18hurt
  19. 19if
  20. 20keep
  21. 21kind
  22. 22laugh
  23. 23light
  24. 24long
  25. 25much
  26. 26myself
  27. 27never
  28. 28only
  29. 29own
  30. 30pick
  31. 31seven
  32. 32shall
  33. 33show
  34. 34six
  35. 35small
  36. 36start
  37. 37ten
  38. 38today
  39. 39together
  40. 40try
  41. 41warm

Flash cards per page

Pick the size in the flash card maker. Sheet counts are for the 41 words on this page, fronts only — printing the backs doubles them.

Cards per pageSheets for 41 wordsWord sizeBest for
2 per page — extra large2160 ptWhole-class flashing from the front of the room.
4 per page — large1144 ptSmall group work and pocket charts.
6 per page — standard734 ptThe usual choice. Fits a rubber band.
8 per page — compact628 ptFact decks and word rings.
9 per page — small524 ptBig decks where paper matters.

How to teach these words

Five short activities that work in a classroom and at the kitchen table. A few minutes a day beats one long session a week.

  1. 1.Three-pile sort

    Flash each card. Words read instantly go in a Know pile, slow ones in Almost, missed ones in Not Yet. Five minutes a day on the Almost and Not Yet piles is enough.

  2. 2.A word ring

    Punch a hole in each card and put three to five words on a binder ring. Add a new word when one is read on sight for three days running.

  3. 3.Sound out what you can

    Most sight words are partly regular. Sound out the regular part together and point out the tricky bit — the ai in said, the o in of — so the word is learned, not guessed.

  4. 4.Sight word hunt

    Pick three words and hunt for them in a picture book, a cereal box or a street sign. Keep a tally and see which word turns up most.

  5. 5.Games with the same words

    Use the list for bingo, a word search or a game of slap: lay out a few cards, call a word, and the first hand on it keeps the card.

20 of these 41 words are also in Fry's first 300 Instant Words, so a child working through either list is practising most of the other.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Dolch third grade sight words are there?

There are 41. Dolch published 220 service words in five levels — 40 pre-primer, 52 primer, 41 first grade, 46 second grade and 41 third grade — plus a separate list of 95 nouns, so 315 words in all.

What are the Dolch third grade sight words?

about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm.

What grade are the Dolch third grade sight words for?

They are commonly taught in third grade. Neither the Dolch nor the Fry list was assigned to grades by any official body, so schools differ — follow your school's list if it has one.

How many pages of flash cards do the 41 words make?

At 6 cards per page, the standard size, the 41 words print on 7 sheets. At 9 per page it is 5 sheets, and at 4 large cards per page it is 11. Printing the backs as well doubles the sheet count.

Are the Dolch Third Grade words also Fry words?

20 of the 41 also appear in Fry's first 300 Instant Words. The two lists were built differently — Dolch from children's books of the 1930s, Fry by how often words appear in print — but they agree on most everyday words.

How many new sight words should a child learn at a time?

Many teachers add three to five new words at a time, mixed in with words the child already knows, and only move on when the new ones are read on sight for a few days running.

Is this sight word list free to print?

Yes. The Print this list button prints the words as a neat sheet from your browser, and the flash card maker prints the cards free, with a small PuzzlePage credit in the footer.

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