Second-grade sight words worksheets
Aligned with Common Core RF.2.3f
Printable second-grade sight word worksheets: read, trace and write, sight word hunt, fill in the sentence and cut-out word cards, using the 46 second-grade sight words.
The worksheets
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All 46 Sight Words
Every second-grade sight word on one page, with three boxes per word to track progress.
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Sound It Out Cards
All 46 sight words split into sounds or syllables, like a • gain, with the tricky part marked with a heart and how a dictionary says each word (3 pages).
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Sound Boxes
All 46 sight words with one box for each sound or syllable and a dot to tap under each box (2 pages).
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Sound It Out List
All 46 sight words in a list with the sound parts, an easy "say it" spelling, how a dictionary says it, and what makes it tricky (4 pages).
Read, Trace, Write
Second-grade sight words to read, trace and write on handwriting lines.
Sight Word Hunt
Two sight words hidden six times each among other second-grade sight words.
Fill In the Sight Word
Sentences with a missing sight word and a word box at the top.
Sight Word Cards
Twelve big cut-out cards with second-grade sight words.
Print the whole packet
One copy of every sheet above, in order. Tap + for more copies (up to 10).
For the parent or teacher
What it is
Sight words are common words kids should know instantly, without sounding them out. These sheets use the 46 second-grade Dolch sight words, such as always, because, been, does, their, which, would and your. Many of them break phonics rules, so they have to be learned by sight.
What comes next
Timed fluency passages, where sight words and phonics come together in smooth reading.
How to teach it
- Say it, spell it, say it again: "does, d-o-e-s, does."
- Point out the tricky part of each word, like the ou in would, and the parts that follow phonics.
- Practice five or six words at a time. Add new ones when the old ones are quick.
- Hunt for the words in books you read together.
Common mistakes
- Mixing up look-alike words, like their and there, or which and with.
- Reading does like goes, or been like bean.
- Knowing the word on a card but not in a sentence. Always read them in context too.