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Kindergarten Sight Words and Kindergarten Spelling Words
We provide science-backed Kindergarten Sight Words and Kindergarten Spelling Words lists, online spelling tests, and worksheets that are customizable in seconds.
Spelling Test Buddy offers a comprehensive list of Kindergarten sight words and Kindergarten spelling words, all free.
Our Kindergarten sight words and Kindergarten spelling words are broken down into a scope and sequence across 36 weeks to take you from the first day of school, through the whole school year.
The curriculum progresses as follows:
- Weeks 1-7: Onset/rime words (Short A/E/I/O/U)
- Weeks 8-10: Digraphs (sh, ch, th)
- Weeks 11-20: Blends (st, sl, br, cr, gr ,tr, dr, bl, cl, fl)
- Weeks 21-23: Review
- Weeks 24-25: Endings
- Weeks 26-30: General sight words / numbers / colors
Each week consists of 10 words and 2 bonus sight words.
These words align with the following standards:
- CCSS Standard: Reading: Foundational Skills, RF.3
- NGLS Standard: Reading: Foundational Skills, RF.3
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Online spelling tests for Kindergarten sight words and Kindergarten spelling words
Do you want to provide digital spelling tests on these words? Spelling Test Buddy lets you use any or all of these word lists as a part of your spelling curriculum.
Simply log in and navigate to 📓 Word Lists. Create or Edit a list, and when given the option to add words, from the “Pick a word list” dropdown, select Kindergarten to start.
You can see a sample for each word list by tapping on “Sample spelling test” below.
Word Lists
| Week | Word lists | Words | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Short A Words (at) | at, cat, bat, hat, sat, mat, rat, fat, pat, flat, a, the | |
| 2 | Short A Words (an) | an, can, man, fan, pan, ran, tan, van, plan, span, and, in | |
| 3 | Short I Words (it) | it, hit, bit, sit, fit, kit, lit, pit, mit, flit, is, if | |
| 4 | Short I Words (in) | in, fin, pin, win, tin, spin, chin, grin, thin, twin, big, little | |
| 5 | Short U Words (up) | up, cup, pup, sun, fun, run, bun, gun, cut, nut, jump, run | |
| 6 | Short O Words (ot) | hot, cot, dot, not, pot, got, rot, tot, jot, blot, top, stop | |
| 7 | Short E Words (et) | get, let, set, met, pet, vet, wet, jet, net, bet, red, ten | |
| 8 | Digraph - SH | ship, shop, shut, shed, shin, she, shoe, fish, dish, wish, with, this | |
| 9 | Digraph - CH | chin, chop, chip, chat, chick, much, such, rich, which, catch, each, child | |
| 10 | Digraph - TH | this, that, them, then, than, thin, thick, with, bath, path, mother, father | |
| 11 | Blends - ST | stop, step, stick, star, stay, stem, still, sting, stack, stamp, stand, street | |
| 12 | Blends - SL | slip, slap, slow, sled, sleep, slide, sling, slam, slat, slot, play, sleep | |
| 13 | Blends - BR | brown, brick, brave, bread, bring, brush, broke, brand, brass, brag, from, pretty | |
| 14 | Blends - CR | crab, crack, cry, crop, crow, crisp, cross, crown, crash, crawl, draw, crayon | |
| 15 | Blends - GR | grab, grass, green, grin, grip, grow, grand, gray, grape, grant, great, grow | |
| 16 | Blends - TR | trap, track, trick, trip, try, truck, train, tray, tree, treat, try, train | |
| 17 | Blends - DR | drip, drop, draw, drive, dream, drink, dry, drag, dress, drum, dress, drink | |
| 18 | Blends - BL | black, blue, blow, block, blend, blink, bless, blade, blast, blanket, block, please | |
| 19 | Blends - CL | clap, clip, clock, climb, close, clean, clear, class, clown, click, class, clock | |
| 20 | Blends - FL | flip, flap, fly, flow, flat, flash, flag, flock, fling, floss, fly, flower | |
| 21 | Review Short Vowel Sounds (Mixed) | cap, fin, bug, red, hop, sun, pen, win, cut, hot | |
| 22 | Review Digraphs (Mixed) | ship, chat, thin, chop, shed, chin, wish, much, this, fish | |
| 23 | Review Blends (Mixed) | stop, clap, grip, flag, sled, brag, trip, drop, blue, crab | |
| 24 | -ING ending | sing, ring, wing, king, swing, bring, thing, sting, ping, spring | |
| 25 | -ED ending | bed, fed, led, red, shed, wed, hid, kid, lid, bid | |
| 26 | Sight Words 1 | the, and, a, to, of, in, I, you, it, he, for, said | |
| 27 | Sight Words 2 | was, is, his, are, they, on, at, be, this, that, with, have | |
| 28 | Sight Words 3 | all, we, as, can, but, not, so, up, out, see, look, like | |
| 29 | Number Words (one-ten) | one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten | |
| 30 | Color Words | red, blue, green, yellow, pink, purple, orange, brown, black, white |