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Dolch Noun Sight Words Handwriting Worksheets
Practice the 95 Dolch nouns, everyday words like apple, house, and school, with a trace row and blank lines for each word.
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Word list
- apple
- ball
- bird
- cake
- dog
- farm
- flower
- house
- milk
- school
- tree
- water
- Template
- Trace and Copy
- Font
- Delius
- Guide lines
- Three-line
- Paper
- US Letter or A4
About this worksheet
Alongside the 220 service words, Dolch published a separate list of 95 nouns that appear often in early reading. Unlike the service words, most of them can be pictured, which makes them a good fit for young writers. The full noun list is: apple, baby, back, ball, bear, bed, bell, bird, birthday, boat, box, boy, bread, brother, cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, egg, eye, farm, farmer, father, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, garden, girl, goodbye, grass, ground, hand, head, hill, home, horse, house, kitty, leg, letter, man, men, milk, money, morning, mother, name, nest, night, paper, party, picture, pig, rabbit, rain, ring, robin, Santa Claus, school, seed, sheep, shoe, sister, snow, song, squirrel, stick, street, sun, table, thing, time, top, toy, tree, watch, water, way, wind, window, wood.
The worksheet starts with 12 nouns; paste in others from the list above, or group them by topic (family, animals, home, weather) for a themed sheet. Keep 'Christmas' and 'Santa Claus' capitalized, as they are names.
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A ready-made word list
Starts loaded with themed words like apple, ball, bird, cake — edit, reorder, or add your own.
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Trace then copy each word
Faded guide text to trace, followed by blank lines to write the word from memory.
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Print or export clean
Three-line or four-line guides on Letter or A4 paper, with live preview before you print.
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Questions
- Are the Dolch nouns part of the 220 sight words?
- No. The 220 service words are mostly pronouns, verbs, and connecting words. The 95 nouns are a separate list, usually taught from kindergarten to second grade alongside them.
- How should I split the 95 nouns into worksheets?
- Ten to twelve words fit on one page. Grouping them by topic, such as animals or family, makes eight or nine sheets that each feel like a set.
- Are the Dolch noun worksheets free?
- Yes. The sample sheet on this page is a free PDF in US Letter or A4, no account needed. Creating and previewing your own version is free too; printing and downloading custom sheets come with Pro, which also removes the preview watermark.