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Please, do not use Dolch Sight Words, Fry's 100 Instant Words, or any collection of "sight words" to be memorized . The problem with teaching all of these words as sight words is that the great majority can be spelled phonetically. Even those that are a little trickier do have phonetic rules that they follow, or at least most of the word can be sounded out. Teaching sight words before children have a solid phonetic foundation gives them the idea that words just have to be memorized. This will cause them more problems in the long run.