Sight words help children read fluently. The first 3 columns of sight words are required for CMS Kindergarteners. They are assessed on these sight words throughout the year.

It is recommended that kindergarteners learn all eleven lists.

green list / blue list / red list / yellow list / orange list / purple list / brown list / black list / white list / grey list / pink list
A / are / after / all / after / always / about / around / any / again / two
am / big / again / am / ate / but / because / best / as / before / three
and / day / away / an / away / by / been / better / ask / clean / five
at / down / because / be / blue / call / does / both / bring / draw / nine
can / for / came / black / brown / cold / don’t / by / carry / drink / eleven
come / from / could / came / could / fly / fast / five / cut / eight / twelve
go / got / did / did / every / going / first / found / done / fall / thirteen
here / have / do / do / give / jump / gave / full / far / hold / fourteen
I / he / eat / eat / had / just / goes / got / grow / hot / fifteen
in / his / father / find / has / know / green / it / keep / kind / sixteen
is / little / first / funny / her / let / its / laugh / light / long / seventeen
it / not / get / four / him / live / made / much / myself / only / eighteen
like / of / has / get / how / may / many / seven / never / own / nineteen
look / one / her / good / must / old / off / six / shall / pick / twenty
me / out / make / help / new / once / or / small / start / please / thirty
my / run / mother / into / now / open / pull / ten / these / show / forty
on / she / night / make / our / over / read / upon / today / those / fifty
said / they / saw / no / please / put / right / us / very / together / sixty
see / was / then / one / ran / take / sing / use / wash / try / seventy
the / went / there / play / ride / there / sit / why / wish / which / eighty
to / where / want / pretty / saw / this / sleep / work / would / write / ninety
up / will / what / red / say / too / tell / your / hundred
we / with / who / three / so / under / thank / thousand
you / yes / why / two / soon / want / there
yellow / that / well / these

Add other color words for fun: green, orange, purple, brown, white, grey, pink

Days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Months of the year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (Autumn)

Holidays: New Years, Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday, Ground Hog’s Day, President’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, St. Patrick’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day, Fourth of July (Independence Day), Columbus Day, Cinco de Mayo, Earth Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Passover, Hanukkah, Yom Kipper, Rosh Hashanah, birthday