Dolch Sight Words（视觉词）是美国伊利诺伊大学教育学院教授、著名英语阅读教学专家爱德华•道尔奇(EdwardW. Dolch)发现整理的。视觉词顾名思义，就是孩子们一看就能认读和理解的词，其重要特点是这些词不需要经过大脑的解码(decoding)过程, 就能理解和使用。
道尔奇教授大量收集并分析儿童阅读的读物，进行分析发现，在学校教材、图书馆图书、各类报刊中，50%-70% 的词都属于视觉词之列。所以孩子们先学视觉词，再循序渐进地进行阅读，无疑会成为一位高效的阅读者。
视觉词表共分5级：PRE-primer, PPrimer ,Grade1, Grade 2, Garde 3. 将315个核心词汇(名词95个， 非名词220个）分配于各个级别之中,让孩子们循充渐进而学习和使用。
以下就是315个sight words（注意这些等级的划分是按照英语为母语国家的孩子等级划分的，如果母语不是英语要适当的后推）:
Pre-primer 学龄前
a,and,away,big,blue,can,come,down,find,for,funny,go,help,here,I,in,is,it,jump,little,look,make,me,my,not,one,play,red,run,said,see,the,three,to,two,up,we,where,yellow,you
Primer幼儿园
all,am,are,at,ate,be,black,brown,but,came,did,do,eat,four,get,good,have,he,into,like,must,new,no,now,on,our,out,please,pretty,ran,ride,saw,say,she,so,soon,that,there,they,this,too,under,want,was,well,went,what,white,who,will,with,yes
1stGrade一年级
after,again,an,any,as,ask,by,could,every,fly,from,give,giving,had,has,her,him,his,how,just,know,let,live,may,of,old,once,open,over,put,round,some,stop,take,thank,them,then,think,walk,were,when
2ndGrade二年级
always,around,because,been,before,best,both,buy,call,cold,does,don't,fast,first,five,found,gave,goes,green,its,made,many,off,or,pull,read,right,sing,sit,sleep,tell,their,these,those,upon,us,use,very,wash,which,why,wish,work,would,write,your
3rdGrade3年级
about,better,bring,carry,clean,cut,done,draw,drink,eight,fall,far,full,got,grow,hold,hot,hurt,if,keep,kind,laugh,light,long,much,myself,never,only,own,pick,seven,shall,show,six,small,start,ten,today,together,try,warm
Nouns 名词
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,good-bye,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,SantaClaus,school,seed,sheep,shoe,sister,snow,song,squirrel,stick,street,sun,table,thing,time,top,toy,tree,watch,water,way,wind,window,wood
