|
|
Print Catalog |
Learning Abilities Books CatalogDolch Sight Word BooksOrder |
|
Dolch Sight Words Fiction (includes Visual Impairment)
|
These Dolch books have been used for regular classes, ESL, Albert, the Apple Eating Appaloosa A Funny Dolch Word Book #1 / Un Libro Cómico #1 de la |
 $6.49 Order What are Dolch Words? | Albert, the Apple-eating Appaloosa © Betsy B. Lee 2002 See Endorsements. |
| Albert stopped eating grass when he saw children walking beside the paved road. They were far away. He liked children. He started eating again. "Do you see Mr. Rogers?" asked Beth as she sat on her horse. "He is Linda's teacher this year." Albert looked and looked. He saw Mr. Rogers, another grown-up, and Beth's daughter. Then he saw them walk across the road toward him. Oh no! thought Albert. They are coming to ride me! No Way! There are too many children! I am out of here! He turned around and ran away fast. |  |
| This is just the beginning of the first story. See how the children won Albert's heart. Enjoy the other short stories about Albert. Solve word search puzzles. Visit the site, Bits about Horses, for more pictures of Albert and his friends. Close that window to return to this page. | Contents Albert and the School Children |
Check or Purchase Order, PayPal, Amazon.com, BN.com Top of Page || For Teachers and Parents |
 $5.95 Order |
A Funny Dolch Word Book #1: © Betsy B. Lee 2002
Endorsements
|
I saw a fly go by. I saw him stop. What was up? | "No, little fly! Just walk on by! Again, I saw the fly go by. |
Check or Purchase Order, PayPal, Amazon.com, BN.com Top of Page || For Teachers and Parents |
A Funny Dolch Word Book #1 / Un Libro Cómico #1 de la Palabra de Dolch
|
Usage Note for Spanish-English Dolch Book Enjoy the play on words in English with the verb "fly" and the noun "fly." Sometimes readers reverse "was" and "saw." Visit the page on this site about correcting reversals. Discuss the difference in entonces and después as the story describes the quick movement of the fly. In English, we use "he" or "it" to refer to an animal when we don’t know the gender. The general term "horse" is referred to as "he" or "it." A mare is "she." A stallion is "he." The fly is a good example. In English, the fly is "he" or "it" unless we examine the fly under a microscope and learn it is female. In this little tale of the fly, help students notice that "ella" is translated as "he" instead of "she." "La" is translated as "him" instead of "her." See Instructions for Teachers. |
 $5.95 Order This book has all of Dolch sight words on the pre-primer through first grade lists. What are Dolch Words? |
A Funny Dolch Word Book #1 Written by Betsy B. Lee Lesson Plan for Dolch Books in English |
La Mosca I saw a fly go by. I saw him stop.
I saw him walk here and there. | "No, little fly! Just walk by!
Again, I saw the fly go by.
|
Check or Purchase Order, PayPal, Amazon.com, BN.com Top of Page || For Teachers and Parents |
 $5.95 Order | A Funny Dolch Word Book #2 © Betsy B. Lee 2002 New Lesson Plan for This Book
|
An Aesop Fable Retold by Betsy B. Lee Once upon a time, a lion was too old to hunt very well so he made a plan. "Oh! I am so sick. Please, come to see me or I will die all alone," he called as a chicken walked by. The chicken felt sorry for the old lion, and he walked into the den. The lion ate the chicken. "Oh! I am so sick. Please, come to see me or I will die all alone," he called as a duck walked by. The duck felt sorry for the old lion, and she walked into the den. The lion ate the duck. |
He ate a deer, a wolf, and a rabbit. "Oh! I am so sick. Please, come to see me or I will die all alone," he called as a fox walked by. "Oh, I don't think so," said the fox. "Thank you for asking, but I see many footprints going into your den. I don't see any coming out. A sick lion should not have a crowd in his den. It would be best for the others to come out before I go in." The fox ran away fast. |
Check or Purchase Order, PayPal, Amazon.com, BN.com Top of Page || For Teachers and Parents |
 $5.95 Order | A Funny Dolch Word Book #3
© Betsy B. Lee 2002 New Lesson Plan for This Book
|
|
An Aesop Fable Retold by Betsy B. Lee A man rented a donkey. He got the donkey's owner to show him the way across the desert. The first man put a bottle of water and a bag of food on the donkey's back for the long walk. The two men walked far into the desert. They got very hot. They had a drink of water. They gave some to the donkey, too. "I want some shade," said the first man. "There are no trees so I will rest in the donkey's shadow." |
"I own this donkey!" shouted the owner. "So I own his shadow! I will rest in his shadow!" "I rented this donkey!" shouted the first man. "So I rented his shadow! I will rest in his shadow!" The donkey did not like the fighting. He ran far away. He carried the water and the food with him. Ah! He took his shadow, too! Fighting made both of them lose what they wanted. |
Check or Purchase Order, PayPal, Amazon.com, BN.com Top of Page || For Teachers and Parents |
Note: some of the links on this page open new windows. Close them to return here. See the Similarities Differences Training Lesson Plan for improving reading skills. This includes worksheets for learning different endings of Dolch sight words. The original books by E. W. Dolch had few pictures.
The Albert book has only one picture per chapter. The other Dolch books have no pictures. Note: some of the links on this page open new windows. Close them to return here. E. W. Dolch surveyed numerous books, and he compiled lists of words which comprise 50% to 75% of the text in children's books. Dolch words need to be recognized instantly without depending on pictures for cues. These words usually can't be shown by pictures. Many of them cannot be sounded out. He identified 220 words. These are service words which help comprehension. The lists are divided into pre-primer - third grade. These levels don't represent levels of difficulty. These divisions only indicate that third grade words did not appear frequently in pre-primer through second grade books. They did appear frequently in the third grade books. All of these words should be learned in first grade. Dolch also identified 95 of the most commonly used nouns in pre-primer through third grade books. The Dolch books in this catalog have been used for adult literacy, ESL, regular classes, and special education. |
