📖 Dolch 2nd Grade

Is "does" a Sight Word?

Yes — "does" is a Second Grade sight word. It's pronounced "duz", nothing close to how its letters would suggest, making it one of the trickier common verbs in English.

Second Grade Level
1 Syllable
does
does

Example Sentence

Does she like ice cream?

Why "does" Is a Sight Word

"Does" is the third-person form of "do" (he/she/it does), constantly used to form questions. Its double "o" doesn't make the long or short "oo" sound a child might expect — instead it collapses to a short "u". This total mismatch means "does" is learned purely by sight and repetition in questions and sentences.

Teaching Tip

Practice "does" specifically in question form — "Does he...?", "Does it...?" — since that's the context children will encounter it in most often.

Practice

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