Sight words are common words that students are encouraged to recognize instantly by sight rather than decoding individually. The first set of sight words contains a, I, the, you, it, he, she, we, me, be, are, they, was, see, for, have, do, so, says, come, some, one, had, where, there, little, out, what, when, up, down, all, about, think, know, can, very, help, too, any, many, some, my, over, new, sound, take, just, its, long, both, other, two, back, most, these, those, only, small, set