ASL worksheet · Reading fingerspelled words
Find the Missing Letter
One handshape is missing from each word. Circle the handshape that fills the gap.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Reading words letter by letter, Blending letters into a word, Reading sight words and simple words, Using spelling patterns to fill a gap
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- One handshape is missing. Circle the handshape that makes a real word.
Teacher tip
Have kids try each choice out loud: “f-u-s-h, f-i-s-h, f-e-s-h.” Only one makes a real word, and saying them helps them hear it.
How to use it
- Sign each word for the class after they write it, so they see it spelled smoothly.
- Let early readers say each letter sound as they find it.
- Make every handshape with your own hand as kids work. Your hand is the best model in the room.
Watch for
Reading letters but not the word. Ask kids to say the word out loud at the end.
Talk about it
- How did you know which letter was missing?
- Which letters look almost the same? How do you tell them apart?
Take it further
Fingerspell this week’s spelling words to the class and have kids write them.
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