1st grade
Read, Cover, Write, Check
Read, cover, write from memory, check: the spelling routine with eight 1st grade sight words.
Sight word worksheet · Read, cover, write, check
Read, Cover, Write, Check
The classic spelling routine: read the word, cover it with your hand, write it from memory, then uncover and check.
- Grade level
- Kindergarten
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Sight word recognition, Reading fluency, Spelling high-frequency words, Letter formation
What kids do
“Read the word. Cover it with your hand. Write it. Uncover it and check. Did you get it?”
Printed on the sheet:
- Cover it and write it
Words on this sheet
Read itupbigrednotformerunmake
Teacher tip
Model the four steps slowly with one word first.
How to use it
- Play it again later in the week with a different partner. Repeat play builds speed.
- Keep a sight word ring of flash cards so kids can check spellings.
- Send a copy home so families can play too.
Watch for
Kids who guess from the first letter. Ask them to look at the whole word, all the way to the end.
Talk about it
- Which words look alike? How do you tell them apart?
- Which word was the hardest to read? Why?
Take it further
Ask kids to use two of the words in one sentence and draw it.
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