1st grade
Sight Word Flash Cards
16 1st grade sight words on cut-apart flash cards, including the tricky ones like “once”, “know” and “could”.
Sight word worksheet · Flash cards
Sight Word Flash Cards
All 16 kindergarten sight words on cut-apart flash cards. Print on card stock and keep them on a ring.
- Grade level
- Kindergarten
- Time
- About 10 minutes
- Topic
- Flash cards
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Sight word recognition, Reading fluency, Spelling high-frequency words, Letter formation
What kids do
“Cut out the cards. Read them to a grown-up. Put the ones you know in a “got it” pile!”
Words on this sheet
theseeiswecanityouandgoinlooktomyplay
Teacher tip
Punch a hole in each card and keep them on a ring. Add new words each week.
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 read the words in order from memory. Point to words out of order to check.
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.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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Sight Word Flash Cards: Set 2
Cut-apart flash cards for the 16 new 1st grade words, including “there”, “think”, “where” and “who”.
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