1st grade
Sight Word Riddles
Six riddles for 1st grade readers. Read each clue and write the sight word that answers it.
Sight word worksheet · Riddles
Sight Word Riddles
Six little riddles with color, number and action words for answers. Read the clue and write the word from the word bank.
- Grade level
- Kindergarten
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Riddles
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Sight word recognition, Reading fluency, Spelling high-frequency words, Letter formation
What kids do
“Read the clue. Which word in the word bank is the answer? Write it on the line.”
Printed on the sheet:
- I am the color of a banana.
- I come after one.
- I am the color of the night.
- A cat has this many legs.
- You do this with food.
- You do this on a bike.
Words on this sheet
eattwoblackfourrideyellow
Teacher tip
Read the riddles aloud and let kids guess before they look at the bank.
How to use it
- Keep a sight word ring of flash cards so kids can check spellings.
- Send a copy home so families can play too.
- Read every word on the sheet out loud together before kids start.
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
- Can you find one of these words in a book from the class library?
- Which words look alike? How do you tell them apart?
Take it further
Play a quick round of “flash and read” with the words at the end of the day.
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