1st grade
Sight Word Search
Ten 1st grade sight words hidden across, down and diagonally down. No backwards words.
Sight word worksheet · Word search
Sight Word Search
Eight kindergarten sight words hidden across and down in a small 8 by 8 grid. No diagonals and no backwards words.
- Grade level
- Kindergarten
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Word search
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Sight word recognition, Reading fluency, Spelling high-frequency words, Letter formation
What kids do
“Find each word. The words go across or down. Color the word on the list when you find it!”
Printed on the sheet:
- Write your two favorite words from the list:
Words on this sheet
theandseecangolookplayyou
Teacher tip
Words only go across and down, so this is a good first word search. Show kids how to find the first letter and then check the next one.
How to use it
- Read every word on the sheet out loud together before kids start.
- Use it in a literacy center with a partner who checks the reading.
- Play it again later in the week with a different partner. Repeat play builds speed.
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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