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Sight Word: an

Read, color, trace and write the sight word “an” three times, find it among look-alike words, read it in a sentence and draw it: “I ate an apple.”

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Grade level
1st grade
Time
About 10 minutes
Answer key
Not needed: answers vary
Kids practice
Reading one sight word, Tracing and writing, Finding a word among look-alikes, Reading the word in a sentence

What kids do

Printed on the sheet:

  1. 4. Write it three times
  2. 5. Read the sentence. Trace the word.
  3. 6. Find it: color every “an”
  4. 7. Draw the sentence
  5. How many did you find?

Words on this sheet

aninonatand

Teacher tip

Use it before words that start with a vowel: an apple, an egg.

How to use it

  • Spell the word with magnetic letters or letter tiles after the build it box.
  • Clap, stomp or snap each letter as you spell the word out loud.
  • Read every word on the sheet out loud together before kids start.

Watch for

Kids who count look-alike words as matches in the find it box. Ask them to check every letter.

Talk about it

  • Where might you see this word in a book?
  • Can you find one of these words in a book from the class library?

Take it further

Add the word to a class word wall and use it in a shared writing sentence.

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