Kindergarten
Sight Word: little
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “little”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “I see a little bug.”
Sight word worksheet · Word of the day
Sight Word: big
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “big”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “The dog is big.”
- Grade level
- Kindergarten
- Time
- About 10 minutes
- Topic
- Word of the day
- 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:
- 4. Rainbow write it: once in red, once in blue, once in green
- 5. Find it: color every “big”
- How many did you find?
- 6. Build it: one letter per box
- How many letters?
- 7. Read the sentence. Trace the word.
Words on this sheet
bigdigbugbagpig
Teacher tip
Show something big and something little. Then pair the sheet with “little”.
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.
- Use it in a literacy center with a partner who checks the reading.
Watch for
Letter reversals like b and d. Point to the start of each letter and model it again.
Talk about it
- How many letters does the word have?
- 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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Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “blue”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “The sky is blue.”
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Sight Word: not
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “not”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “That is not my cat.”
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