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Sight Word: can

Read, color, trace and write the sight word “can”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “I can jump high.”

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Grade level
Kindergarten
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. 5. Find it: color every “can”
  2. How many did you find?
  3. 6. Build it: one letter per box
  4. How many letters?
  5. 7. Read the sentence. Trace the word.

Words on this sheet

canmancapancat

Teacher tip

Play “I can” after the sheet: each child says one thing they can do and acts it out.

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

  • What other word looks a lot like this one?
  • 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.

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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