1st grade
Sight Word: are
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “are”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “We are best friends.”
Sight word worksheet · Word of the day
Sight Word: find
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “find”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “I can find my shoe.”
- 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 “find”
- 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
findfinefinmindkind
Teacher tip
The i says its name. Play a find game with hidden word cards after the sheet.
How to use it
- Introduce the word on the board, read it, spell it out loud and use it in a sentence before handing out the sheet.
- Do the trace and color boxes together, then let kids finish the find it and sentence parts on their own.
- 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?
- Which word was the hardest to read? Why?
Take it further
Hunt for the word in a picture book and keep a tally.
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Sight Word: this
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “this”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “I made this for you.”
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Sight Word: that
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “that”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “Look at that big truck!”
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