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Sight Word: for

Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “for”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “This gift is for you.”

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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. 4. Rainbow write it: once in red, once in blue, once in green
  2. 5. Find it: color every “for”
  3. How many did you find?
  4. 6. Build it: one letter per box
  5. How many letters?
  6. 7. Read the sentence. Trace the word.

Words on this sheet

forfurfarfourfrom

Teacher tip

“For” sounds like “four”. Practice it in “This is for you.”

How to use it

  • Make it the word of the day: post it on the door and ask kids to read it on the way out.
  • Put the sheet in a page protector for dry-erase practice all week.
  • Use it in a literacy center with a partner who checks the reading.

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 words look alike? How do you tell them apart?

Take it further

Write the word in sand, shaving cream or with a finger on a partner’s back.

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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