1st grade
Sight Word: out
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “out”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “Let’s go out to play.”
Sight word worksheet · Word of the day
Sight Word: his
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “his”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “He lost his hat.”
- Grade level
- 1st grade
- 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 “his”
- 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
histhishasishim
Teacher tip
The s sounds like z, like in “is”. Point to a boy in a picture as you read.
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.
- Play it again later in the week with a different partner. Repeat play builds speed.
Watch for
Letter reversals like b and d. Point to the start of each letter and model it again.
Talk about it
- Can you think of your own sentence with this word?
- 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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