1st grade
Sight Word: how
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “how”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “How do you do that?”
Sight word worksheet · Word of the day
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.”
- 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 “out”
- 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
outoatourputit
Teacher tip
The ou says “ow”, like when you get hurt. Act out going out the door.
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.
- 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
- Where might you see this word in a book?
- 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.
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