1st grade
Sight Word: what
Read, color, trace and write the sight word “what”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “What is your name?”
Sight word worksheet · Word of the day
Sight Word: said
Read, color, trace and write the sight word “said”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: ““Hi!” said the bee.”
- 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:
- 5. Find it: color every “said”
- 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
saidsandpaidaidsad
Teacher tip
“Said” sounds like “sed”. Practice it with quotation marks: “Hi!” said the bee.
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
Letter reversals like b and d. Point to the start of each letter and model it again.
Talk about it
- How many letters does the word have?
- 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.
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