Kindergarten
Sight Word: a
Read, color, trace and write the sight word “a”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “I have a cat.”
Sight word worksheet · Word of the day
Sight Word: the
Read, color, trace and write the sight word “the”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “I see the dog.”
- 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:
- 5. Find it: color every “the”
- 6. Build it: one letter per box
- How many letters?
- How many did you find?
- 7. Read the sentence. Trace the word.
Words on this sheet
thethenthemshetheyhe
Teacher tip
“The” is the most common word in English, so kids will see it on almost every page. Ask them to find it three times in a picture book 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
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?
- 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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