1st grade
Sight Word: this
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “this”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “I made this for you.”
Sight word worksheet · Word of the day
Sight Word: there
Read, color, trace and rainbow write the sight word “there”, find it in a crowd of look-alike words, then read it in a sentence: “My bike is over there.”
- 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 “there”
- 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
thereherethreetheirthese
Teacher tip
Point over there as you read it. Contrast it with “their” later, not now.
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.
- 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
- Where might you see this word in a book?
- 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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