Sight Words: Read It, Find It, Write It

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A free Grade 1 ESL worksheet pack for ten high-frequency sight words: the, and, see, can, said, you, look, here, play and my. Children find, sort, read and write the words in short sentences. Includes a timed lesson plan, worksheet, editable Word version and answer key.

Overview

Sight words are the small words that appear again and again in early reading books. Many cannot be sounded out easily, so children learn to recognize them at a glance. In this pack children find each word among look-alike words, sort the words by length, complete sentences, read picture sentences and write their own sentence with a sight word.

Resource Details

Subject: ESL
Topic: Sight Words
Category: Reading
File Type: PDF
File Size: 261.8 KB
Published: 30 Oct 2026
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Grade 1 ESL (ages 6–7), A1 30 minutes Reading word recognition spelling sentence writing

Student Task

Write the ten words on cards. Read each word aloud, spell it together and read it again.
Do activities 1 and 2 together, then let children complete activities 3 to 5.
Keep the word cards on a word wall and review them every day.

Classroom Use

Flash and grab: lay the word cards on the floor; say a word and a child jumps on it.
Sight word hunt: children find the ten words in a picture book and tally them.
Rainbow writing: children write each word three times in different colors.

Differentiation

Support: focus on five words at a time and trace them before writing. Challenge: children write a short story using all ten words.

Answer Key & Assessment

Activities 1 to 4 check reading and recognition (answer key included). Ask each child to read the ten words from cards in under a minute.

Learning Objectives

Read ten common sight words quickly and accurately.
Tell sight words apart from similar-looking words.
Use sight words to read and write simple sentences.

Teacher Tips

Practise little and often. Two minutes of quick word flashing every day works better than one long lesson a week.

What's Included

6-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
Key vocabulary list (4 words with meanings and examples)
Student worksheet (5 activities)
Editable Word version of the worksheet
Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)