On this worksheet, students will color the word, color the letters in the word, trace the word, and write the word in a sentence.
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Students will trace and circle the word As. Then they’ll cut out the letters and glue them on the paper to make the word.
Trace the word. Write it in the sentence. Then draw a picture.
On this printable, students will color by number, circle the word, count the letters, trace, and print the word.
This page has large outline letteers for painting or coloring the sight word As.
Use glitter, stickers, or markers to trace the giant sight word.
Use an ink dabber, markers, or crayons to color the word as every time it appears on this worksheet.
Trace the word As five times on the primary-ruled paper. Then try to write it two times.
Cut out the letters in the word As and glue them in the correct spaces on the worksheet.
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Sight words, often called high frequency words, are words we want our learners to recognize immediately. Despite what you’ve may have been told, the majority of them do follow the phonics “rules” we teach our young readers and spellers.
But they appear so frequently in reading that we don’t our readers stopping to sound them out each time they see one. You can read more about this in my article, Phonics or Sight Words?
Need more inspiration for teaching sight words? You may enjoy these blog posts:
- Sight Words: When they Just Don’t “Stick”
- The Teaching of Sight Words
- Printable Sight Word Lists
- Two Kinds of Sight Words
Each sight word card has the featured sight word at the top. At the bottom, there is a sentence with the sight word in bold. Each one also includes a simple picture that matches the sentence.
Because of their open-ended nature, there are TONS of things you can do with these. Here are just a few ideas, but you’re welcome to think of your own. If you do, I’d love to have you share your idea in the comments!
Copy onto cardstock, laminate, and hole-punch them and create simple sight word book flip books.
Learners can practice spelling the words with things like letter tiles, letter stamps, or magnetic letters. I even like to use old bottle caps!
Or learners can just read the sentences.
Hang your featured sight word(s) for the week on the wall or near your learner’s work area or at a center.
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Teachers are always on the hunt for great sight word activities. Sight words are any words readers recognize automatically “by sight”—for fluent readers, that’s almost all words! High-frequency words, the most commonly occurring words in written English like those on the Dolch list, are often thought of as the most crucial sight words.
It’s a myth that blindly memorizing every letter in a sight word is the only way to learn it. The science of reading tells us that linking sounds and letters is the most effective way for kids’ brains to learn any word. Many common words are easy to tackle using beginning phonics skills (like “at,” “can,” “him,” etc.), so staying true to a strong phonics curriculum is one way to support kids’ sight word learning. Even irregularly spelled words have decodable parts, e.g., kids can use the sounds of “s” and “d” to help with “said,” even if the “ai” is unexpected. Experts often call these words “heart words” to call out for kids that they should learn the unexpected word parts “by heart.” (If all this is unfamiliar to you, it can feel overwhelming, but you’ve got this! Check out teaching guru Jillian Starr’s explanation for more help.)
Check out these low-prep and engaging sight word activities for both teaching and practicing words.
Sight Word Activities for Introducing Words
1. Map it and drive it
This is a genius way to introduce words with appealing materials: Say the word, represent each sound with a LEGO brick, write letters for each sound, and “drive” to read it.
Source: @droppinknowledgewithheidi
2. Smush play dough for each sound
Set up a routine that works for any word. Play dough squishing for each sound is the ultimate multi-sensory component.
Source: @playdough2plato
3. Map words with a magnet wand
It is so super-satisfying to drag those magnetic dots around! Watch the video below for lots of tips on introducing a word using this process.
Source: @warriorsforliteracy
4. Make a mini book
Lots of handy info in one place for your little learners.
Source: @hughesheartforfirst
5. Tap it, pop it, learn it!
Hardwire those words in kids’ brains with this comprehensive word intro routine. (You had us with the pop its!)
Source: @hellojenjones
Sight Word Activities for Practicing Words
6. Find and swat words
An oldie but such a goodie. Find a word in an array and WHACK! Swat it with a fly swatter!
Source: @kids_play_learn_laugh
7. Flip word pancakes
Serve up sight word pancakes while practicing spelling them aloud.
Source: @bee_happy_teaching
8. Wear heart word bracelets
Make kids feel like sight word VIPs.
Source: @teachingmoore
9. Search for sight word balls
Write sight words on ball pit balls with a chalk marker or dry-erase marker. Kids can race around hunting for balls to read and toss in a basket, or hunt through a big tub of balls for a certain word.
Source: @preschoolforyou
10. Start a sight word band
Loud but oh-so-fun! Feel the rhythm while tapping and reading sight words stuck to homemade percussion instruments.
Source: @earlyyears_withmrsg
11. Drive on a sight word path
This is one of many fun ways to use magnetic tiles for learning! Kids love “knocking down” word tiles with a toy car as they read each one.
Source: @travisntyler
12. Use sticky notes to inspire sight word sentences
Have kids stick words on items that give them ideas for sentences. “My Mom said to wear a helmet!” = so good!
Source: @kinneypodlearning
13. Write words on a sensory bag
So easy: Fill a zip-top bag with a small amount of kid-safe paint, seal well, and have kids practice “writing” sight words with their finger or a cotton swab.
Source: @makeitmultisensory
14. Wear a sight word crown
Wear your word proudly and practice reading others’ words. Fun in person or virtually.
Source: @mrsjonescreationstation
15. Play a magnetic-tile board game
We love new ideas for ways to use magnetic tiles for sight word activities. Easy to set up and fun to play.
Source: @twotolove_bairantwins
16. Spell words to a familiar tune
Get sight words stuck in everyone’s head, in a good way. We’d add a line for chanting the sounds in the word!
Source: @saysbre
17. Feed a word monster
Nom, nom, nom.
Source: @ecplayandlearn
18. Search for the pom-pom under sight word cups
Read all the words as you try to find the cup that hides the prize.
Source: @la.la.learning
19. Play sight word KABOOM
This classroom classic is perfect for sight words. If you need a refresher on the rules, Jillian Starr covers them.
Source: @essentiallykinder
20. Roll and write words
Roll, write, repeat.
Source: @mylittlepandamonium
21. Write words with rainbow colors
Bonus points for aromatic markers.
Source: @mylittlepandamonium
22. Trace words with flashlights
Stock up on batteries because kids never get tired of this!
Source: @giggleswithgerg
23. Find words in plastic eggs
Give kids a checklist of words to find as they open each egg.
Source: @blooming_tots1
24. Spy words around the classroom
Just add a magnifying glass and clipboard to make kids feel like supersleuths!
Source: @readingcorneronline
25. Find words in the morning message
Don’t forget about old standbys! This is one of our favorite ways to get kids to recognize sight words in connected text.
Source: @tales_of_a_kinder_classroom
26. Build words with bricks
Such a great use of extra building bricks!
Source: @raysinkinder
27. Write words in sand
Easy-peasy to set up and keep neat if you use plastic pencil boxes.
Source: @teacherhacks
28. Spell words on a construction site
Bulldozing over each word to read it is the best part!
Source: @planningplaytime
29. Spell words with toy cars
Drive on over!
Source: @lozlovesprep
30. Park in a sight word “parking lot”
This one is easy to modify based on whatever toys are available in the classroom or at home.
Source: @msbendersclassroom
31. “Plant” words in play dough
Watch those reading skills grow!
Source: @planningplaytime
32. Build words in a sensory tub
Because spelling is just more fun when your hands are covered in beans!
Source: @coffeeandspitup
33. Write words on a magnetic drawing board
That eraser track makes for a perfect word card holder!
Source: @moffattgirls
34. Or write words on the window!
Everyone wants a turn to write on the window!
Source: @kindergarten_matters
35. Shhh! Discover words written in invisible ink
Write words in white crayon and reveal them with watercolors on top!
Source: @teachstarter
36. Dot-paint words with a cotton swab
Calming and effective.
Source: @sightwordactivities
37. “Type” words on a keyboard
Busy day at the sight word office! Use a keyboard cover or any old keyboard.
Source: @lifebetweensummers
38. Read words before heading through the door
The line leader can double as the word pointer during transitions.
Source: @ms.rowekinder
39. Read the word the teacher’s wearing!
Wait, is there something on my shirt?
Source: @theprimarypartner
40. Take a sight word cakewalk
Choose a winning word when the music stops!
Source: @joyfulinkinder
41. Play sight word hopscotch
If you can’t get outdoors, tape on the floor works just as well.
Source: @wheretheliteracygrows
42. Play tic-tac-toe
I’ll be team “the.”
Source: @create_n_teach
43. Go sight word bowling
No bowling pins? Use half-filled plastic water bottles instead.
Source: @thecreativeteacher_
44. Ready, aim, read
Just throw a beanbag at a word target if foam darts are a no-go.
Source: @laurens_lil_learners
45. Play muffin tin ball toss
Toss and read. It’s easy to use colored muffin cups to prep different sets of words.
Source: @homeschooling_fun_with_lynda
46. DIY sentence flash cards
Authentic use of words in context for the win.
Source: @teachertipsandtales
47. Play sight word checkers
King me! If kids don’t have a partner available, they can “play” with a stuffed animal and get double practice.
Source: @sightwordactivities
48. Play sight word Guess Who?
Set up this game once and use it forever.
Source: @lessons_and_lattes
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Learning Sight Words
Sight words are a vital part of learning to read. Unlike most words, they are usually not decodable. However, due to their high frequency, encountering sight words while reading is inevitable.
There are many ways to learn and practice sight words. While flashcards, worksheets, and hands-on sight word activities all play an important role, practicing sight words in the context of reading is vital to building sight word mastery.
In order to encourage confidence in reading, I recommend using controlled text when practicing reading sight words in context.
Controlled text means that, thanks to prior learning and picture clues, students should be able to read all of the words in the text.
I’ve created these sight word sentence activities for all of Fry’s first 300 sight words. Even if you do not use Fry’s sight word lists, many of the words overlap with other lists. Most importantly, kids will often encounter all of these words when learning to read!
Using the Sight Word Sentences Worksheets
Here’s how I use these sight word sentence worksheets with my students.
Identify the target Sight Word
The target sight word is always listed on the top left corner of the page. After discussing the word, we decide whether we will be highlighting, coloring, circling, or underlining the word.
My students love to “highlight” with a crayon, but you can use a pencil, crayon, pen, or marker. It’s up to you!
I usually have them find the sight word in each sentence independently.
Review the Picture Clues
This is completely optional, but I like to review the picture clues with my students, especially my ELL/ESL students.
We discuss what word we think the picture represents and find the word in the sentence.
Not only does this frontloading increase student vocabulary, it also helps them feel confident and successful when it’s time to read the sentences!
Read the Sentences
Now it begins! For the first read, we usually read the sight word sentences aloud together.
I like to make sure to model how to read the sentences fluently and encourage tracking words with my finger.
Students color a happy face once every sentence on the page has been read.
Repeated Readings
Let’s build that fluency! It’s not enough to read the page just once. Students should be exposed to repeated readings in order to build fluency (and sight word mastery).
Students must read the entire page at least three times (hence three smiley faces at the bottom).
Don’t worry, we make this fun! During repeated readings, we often read:
- to a partner
- in a whisper voice
- in a scary or silly voice
- to self
- to teacher
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It’s a fairly common myth in written English that you can’t start a sentence with a coordinating conjunction. “As” falls under this category, but it is possible to start a sentence with “as” whenever it works for you. In this article, we’ll explain when it’s best to use it.
You can start a sentence with “as” whenever you want to introduce a point. It is synonymous with “because,” which is a coordinating conjunction. However, “as” is actually a subordinating conjunction, meaning it connects two clauses of unequal value to each other.
So, what does that all mean? Well, “as” is a subordinating conjunction, meaning you generally have to follow the clause that starts with “as” with another clause for it to make sense.
For example:
- As I’ve already mentioned.
This is an incomplete sentence and is grammatically incorrect. “As” is used as a subordinating clause, meaning it needs to connect two clauses. For that reason, we always need two clauses in some order for “as” to work.
- There is more to this than meets the eye, as I’ve already mentioned.
- As I’ve already mentioned, there is more to this than meets the eye.
Both of the phrases above are grammatically correct, and you can use them however you choose. They both mean exactly the same thing and are interchangeable with each other.
You can choose to either use “as” at the start of the second clause, like in the first example, or you can use it at the start of the first clause, like in the first example. Both are correct, so choose whichever one you think works better for what you’re writing.
15 Examples Of Proper Ways To Start A Sentence With “As”
While this is all really helpful, we can take this a step further and actually show you examples of proper ways to start a sentence with “as.” As we’ve already mentioned, you can’t start a sentence with “as” unless a second clause is available (like we just did at the start of this sentence).
If you end the first clause with a period that includes “as” at the start, then you’ve made a grammatical error. It’s easy enough to correct. It usually just means you have to include a comma where you put the period to make it flow again.
- As has been stated, this isn’t government property.
- As with many things in life, nothing comes for free.
- As you’re about to find out, this movie is the best.
- As you’re well aware, we can’t hire any new employees.
- As time goes by, I get a little bit more confused about things.
- As I get older, my hair grays, and my brows thicken.
- As I move away from my family, I remember just how much I love them and how much I’ll miss them.
- As you’re no doubt aware, you can’t park there for more than one hour.
- As has already been mentioned, we mustn’t waste time on this.
- As with all things, happiness is a finite resource that can run out.
- As is the way of our people, we must stay close to our family.
- As you’ll soon find out, there isn’t much left here.
- As I tell you this, I realize that I’m talking utter nonsense.
- As you sit there listening to me, I realize that you’re bored!
- As if I knew what to do about it, no one told me!
We use “as” at the start of a sentence as a subordinating conjunction. That means we’re connecting two clauses with each other for it to make sense. Without that second clause, the sentence is grammatically incorrect.
However, there is one other case where we can use “as” at the start of the sentence, and that’s seen in example 15. We can write “as if” in an informal way to mean “I doubt it.”
It’s not common for sentences to start with “as if” in formal situations, so we often avoid using it. However, the following sentence is grammatically correct:
- As if you just told me that!
It has all the ingredients you need to form a sentence, and it starts with the word “as.” Remember, this is an informal exclamation that we use to share our doubts. The sentence translates to mean:
- I can’t believe you just told me that!
Is Starting A Sentence With “As” Bad?
Generally speaking, the idea that starting a sentence with the conjunction “as” is wrong is nothing more than a myth.
It was caused by a bit of confusion related to starting sentences with words like “because,” which are coordinating conjunctions. Even still, you can also start sentences with “because” in much the same way.
It is not bad to start a sentence with “as.” As long as you include a second clause after the first one, you can use “as” in the manner of a subordinating conjunction.
Many native speakers often get confused with the rules of starting a sentence with a conjunction, so it’s no surprise that people learning the language have a hard time.
- Because of my eye problem, I can’t find my car keys.
- As is my luck, I can’t find my car keys.
These examples show us using “because” and “as” at the start of a sentence. Some writers believe these to be incorrect, but there is nothing wrong with either of them grammatically. It’s mostly related to what people prefer to read and write.
Do whatever you think works best for you!
Alternatives To Starting A Sentence With “As”
Finally, let’s go over some alternatives to starting a sentence with “as.” We’ll include a few good ideas that you can replace “as” with if you’re uncomfortable using “as” at the start.
- While
There’s nothing wrong with starting a sentence with “while,” and everyone agrees about that. It’s good to use as an alternative.
- Put the “as” clause after the second clause
Almost all clauses with “as” at the start of the sentence work no matter which order they’re in. If you swap the two clauses round, the sentence still makes sense, and “as” is found in the middle instead.
Martin holds a Master’s degree in Finance and International Business. He has six years of experience in professional communication with clients, executives, and colleagues. Furthermore, he has teaching experience from Aarhus University. Martin has been featured as an expert in communication and teaching on Forbes and Shopify. Read more about Martin here.