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1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 5 of 13

Sight Words

Words to know by heart

What your child practices

Common words like said, was, they and where that are tricky to sound out. Children practice finding, using and spelling them so they can read them at a glance.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 1.2.1.2; 1.1.1.3 · reading and spelling common high-frequency words

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Sight words show up a lot, like the, have and like.
  2. Look at every letter in order.
  3. Some don’t sound like they look, so learn them by heart.

Example: Which is the right way to spell “have”? hav or have? “have” has a silent e at the end. h-a-v-e. Answer: have

Sight Words in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 5 of 13 in 1st grade English Language Arts, after Sh, Ch, Th and before Sentences.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which word fits? Can you to my house?

    • come
    • here
    • said

  2. Question 2

    Which word fits? is my hat?

    • They
    • Where
    • Said

  3. Question 3

    Which is the right way to spell “like”?

    • like
    • lik
    • liek

  4. Question 4

    Which word fits? went to the park.

    • They
    • Said
    • Was

  5. Question 5

    Which is the right way to spell “there”?

    • thar
    • ther
    • there

  6. Question 6

    Find the word “the”.

    • the
    • she
    • then

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