Sight Words Printable (Free Pre-K, Kindergarten + 1st Grade Pack)

This sight words printable is the same dotted-baseline format as the alphabet tracing pack, just with whole words. Five pages, 24 words, four practice copies of each. Pre-K through 1st grade. No email, no upsell.

What’s in the free download

• Page 1, Pre-K Set 1: I, a, the, see, and, go
• Page 2, Pre-K Set 2: it, is, to, in, we, my
• Page 3, Kindergarten set: are, for, you, have, they, with
• Page 4, 1st grade set: was, said, what, from, were, their
• Page 5, Mastery checklist: 36 sight words to check off as your kid reads them on sight

All five pages are US Letter and black-and-white friendly. Light-gray words on a dotted baseline. Kids trace with a pencil four times per word, then read the word aloud.

Download the Free Sight Words PDF

How to use the sight words printable

Five pages, four small habits. Print Page 1 first and don’t move on until your kid can read those six words without tracing.

Trace, then say. Tracing alone doesn’t teach reading. After each traced word, the kid says it out loud. The hand-eye-mouth combination is what builds the sight-word memory.

Five minutes beats thirty. Daily practice on one set of six words is better than a 30-minute session twice a week. Print one page, leave it on the counter, do six minutes after breakfast.

Use a sleeve protector and dry-erase marker. Slide the page into a sheet protector and one printed sheet lasts a month. Wipe and re-trace the same words 20+ times before moving on.

Mix up the order. Once a kid knows “the see and” they’ll memorize the order, not the words. After three days, cut up the words and shuffle them. Read them in random order before going back to the worksheet.

When your kid graduates from sight words, the free printable reading log is the next step — track the books they’re reading instead of just the words.

Preview

What you’re looking at is Page 1, the Pre-K Set 1. Pages 2 through 4 follow the same format with progressively harder words. Page 5 is the mastery checklist for parents to track which words a kid actually owns.

Related school printables

• Free Alphabet Tracing Worksheets: the letter version, same dotted-baseline format. Start here if your kid hasn’t traced letters yet.
• Free Number Tracing Worksheets: digits 0-9, same layout.
• Preschool Worksheets Free Printable: bigger pack of preschool basics.
• Free Printable Kindergarten Readiness Checklist: for parents wondering if their kid is ready for kindergarten.

Or grab everything in the School Morning Survival Kit: one download, one email, no juggling tabs.

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Designed by Hannah B. for The Mommy Mess. Free for personal and classroom use. Please don’t repackage and resell, but please do print as many copies as the sleeve protector can handle.