Forty-one pages, one for each Dolch first grade word from after to when, many of them words that are not spelled the way they sound, such as of, once and could. A banner at the top shows the word. Six boxes follow: trace it from its start dots, color it in bubble letters, write it on handwriting lines, circle it each time it is in a grid of words that look like it, spell it a letter to a box and read it in a sentence with a picture. Every sentence is made of Dolch words up to this list and words a child can sound out, such as train and kite. The answer keys circle the word and spell it.
Put the page on the board as the word of the day: read the word together, talk about the letters that do not say what you expect, and spell it aloud. Words that look alike, such as then, them and when, are worth a minute side by side. Keep the words on a word wall as you go, and have partners read the sentences from earlier days to each other.
Read the word together, then ask your child to use it in a sentence of their own and write it down. Hunt for the word in a book at bedtime.
A page for each Dolch first grade sight word, from after to when, made for a word of the day routine. Children trace each word, color it, write it, find it among words that look like it, spell it a letter to a box and read it in a sentence.
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