
Sight word “the” worksheet
Sight words · Dolch pre-primerPre-K and early kindergartenFree PDF
Free printable sight word “the” worksheet (Dolch pre-primer): read it, color it, trace it, write it, find it, build it and read “The cat can nap.”
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- 1Sight words like “the” are words children see all the time. Read it together and spell it out loud: t-h-e.
- 2In “Find it” the other words share letters with “the”. Children have to check every letter, not just the first one.
- 3Read the sentence together: “The cat can nap.” Then ask your child to make up a new sentence with “the”.
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Words children read are printed in school print (Zaner-Bloser style), with the same simple a and g they learn to write. Print on US Letter or A4; the PDF has no ads and no website headers.