Spell Sight Words Like Believe and Piece

Do one list at a time and talk about the tricky part of each word before your child folds and writes it. Use the sentence, proofreading and story pages a few days later as review. Check with the answer key.

Trace, copy and write 12 sight words like believe, piece and busy, then circle tricky parts. A sight word is a word we see a lot and must remember, since its spelling breaks the usual rules. Its tricky part is the letters that break the rules. The directions on the page read: Trace each word. Then, copy it. Then, fold on the dashed line, cover the words and write each one. Then, circle the tricky part of 3 words. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 3rd Grade spelling, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with sight word spelling. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Part of the word does not follow the usual sound rules, like the gh in laugh, the w in whole or the u in busy. Children learn to spot that tricky part and remember it.

List A has words like because, through, guess and tongue, List B words like laugh, eight, people and sugar, List C words like friend, says, country and heart, and List D words like special, built, piece and question.

Children read a short note about building a fort, cross out 8 misspelled sight words and write each one correctly. One mistake is a real word used in the wrong place, so they must read for meaning too.

Yes. All 8 sight word spelling sheets have an answer key.