Enhance your first grader’s reading skills with our “Word Recognition Normal Grade 1 Worksheets.” These engaging and thoughtfully designed worksheets help young learners identify, read, and understand words in a fun and interactive way. Each worksheet aims to build your child's confidence as they develop crucial literacy skills, including phonemic awareness, vocabulary expansion, and comprehension. Our collection offers a variety of activities such as matching words to pictures, recognizing sight words, and completing sentences. Perfect for both classroom and at-home learning, these tools prepare children for reading success while fostering a love for learning.


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Rhyming Kites Worksheet
Rhyming Kites Worksheet

Rhyming Kites Worksheet

On a spring day, fly a kite! Kids Academy has a rhyming worksheet to boost your child's skills. Read the pairs of words aloud. Circle the kites if they rhyme, leave them blank if they don't. Listen carefully and find all the rhyming word pairs to complete this sheet!
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AW Words Team Coloring Fun Worksheet
AW Words Team Coloring Fun Worksheet

AW Words Team Coloring Fun Worksheet

Coloring words they can read is a blast for little learners! This worksheet offers emerging readers the chance to practice and gain confidence in reading words from the -aw family, while also improving fine-motor and creativity skills. Without knowing it, they'll learn about phonetic teams along the way!
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Worksheet: "s" blend words
Worksheet: "s" blend words

"s" Blends Spelling Printable

Treat your child to fun phonics practice with this worksheet: "s" blend words! They’ll enjoy discovering the different sounds and words that start with "s", from snakes to snails and all in between.
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Check the Word Worksheet
Check the Word Worksheet

Check the Word Worksheet

Help your kids learn the rules of capitalisation - that the first word of each sentence and nouns must start with a capital letter. Use this worksheet to test their understanding: ask them to identify which words should begin with a capital.
Check the Word Worksheet
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Italian Word Tracing: Ciao Worksheet
Italian Word Tracing: Ciao Worksheet

Italian Word Tracing: Ciao Worksheet

Help kids learn to greet people in different languages with this fun worksheet! Featuring the Italian word 'Ciao', it helps kids trace and learn the pronunciation. Plus, it teaches hand-eye coordination and fine-motor skills. Global connectivity can start with this activity!
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Spelling worksheet: "ig" and "ick" words
Spelling worksheet: "ig" and "ick" words

Words Families "ig" and "ick" Spelling Worksheet

Combine fun and learning with this illustrated spelling worksheet featuring "ig" and "ick" words! Ask kids to say the word, then determine which word family it belongs to. Pictures make it easier to learn and remember!
Words Families "ig" and "ick" Spelling Worksheet
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Which's the OA Word? Worksheet
Which's the OA Word? Worksheet

Which's the OA Word? Worksheet

Encourage your kids to complete this fun worksheet. Ask them to identify the animals and objects in the pictures. Read the incomplete sentences aloud, and then find the correct word to finish the sentence. Check their work.
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Worksheet: words that end with "an"
Worksheet: words that end with "an"

Words Families "an" Spelling Worksheet

Ace spelling with ease! Print this worksheet to explore words that end in "an". Enjoy a fun maze and learn this common ending!
Words Families "an" Spelling Worksheet
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English Word Tracing: Hello Worksheet
English Word Tracing: Hello Worksheet

English Word Tracing: Hello Worksheet

Searching for free worksheets to help your kids refine their motor skills, handwriting and English word knowledge? Get this cheerful PDF! It offers your children the chance to practice tracing words like Hello, while following a top-to-bottom, left-to-right patterning.
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Sight Words with Blends Worksheet
Sight Words with Blends Worksheet

Sight Words with Blends Worksheet

This free PDF lets your children trace and write sight words with tricky blends. The guide numbers help them start from the top, building fine motor skills and enhancing sight word vocab. It's a great way to give your kids a solid foundation for reading!
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Handwriting PDF Worksheets | Tracing Color Words | Pink
Handwriting PDF Worksheets | Tracing Color Words | Pink

Pink Tracing Color Words Worksheet

Trace 'pink' with a pink crayon for an exciting handwriting lesson! Build fine motor skills and learn about sight words with this fun printable. Get creative and give it a splash of color for a colorful learning experience. For more tracing color words, explore here.
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Is It Silent? Worksheet
Is It Silent? Worksheet

Is It Silent? Worksheet

Phonetics can be tricky, like the sound of /e/ in 'egg' vs. the silent /e/ at the end of 'slime'. Ask your students to give more examples. Read out the words in this worksheet with your kids and ask them to identify the silent /e/ ones.
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Consonant Blends Pl, Cl, and Sl Printable Worksheet
Consonant Blends Pl, Cl, and Sl Printable Worksheet

L Blends: "Pl", "Cl" and "Sl" Printable

This printable worksheet will help your child recognize and identify the Pl, Cl, and Sl consonant blends, sound them out, and identify them in print. Improve your child's reading and writing skills with fun and colorful phonics practice!
L Blends: "Pl", "Cl" and "Sl" Printable
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Rhyming Bells Worksheet
Rhyming Bells Worksheet

Rhyming Bells Worksheet

This printable worksheet helps students recognize rhyming words. Read a word, then pick the 4 words that rhyme. Look out for words with different spellings but same ending sound. It's a great exercise to improve understanding of rhyming words.
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The /wh/ Sound Worksheet
The /wh/ Sound Worksheet

The /wh/ Sound Worksheet

Digraphs join two consonants to make a new sound, like /wh/. Give examples, like "whale", "when" and "why". Ask kids to name pictures in a worksheet and trace dotted lines to images beginning with the /wh/ sound; "what" is one example.
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Spanish Word Tracing: Hola Worksheet
Spanish Word Tracing: Hola Worksheet

Spanish Word Tracing: Hola Worksheet

This PDF provides a fun way for students to learn "Hola" (Hello) in Spanish! Kids can practice fine motor and handwriting skills while they trace the letters. They'll get the hang of top-to-bottom, left-to-right patterning while they learn how to say and write in Spanish. With practice, they'll soon feel confident speaking and writing Spanish!
Spanish Word Tracing: Hola Worksheet
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The SH Digraph Worksheet
The SH Digraph Worksheet

The SH Digraph Worksheet

There are many phonetic sounds, each with its own unique sound. When two or more consonants are combined to create a new sound, it's called a digraph. Example: the sh digraph creates the /sh/ sound. Have kids look at the pictures and say the words aloud. Help them circle the images ending with /sh/, like 'wash'.
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Handwriting PDF Worksheets | Tracing Color Words | Green
Handwriting PDF Worksheets | Tracing Color Words | Green

Green Tracing Color Words Worksheet

Encourage writing and spelling practice with this vibrant free handwriting worksheet. Have your child trace the new name of a primary color, "green," and circle green items in the picture. Ask them what else can be green for a challenging activity. Through this worksheet, your kindergartener can learn and play at the same time. For more free printables, look here.
Green Tracing Color Words Worksheet
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Missing Digraph: Part 2 Worksheet
Missing Digraph: Part 2 Worksheet

Missing Digraph: Part 2 Worksheet

Practice the "th" digraph with this fun worksheet from Kids Academy! See how it appears at the beginning, middle, or end of words and help learners fill in the blanks. Check if they got it right by finding the th digraph at the bottom!
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Animal Word Search Worksheet
Animal Word Search Worksheet

Animal Word Search Worksheet

Students can have fun and strengthen spelling and vocabulary skills with this word search worksheet. Search for animal words and circle the letters in the puzzle. Words can be found forwards, backwards, horizontally or vertically, providing a great challenge to foster critical thinking skills. An enriching activity for all ages!
Animal Word Search Worksheet
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Spelling worksheet: "ack" words
Spelling worksheet: "ack" words

Words Ending in "ack" Spelling Worksheet

Master them in no time!
Words Ending in "ack" Spelling Worksheet
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Consonant Blend Dr and Tr Printable Worksheet
Consonant Blend Dr and Tr Printable Worksheet

Consonant Blends: "Dr" and "Tr" Printable

Pictures of the words provide a visual cue, and sound-outs help with auditory cues.
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Sight Words Worksheet: The
Sight Words Worksheet: The

Sight Words: The Worksheet

Get the worksheet and start now. The word "the" is an essential part of English. Teaching your child to read and write it is easy with this sight words worksheet. They'll practice reading the word, tracing it, and using it in sentences. It's the perfect way to take your child's language skills to the next level! Get the worksheet today.
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Trace Read You Like Worksheet
Trace Read You Like Worksheet

Trace Read You Like Worksheet

Sight words help children become confident and fluent readers. This free worksheet encourages success with basic 'you' and 'like' words. Writing them with traceable lines and green dots shows motion and builds sight word vocabulary. Help your child master the basics and boost their reading progress!
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Parents and teachers should care about Word Recognition in Grade 1 because it is foundational for early literacy and has long-term impacts on a child's academic success. At this stage, students transition from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn.' Proficiency in word recognition allows children to read texts fluidly, understand content, and enjoy reading. Early deficiencies can lead to difficulties in comprehension, slower academic progress, and reduced self-esteem.

Mastery in word recognition supports vocabulary development and enhances comprehension skills. It sets the stage for phonemic awareness, enabling children to decode new words independently. This is crucial as students are introduced to more complex texts in higher grades.

Furthermore, early word recognition skills foster a positive attitude toward reading. Children who struggle may develop a reading aversion, affecting their academic performance and love for learning. On the contrary, success in word recognition provides a confidence boost, encouraging them to tackle new and challenging texts.

For teachers and parents, paying attention to word recognition helps in early identification of reading difficulties, allowing timely interventions. Supporting students in Grade 1 to recognize words accurately equips them with a tool necessary for lifelong learning and success.