Here and There Primer Sight Words Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Position words are some of the hardest little words a beginning reader meets, because here and there look almost the same on the page and neither one can be sounded out. This primer sight words reading comprehension worksheet puts ten Dolch primer words to work inside one short story about a puppy who will not hold still. The words on, into, out, under, went, came, ran, who, that and there are not drilled in a column here; they carry the sentences, which is where a sight word actually has to be recognised.

The story runs to sixty words at a kindergarten reading level, set in large friendly type beside a soft coloured-pencil scene of a girl and her puppy on a sunny lawn. Page one is the story on its own, so a young reader can settle into it without a question in view. Page two carries five multiple-choice items with three choices each, and every answer is right there in the text a child has just read. Use this kindergarten reading comprehension worksheet for guided reading, as an independent centre once primer words are introduced, or as a quick way to see whether a child is reading the sentence or guessing from the picture.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• 1 original 60-word story using ten primer sight words
• 5 multiple-choice comprehension questions with three choices each

Three things make this primer sight words reading comprehension worksheet useful in a kindergarten classroom. First, the sight words appear inside real sentences, so a child practises recognising them at speed rather than reciting them from a list. Second, the questions ask about details a reader has to go back and find, which builds the habit of returning to the text instead of answering from memory. Third, the fill-in-the-bubble format is the one a young child will meet on early assessments, and meeting it here, on a story they can already read, takes the strangeness out of it.

Teachers and parents can keep the same words moving all week. Read the story aloud together on Monday and let the child take over every word they already know. Write the ten words on cards and have the child hunt for each one in the story. Ask the child to act out the story with a toy dog, saying here and there as they move it. Sight word songs work beautifully alongside a story like this, since a word a child can sing is a word they will spot on the page. Keep the finished sheet in a reading folder and read it again in a month to hear how much faster it goes.

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