Sight Words Can and See

💡 About this activity

🎯 Learning objectives

• Recognize and read the sight words can and see.
• Find both words in short sentences.
• Choose the word that completes a sentence meaningfully.

🧺 What you need

• Printed activity sheet
• Pencil and eraser

👣 How to do it

1. Print the sheet and have a pencil and eraser ready.
2. Show the words can and see. Read each one with your child.
3. Trace the first word as an example, following the letters with your pencil.
4. Invite your child to trace both words and read them again.
5. Read the sentences together and ask your child to circle can and see.
6. Help your child choose the word that completes the last sentence and write it in the blank.
7. Read the completed sentence together, then invite your child to write it on the line.

🍎 Teaching suggestions

• Point to each word as you read. There is no need to rush.
• If your child needs support, cover part of the page and look for one word at a time.
• Notice effort: “You looked carefully for those words!”
• Talk about community helpers your child knows.
• In a group, give each child a sheet and invite them to share a sentence they found.

🔀 Variations

💬 Talk about it

• Which community helpers do you know?
• What does can tell us about the dentist?
• What does see tell us about the mail carrier?
• What sentence could you make up about a community helper?

👀 What to look for

• Notice whether the child recognizes and reads can and see, with or without support.
• Watch for the child finding both words in the sentences.
• Check whether the child chooses can to complete the last sentence and reads it with meaning.