• Kindergarten
  • Reading & Phonics
  • About 10 minutes

Pop the Balloons

Read the word at the top. Find every balloon with that word and color it in!

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This is sheet #120424601.

How to do it

  1. Read the word at the top.
  2. Look at every balloon.
  3. Color the balloons with that word.

Teaching tip

Some balloons have look-alike words, so look at every letter. This sheet is aligned with Common Core RF.K.3c.

Pop the Balloons worksheet for kindergarten (first sight words), free printable
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About this worksheet

A balloon bunch full of words. Find and color every balloon with the word at the top.

What kids practice

Sight words are the little words that show up in almost every sentence, like the, I, see and can. Kids learn to read them in a snap, without sounding them out. These sheets use 24 first sight words in four groups of six. Fewer uses group 1, Standard uses groups 1 and 2, and More uses all four.

Watch for

  • Mixing up look-alike words, like the and he, or can and and.
  • Trying to sound out words like said and the, which don't follow the rules.
  • Guessing from the first letter instead of looking at the whole word.

It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full first sight words guide for kindergarten.

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