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Color by Sight Word

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Mystery picture coloring pages where every box holds a sight word, plus coloring pages for the color words red, blue, yellow and green.

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Color by sight word mystery pictures

Read the sight word in each box and color it to find the picture. Each page uses one set of words, with an answer key.

Color word coloring pages

Color the big word, trace it, then color every box that says it.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these color by sight word worksheets

Color by sight word pages turn word practice into a coloring page with a surprise. Each box in the grid holds a sight word. The key says which color goes with each word, and as a child reads and colors every box, a picture appears: a house, an apple, a rocket, a fish, a tree, a flower, a sun, a ladybug, a star or a heart.

The ten pictures follow the same teaching order as our other sight word pages. Each one uses the words from one set of five, so you can match the coloring page to the words your child is learning this week. Every page has an answer key showing the finished picture in shades of grey.

The sight word coloring pages for red, blue, yellow and green have a big outline word to color with that crayon, a row to trace the word, and a grid to find it among look-alike words like bed, glue, yell and grin.

Standards

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.CRead common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.BRecognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.APrint many upper- and lowercase letters.

How to use them

  1. Before coloring, have your child color the small dot next to each word in the key with the right crayon. Then the key shows the colors, not just their names.
  2. Read the key words together. Then let your child find and color one word at a time, all the boxes for that word, before moving on.
  3. Ask your child to read each word out loud as they color its box. Coloring without reading is just coloring.
  4. Use the answer key on page 2 to check, or show it at the end so your child can compare the pictures.
  5. On the color word pages, color the big word first, trace the word, then color every box in the grid that says it and count them.

Teaching tips

  • Words like he and she, or at and up, look alike at a glance. If a box gets the wrong color, have your child read both words and find the letter that is different.
  • Big pictures take time. Split a page over two days, or let your child color just the picture and leave the background.
  • Crayons or colored pencils work better than markers, which can bleed through and blur the words.
  • The color names in the key are written small for grown-ups. Once your child knows the color words red, blue, yellow and green, let them read those on their own.
  • Keep finished pages and ask your child to read the words in the boxes again a week later as a quick review.

Questions teachers and parents ask

How does color by sight word work?

Each box in the grid holds a sight word. The key gives a color for each word. Your child reads each box and colors it that color, and a picture appears when every box is done.

Which sight words are on the pages?

Each picture uses the words from one set of five in teaching order, such as I, a, the, to and and on the house. Longer words like little and yellow are left out of the grids so every word fits its box.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Page 2 shows the finished picture in shades of grey, with the key showing which grey is which color. The color word pages show the colored boxes and the count.

Do I need a color printer?

No. Every page prints in black and white. Your child adds the color with crayons.

Are these sight word coloring pages free?

Yes. Every page is a free PDF in US Letter and A4, with no account or email sign-up.