Sight Word 'HE' Worksheet: Trace, Color, and Practice!
This worksheet helps children ages 3-5 learn to recognize, write, and use the sight word 'HE' in simple sentences, giving repeated exposure to a short, high-frequency word that appears in nearly every early reader book. Practicing the word across six different formats, tracing, coloring, circling, writing, filling in, and cutting and pasting, builds recognition through many different types of practice in one sitting.
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How to use this worksheet
Start by having your child trace the letters of the word 'HE' along the dotted lines. Have them color the word 'HE' wherever it appears inside the balloon shapes on the page. Read the example sentences together and have your child circle the sight word each time they spot it, then write the word once more on the practice line. Have them fill in the missing word in a sentence using 'HE,' and finish by cutting out the letters and pasting them in the correct order to spell the word one more time.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
- Scissors
- Glue (optional)
Extension activities
- 1Create a sentence using the word 'HE,' pointing to a boy or man you both know as the subject.
- 2Find the word 'HE' in a book you're reading together and point to it each time it appears.
- 3Write the word 'HE' multiple times on a whiteboard, racing to see how fast it can be written neatly.
- 4Play a simple game where your child says a sentence starting with 'He' about a family member.
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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