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Free printable PDF · Dolch second grade · ages 7–8
Sight Word “don’t” Worksheet – Printable Reading Practice
“Don’t” is short for do not: don’t run, I don’t like peas. The little mark is an apostrophe, which shows a letter is missing.
Four steps on one page
Trace the big “don’t”, write it on the line, circle it but skip dot, done, don, doing and down, then trace and read “Don’t forget your hat!”.
Print one per child, or slip it in a plastic sleeve and reuse it with a dry-wipe pen.
A simple way to teach “don’t”
Show your child how do + not becomes don’t: write do not, cover the o in not with an apostrophe sticker, then push the words together. Practise with gentle rules: don’t touch the stove, don’t forget your hat. Then make a silly list: don’t eat socks, don’t wear a fish!
Read these together
- Don’t run inside.
- I don’t like rain.
- Don’t forget your bag.
- We don’t have a dog.
Quick game – Do and don’t
Play a version of Simon says: when you say “do clap”, your child claps; when you say “don’t clap”, they stay still. Show the matching card each time.
“don’t”: number 12 of 46, Dolch second grade list, typical ages 7–8. Review the first grade words first if it feels hard.
Keep going
Next up: “does” and “use” – does is another do word, and use often follows don’t.
FAQ: “don’t”
What is a contraction?
A contraction is two words squeezed together with an apostrophe where letters are missing, like don’t (do not) and can’t (cannot).
Why is don’t pronounced with a long o?
It comes from do not, but the vowel changed when the words were joined. It rhymes with won’t.
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