Learning Worksheets Sight Words Sight word “fly”
Free printable PDF · Dolch first grade · ages 6–7
Sight Word “fly” Worksheet: Read, Trace and Circle
“Fly” is an action word for birds, planes and kites: they fly up high. It also names a little buzzing insect.
Inside the free “fly” PDF
Four short activities: trace “fly”, write it on your own, find it in a grid with fry, flag, fl, lay and flu, and trace the sentence “Birds can fly.”.
You will find “fly” at number 10 of 41 on the Dolch first grade list. Most children reach it at ages 6–7, once the primer words feel easy. It contains the fl blend, so it pairs well with our L blends worksheet.
“fly” in a sentence
- Birds can fly.
- Let’s fly a kite.
- A fly sat on my cake.
- I want to fly to the moon.
Teaching tips for “fly”
Fly starts with the blend fl and ends with y saying “eye”. Teach it with by, my and why, which share the ending. Then flap your arms and fly around the room, landing only when your child reads the fly card. Talk about things that can fly and things that cannot.
Try this game: Can it fly?
Call out animals and objects: bird, fish, plane, car, butterfly. Your child flaps their arms and says “fly!” if it can fly, or stays still if it cannot.
What to learn next
Good next words are “by” and “over”, because by shares the same ending, and over describes where things fly.
“fly”: quick answers
Is fly a sight word or a phonics word?
Both. It can be sounded out with the fl blend and the y-as-long-i pattern, but it is so common that the Dolch list includes it.
What other words end like fly?
By, my, why, cry, dry, try and sky all end with y saying the long i sound.
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