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Free printable PDF · Dolch first grade · ages 6–7
Sight Word “old” Worksheet: Read, Trace and Circle
“Old” is the opposite of new and young: an old shoe, an old tree, how old are you? It is a word children love to use about birthdays.
Try this game: Old or new?
Collect a few things around the house, some old and some new. Your child sorts them into two piles and labels them with old and new cards.
Teaching tips for “old”
Old has the long o sound, and the ld at the end often makes o say its name: cold, gold, hold, told. Write the -old family together and read down the list. Then ask everyone in the family how old they are, and write it down.
“old” in a sentence
- How old are you?
- I am six years old.
- This is an old bike.
- The old dog naps.
What to learn next
Good next words are “cold” and “once”, because cold is in the same -old family, and once is often used in stories about long ago.
You will find “old” at number 26 of 41 on the Dolch first grade list. Most children reach it at ages 6–7, once the primer words feel easy.
Inside the free “old” PDF
Four short activities: trace “old”, write it on your own, find it in a grid with cold, odd, told, load and oil, and trace the sentence “How old are you?”.
“old”: quick answers
Why does the o say its name in old?
Before ld, the letter o usually says its long sound, as in cold, gold and hold.
What is the opposite of old?
It can be new (an old toy, a new toy) or young (an old man, a young boy).
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