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Free printable PDF · Dolch first grade · ages 6–7
Sight Word “open” Worksheet – Printable Reading Practice
“Open” is the opposite of shut: open the door, open your eyes, the shop is open. It is a word children see on signs.
Quick game – Open and shut
Your child stands like a door. When you hold up the open card, they open their arms wide. When you show shut, they close them. Speed up as you go.
A simple way to teach “open”
Open has two parts: o and pen. The o says its name because it ends a syllable. Cover pen and ask your child to read just o, then the whole word. Practise with real things: open a box, open a book, open a lunch bag. Point out open signs on shop doors.
Read these together
- Open the door, please.
- The shop is open.
- Open your eyes!
- I can open the box.
Keep going
Next up: “stop” and “over” – stop is also seen on signs, and over is another word starting with long o.
“open”: number 28 of 41, Dolch first grade list, typical ages 6–7. Review the primer words first if it feels hard.
Four steps on one page
Trace the big “open”, write it on the line, circle it but skip oven, pen, opal, pin and pope, then trace and read “Open the door, please.”.
Print one per child, or slip it in a plastic sleeve and reuse it with a dry-wipe pen.
FAQ: “open”
How is open split into syllables?
O-pen. Because the o is at the end of a syllable, it says its long sound.
Where can my child see the word open?
On shop signs, doors, boxes and packaging. Spotting it in real life is great practice.
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