Reading · Ages 5–7 · 10 minutes

Sight Word Cover, Write, Check

The look-cover-write-check routine gives children an independent way to practise spelling familiar sight words and notice errors.

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Today I am practising: recalling high-frequency word spellings

Look at said. Cover it, write it, then put a check by each matching letter.

Study was. Write it from memory. If it differs, circle the letter to fix.

Look at have. Cover and write it. Count how many letters you remembered.

Study they. Write it from memory, then underline the letter pair you almost missed.

Look at you. Cover it, write it, and use it in: ___ can help.

Choose the word you needed to check most. Try it one final time without looking.

Grown-up note: Ask your learner to explain one answer in their own words.

For the grown-up

How to teach this page

Step 1Fold a scrap paper flap over the model rather than asking the child to close their eyes.
Step 2Treat a mismatch as useful information: compare one letter at a time without calling it wrong.
Step 3Finish by having the child read the final word aloud, linking spelling to reading.