Print Awareness encompasses many different forms. This section of resources focuses in on the fact that we put letters together to make words. Some of those words are big words (have more letters and letter sounds) and some words are smaller (have fewer letters and fewer letter sounds). Kids can get lots of vocabulary and counting practice by counting how many letters are in each word. There are two kinds of worksheets on this page: cut and glue sorting worksheets and counting worksheets. You’ll also find lots of pocket chart cards and word strips. All these resources are based on animal words, number words, color words, Dolch preprimer words, and Dolch nouns. All have the same objective – how many letters are in each word.
16 worksheets, 5 sets of pocket chart cards, 5 sets of word strips
CCSS RF.K.1
Go to this page for more print awareness worksheets and resources.
Here’s a pocket chart activity for you! Kids read the animal words, count how many letters are in that word and sort by how many. The words have 3 to 7 letters. This 15 page set includes 21 cards with pictures, 21 cards without pictures and cards that have “3 letters”, “4 letters”, etc.
Here’s a nifty set of animal word strips you can pass out to your kids individually or on a ring. Kids read the words (if they can) and then count how many letters are in the word. They use a dry erase marker to write how many in the box.
This is a pocket chart activity. Kids read the color words, count how many letters are in that word and sort by how many. These words have 3 to 6 letters. This set includes 6 cards with pictures, 6 cards without pictures and cards that have “3 letters”, “4 letters”, “5 letters”, and “6 letters”.
Here’s some cool strips with color words. You can pass these out to your kids individually or as a set on a ring. Kids read the words, count how many letters are in the color word and write that number with a dry erase marker.
Kids read the number words (1-10) in this pocket chart activity, count how many letters are in that word and sort by how many. These words have 3 to 5 letters. This set includes 10 cards with the corresponding numbers, 10 cards without the corresponding number and cards that have “3 letters”, “4 letters”, and “5 letters”.
This set of strips has 10 number words on them. You can pass these out to your kids individually or as a set on a ring. Kids read the number words, count how many letters are in the words, and write them on the card with a dry erase marker.
Here’s a pocket chart activity with Dolch nouns. Have your kids count how many letters are in each word and sort by how many. These words have 3 to 6 letters. This set includes 45 cards with a picture, 45 cards without a picture and cards that have “3 letters”, “4 letters”, “5 letters” and “6 letters”.
This set of print awareness how many letter strips has 45 Dolch nouns on them. You can pass these out to your kids individually or as a set on a ring. Kids read the words, count how many letters are in the words, and write them on the card with a dry erase marker. 16 pages.
Another pocket chart activity you could use over and over. Kids read the Dolch preprimer words, count how many letters are in each word and sort by how many. These words have 1 to 6 letters. This set includes 11 pages of 41 cards without a picture and cards that have “1 letter”, “2 letters”, an so on to “6 letters”.
This set of strips has 41 Dolch preprimer words on them. This set does not have any pictures to go with the words. Your kids read the words, count how many letters are in the words, and write them on the cards with a dry erase marker.
