October is such a fun month for learning! These October Color by Sight Word Worksheets combine Dolch Primer and First Grade sight words with fall themes like pumpkins, fall animals, scarecrows, and fire safety for Fire Safety Month. Designed for Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade learners, this packet gives your children sight word practice in an fun, creative way! Whether you use them in your homeschool, literacy centers, or as independent work, these worksheets provide the perfect blend of coloring and reading review for fall.
Last year, I published a packet of Color By Sight Word worksheets for the months of January through April. I am so excited to pick this series back up this year and will finish it through the month of December. And here we are in October! The time flies, Friends.
Since sight words need much practice, this whole year will focus on those common words we see every day. I will be utilizing various grades from the Dolch Sight Word List. This particular packet focuses on the Primer and First Grade words from the Dolch Sight Word List.
✔️ Looking for more worksheets to use during October? Try the October Word Search Packet which has 10 different October puzzles – Harvest Time, Fall Clothes, Non-Fiction Spiders and Owls, Christopher Columbus, and more.
October Color By Sight Word Worksheets
This packet of October color by sight word worksheets will focus on words found on the Primer and First Grade Dolch sight word lists.
If you’re not familiar, there are several lists of common, everyday words. The two most popular lists are the Dolch Sight Word List and Fry’s Word List.
I will use various levels of the Dolch Word List (Pre-Primer through 3rd Grade) throughout the year as we practice these sight words!
The October fall sight words worksheets have several fun themes for the month: Jack-O-Lantern, Scarecrow, Fall Animals, and Fireman for Fire Safety Month.
➡️ NOTE: There are no Halloween-themed sight word worksheets in this packet.
What’s Included in this Packet of October Color by Sight Word Worksheets
Coloring pictures included in this 14-page October Color by Sight Word Worksheets Packet:
- Ollie the Owl – Owl featured in a nighttime scene with a full moon
- Sparky the Spider – A spider on her web with a colorful background
- Rocky the Raccoon – Raccoon in a nighttime scene
- Bouncy Bats – A pair of bats with googly eyes, flying at night
- Freddy the Fox – A fall fox with a warm scarf around his neck
- I Love Candy Corn! – Candy Corn pieces – yum!
- Hello, Jack! – A jack-o-lantern with a nighttime sky
- One Plump Pumpkin – A single pumpkin on a yellow background
- Great job, Scarecrow – A smiling scarecrow face
- Fire Safety is Important! – A fireman’s hat with flames nearby
- Fire Engine Red – A single firetruck driving down the road
- Thank you, Mr. Fireman! – A firefighter wearing a fire hat and coat
- What a Good Boy! – A dalmatian wearing a fire hat
- October’s Bright Blue Weather – A red bird on a branch with fall leaves
Teaching Ideas for this October Color by Sight Word Worksheets Packet
As with any worksheet, I advise going over the directions carefully with your child to make sure he understands the task. Because sight words are quite challenging for many children, take the time to go over each word on the page.
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- If the sight word matches a particular spelling pattern, point out other words that also match that pattern.
For example: soon has the vowel team OO. Write the word soon on a piece of paper, and then write the words too, moon, and loop on the paper. Brainstorm other words that have the vowel team OO. - Point out any consonant blends in the sight words and review what a consonant blend is.
- Review color words, as they are used on every page! Some of the color words are from the Dolch list, so those are certainly worth mentioning.
- Review beginning blends, especially those found in color words.
- Choose a word and brainstorm other words that rhyme with it.
For example: Choose the sight word went. Brainstorm other words with your child that rhyme with went such as bent, sent, and lent.
Repeat with other Primer or First Grade Dolch sight words such as stop, may, or fly. - Read the poem October’s Bright Blue Weather by Helen Hunt Jackson together. Spend some time enjoying and analyzing the poem together. Then complete the coloring page in this packet with that title (it has a red bird against a beautiful blue sky!).
- Use the themes to have conversations: The worksheets with pumpkins can be used to talk about the season of autumn and what characteristics we notice about that particular season. The pages of fall animals can be used to talk about an animal’s habitat, animal classification (what makes a mammal a mammal?), and if an animal is nocturnal (several of these are!)
October is also Fire Safety Month. Spend some time talking about fire safety at home and while out and about.
➡️ Take a peek at the resources I used to teach myself How I Teach Spelling in Our Homeschool
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October Sight Word Coloring Pages
October Sight Word Coloring Pages
Set of 14 pages, each featuring words from the Primer and First Grade Dolch Sight Word Lists
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September Color by Sight Word Worksheets
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