How it works
Children call out here at attendance long before they can spell it. This here sight word worksheet has them trace it, circle it among her, there, hear and where, and finish ___ is my cat.
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Her plus e, and the e does its usual job
That last e makes no sound and lets the first e say its name. There and where end in the same three letters and say air, and were says wur. The row her_ h_re _ere does not print, so write it on the board. Press Show all 34 practice lines near the foot of this page to find it. A child who stops at her has written another word.
Hear has an ear in it
Wiktionary lists hear as a homophone of here, so the eye has to separate them. You hear with your ear, and ear is inside hear. Here is the place word, and it sits whole inside there and where. I hear you in here. puts both spellings in one line.
- At attendance, hold up the written word and let each child answer by reading it.
- The two e's do different work. Trace the first in one color and the silent last one in another.
- Here is goes with one thing, Here are with more. Pair Here is my cat. with Here are my socks.
Questions and answers
Why does my student write her or hear for here?
Her is here with the last letter left off, and a silent letter is easy to forget. Hear is a different word that sounds identical. Write the row here her here hear on the board, then Her hat is here. to show both at work.
Does here rhyme with there and where?
No, although all three end in ere. Here rhymes with ear and near. There and where rhyme with each other and with air. A child who learns here first may read there as theer, so read the row here there here aloud together.
Can the sight word here be sounded out?
Yes, with the silent e rule: h, a long e that slides into the r, and a last e that stays quiet. In American speech the vowel and the r run together, so the word sounds like h plus ear.