Sight Word My Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.commymymymymymymymymymyTrace it. Then write it.Find "my". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.mymayanymyflymanymanbymymymybymymymyammeanyfly
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comWrite the missing word. Then read the sentence.Read the sentence. Then write it.Cut out the letters at the bottom. Glue them here in order to build the word.This isdog.I like my hat.ym
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "my". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Write the missing word. Then read the sentence.Cut out the letters at the bottom. Glue them here in order to build the word.Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.Answer keymy7mayanymyflymanymanbymymymybymymymyammeanyflyThis isdog.mymyym
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The word "my" on 2 pages and 1 page of answers, Letter landscape.

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The sight words and their practice lines

The word on its own 3

  • my 2 letters for 2 sounds: m, then a y that says the name of the letter i. The m sits between the lines and the y hangs its tail under the base line.
  • My my Capital M beside small m. The capital touches the top line; the small one stops at the dashed line.
  • my my my my Four to trace in one row, so a two-letter word still fills the line. Check that all four tails reach the same depth.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • am my any my many Circle my 2 times. Am is the same m on the other side. Any and many end in a y that says e, not i.
  • by my fly my sky Circle my 2 times. All five words rhyme and end in the same y, so only the first letter tells them apart.
  • may my man my me Circle my 2 times. Every word here starts with m, so the child has to look past the first letter. May hides m and y with an a between them.
  • my me my by my Circle my 3 times. Me keeps the m and changes the last letter; by keeps the y and changes the first.
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Missing-letter rows 2

  • m_ _y m_ One letter is missing each time: y, then m, then y again. The y is asked for twice because it is the letter children leave off or swap for an i.
  • my m_ __ A fading row: copy the word, write its y, then write the whole word from memory.

Things that are mine 12

  • my best friend Best sounds out as b-e-s-t. Friend does not: its i is silent, so show it whole.
  • my big sister Big sounds out. Clap sis-ter as two beats before writing it.
  • my dad Dad sounds out, and it reads the same from either end. Pair this row with my mom.
  • my left hand Left and hand both end in a blend: f-t and n-d. Have the child hold up the hand as they read it.
  • my lunch box Lunch ends in ch, and the x in box says two sounds at once: k and s.
  • my mom Two words that start with the same sound. Mom sounds out: m, o, m.
  • my mom and my dad My comes twice. People also say my mom and dad, with one my; writing both gives a second go at the word.
  • my name Name has a silent e that makes the a say its own name. Learn it whole if that pattern has not come up yet.
  • My name is A starter with no full stop. The child writes their own first name after is, on the row or on the empty row under it.
  • my pet fish Pet sounds out. Fish ends in sh, two letters for one sound.
  • my red hat Both red and hat sound out letter by letter, so my is the only word to know by sight.
  • my turn What a child calls out in every game. The ur in turn is one sound, as in burn and hurt.

Sentences to read and copy 12

  • Come to my desk. 4 words. A line the teacher says, which children enjoy writing back. Desk ends in the blend s-k.
  • I can see my bus. 5 words. Can and bus sound out. See has two e's that say one long sound.
  • I like my hat. 4 words. I and my point at the same person. Hat sounds out; like has a silent e.
  • I love my mom. 4 words. The o in love says a short u, so learn love whole. Print it alone and the sheet folds into a card to take home.
  • Is this my cup? 4 words and a question mark. Hold up a cup and let the class answer before they write.
  • It is my turn. 4 words. Said aloud, the stress lands on my, so this is the full, clear form of the word.
  • Look at my red bag. 5 words. Red and bag sound out. Look has two o's that say the short sound of book and foot.
  • My cat is big. 4 words. My comes first, so it takes a capital M. Cat and big both sound out.
  • My dad has a van. 5 words. Dad, has and van all sound out, and van is a good check on v, a letter that comes up rarely.
  • My sock is wet. 4 words. Sock ends in ck, two letters for one sound. Wet sounds out.
  • My, what a big fish! 5 words. Here My is a cry of surprise, with a comma after it, and nothing belongs to anyone.
  • This is my dog. 4 words. The child can draw the dog beside the row, or swap in their own pet on the empty row. Dog sounds out.

How this list was compiled: Every line was written for this site on 2026-09-18 and read aloud for sense. No line is taken from a published sight word list or workbook, and the page claims no list or grade level for the word. Spellings were checked against the macOS system word list. The counts in the spot-the-word rows and the word counts of the sentences were worked out. That my is said with the vowel of by and fly, and that an unstressed my is said like me in parts of Britain and Ireland: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/my (pronunciation and homophones, checked 2026-09-19). That y stands for that vowel in a stressed open syllable such as my: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y (English section, checked 2026-09-19). That my has a weak form sometimes spelled me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English (checked 2026-09-19). Sound notes describe general American pronunciation unless they say otherwise. Licence: own work

How it works

A child who spells by ear writes mi. This sight word my worksheet has them trace the word, circle it among me, by, may and man, and finish This is ___ dog.

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The y is doing the job of an i

Said aloud, my is m plus the name of the letter i. English usually ends a word with y where the sound calls for i. In short words that y stays long: my, by, fly, sky, try, why. In fast speech, Wiktionary records my sounding like me in parts of Britain and Ireland. So a child who says me hat is reporting an accent, not misreading.

Let each child own a sentence

My is the word of personal writing. After This is my dog. ask what really is theirs, and have the child write that word in place of dog. My name is starts a line every child finishes differently. Press Show all 33 practice lines near the foot of this page to find it.

  • The y is the only letter with a tail. If it perches on the line like a v, compare tails.
  • Read by my fly my sky aloud from the board. Every word ends in the same sound and the same letter.
  • My, what a big fish! uses the word as a cry of surprise. Read it with wide eyes.

Questions and answers

Why does my student write mi or mie for my?

Because that is what the ear reports: m, then the name of the letter i. Show that by and fly end the same way, then write the missing-letter row m_ _y m_ on the board. It asks for the y twice. Rows do not print.

How do I help a child who mixes up my and me?

Both are two letters starting with m, so the ending decides: y for the sound of i, e for the sound of e. Write the row my me my by my on the board, read each word aloud together, and ask for 3 circles.

Can the my sight word be sounded out?

Partly. The m is plain, and the y follows a pattern, not its usual sound. At the end of a short word it says the name of i, as in by, fly and sky. Teach the pattern and the word stops being an exception.

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