Sight Word To Worksheet for the O That Says Oo

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comtotototototototototototoTrace it. Then write it.Find "to". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.tonotogoofnodotoontwotoototototwototoofso
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.We gothe park.Come to me.ot
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "to". 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 keyto7notogoofnodotoontwotoototototwototoofsoWe gothe park.totoot
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The word "to" on 2 pages and 1 page of answers, Letter landscape.

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Next step Make the sheet for two, the sound-alike with a silent wMake the sheet for do, the other o that says oo

The sight words and their practice lines

The word on its own 3

  • to 2 letters for 2 sounds: t, then an o that says oo, as it does in do. The small t starts below the top line, so it stands shorter than an l or a d.
  • To to Capital T beside small t. The capital wears its bar on the top line like a hat; the small t is crossed lower down, near the dashed line.
  • to to to to to Five to trace in one row. Cross each t last, after the down stroke, and keep every o closed at the top.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • at to it to top Circle to 2 times. At and it put the t last. Top starts with the whole word and then adds a p.
  • do to go to so Circle to 2 times. Do shares the oo sound. Go and so look like the same pattern, but their o says its own name.
  • of to on to no Circle to 2 times. Of, on and no are two-letter words with an o and no t, so the t is the letter to hunt for.
  • to too to two to Circle to 3 times. Too and two sound exactly the same: one adds an o and means also, the other hides a w and means 2.
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Missing-letter rows 2

  • t_ _o t_ One letter is missing each time: o, then t, then o again. The o comes up twice because its sound gives no clue to its spelling.
  • to t_ __ The word fades out: copy it, add the o, then write both letters from memory.

To a place, to an action 11

  • from me to you From marks where something starts and to marks where it ends up. You ends in the same oo sound as to.
  • I like to A starter with no full stop. The child ends it with an action of their own: I like to swim, I like to draw.
  • next to me Next to means beside. The x in next says k and s together, and the t that follows is easy to lose.
  • one to ten To between two numbers means all the way up to. Ten sounds out; one does not.
  • time to go To before an action. Go ends in an o that says its name, right next to a to whose o does not.
  • to and fro There and back again, like a swing. Fro is an old word for back that survives only in this phrase.
  • to bed To a place. Bed sounds out, and said at normal speed the to in front of it is only a quick tuh.
  • to school To a place. School is a word to show whole: its ch says k and its two o's say the oo that the single o in to says.
  • to the bus To a place. Bus sounds out. To and the are both said lightly, so the beat of the phrase falls on bus.
  • to the left To a side. Left ends in the blend f-t. Have the class point left as they read it.
  • to the top To a place. Top starts with the letters of to, yet its o is the short one of hot and pot.

Sentences to read and copy 12

  • Come to me. 3 words. A command to act out. Come does not sound out: its o says a short u.
  • Give it to me. 4 words. Give ends in a silent e but keeps a short i, so show it whole. It sounds out.
  • I go to bed. 4 words. Every word has one or two letters except bed, and bed sounds out.
  • I have to go. 4 words. Said fast, have to runs together and sounds like hafta. On paper it stays two words.
  • I like to run. 4 words. Here to stands before an action. Run sounds out; like has a silent e.
  • I want to go too. 5 words. To and too in one line. The short one leads to the action; the long one, at the end, means also.
  • It is time to go. 5 words. A line for the end of the day. It and is sound out; time has a silent e.
  • To Mom, from me. 4 words. How a card begins, with a capital T. Swap Mom for another name on the empty row.
  • Two cats ran to me. 5 words, the widest row in this list. Two is the number and to is the direction. Cats and ran sound out.
  • We go to the park. 5 words. Go and to sit side by side with the same last letter and two different sounds. Park has the ar of car.
  • We like to play tag. 5 words. Tag sounds out. Play ends in a-y, two letters for one long a sound.
  • Who is it to? 4 words and a question mark. To comes last, so it is said in full, with a clear oo and never a quick tuh.

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 to in full rhymes with do, that too and two sound exactly like it, and that its weak form before a consonant is a quick tuh: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/to (pronunciation and homophones, checked 2026-09-19). That to is weak inside a sentence, as in to Cambridge, keeps its vowel before a vowel, as in to Oxford, and is said in full at the end of a sentence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English (checked 2026-09-19). That have to is reduced in speech to a form written hafta: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hafta (checked 2026-09-19). That fro survives only in to and fro: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fro (checked 2026-09-19). Where the pencil starts the small t was read from the tool's own table for the Print letter style. Sound notes describe general American pronunciation. Licence: own work

How it works

In go, no and so the o says its name. In to it says oo. This sight word to worksheet has the child trace it, circle it among too, two, of and do, and finish We go ___ the park.

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An o that says oo, and a word that fades in speech

In "to" and "do" the last o says oo, so teach those two as a pair. "To" is rarely stressed. Before a consonant it shrinks to tuh, as in Wikipedia's example "to Cambridge". Before a vowel it keeps its oo, as in "to Oxford". At the end of a sentence it is said in full, so read "Who is it to?" aloud.

To, too and two, in that order

Wiktionary lists too and two as exact sound-alikes. Hold them back until "to" is secure, then sort by job. To points somewhere (to bed) or stands before an action (to run). Too means also, and two is the number 2. "I want to go too." and "Two cats ran to me." put the spellings side by side.

  • To ranks third in the Oxford English Corpus list on Wikipedia, so it has to be read at a glance.
  • Dictate "go to bed" at normal speed, then slowly. The child hears tuh, then too, and writes "to" both times.
  • Type "I like to" into A sentence with it. The sheet prints "I like ___" and "I like to". Children end the second with an action.

Questions and answers

Does this to sight word worksheet teach too and two as well?

Only as look-alikes. The sheet has the child circle "to" among "too", "two" and others. The full list near the bottom of this page has them in one spot-the-word row and two sentences. Only sentences can go on the sheet. Every other line teaches "to".

Why does my student read to as toe?

Because go, no and so taught them that a last o says its name. To and do break that pattern. Write this row on the board: do to go to so. Read each word aloud together, and have the child circle "to" 2 times.

Why does my student write tu or ta for to?

That is the word as it sounds inside a sentence, where it is rarely stressed and the oo fades. Say it alone and in full, as at the end of "Who is it to?", then spell it: t, o.

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