Sight Word Emergent Reader: The Little Red Hen Printable Booklet | "come" sight word

Retelling The Little Red Hen in a few patterned lines, this emergent reader has the hen ask 'Come help me...' on each story page, giving beginners repeated practice with the sight word come.
Year levels
Pre-school (Early Years), Foundation–Year 1
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Updated Oct 19, 2026

Subject
Reading, English
Topic
Sight Words, Emergent
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9EFLY14 — read and write some high-frequency words and other… AC9EFLY04 — read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge, and monitor meaning…

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This printable booklet is a Sight Word Emergent Reader for your little ones just getting started on their reading journey or who need additional help. This booklet focuses on the sight word "come" and The Little Red Hen. The booklet has a cover page!

Your students will practise:

  1. 1. Come help me cut the wheat!

  2. 2. Come help me mix the dough.

  3. 3. Come help me bake the bread.

  4. 4. Do not come help me eat the bread!

  5. 5. The dog, the cat and the pig learned to help The Little Red Hen.

This booklet is in black & white so that students can colour the pictures. Each picture matches the sentence to give students visual clues as they read. Booklets are printed 2 to a page!

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Skills covered

  • Sight word recognition — spotting come each time the hen asks for help

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9EFLY14 — read and write some high-frequency words and other familiar words
  • AC9EFLY04 — read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge, and monitor meaning using context and emerging grammatical knowledge

Core concepts

  • Sight word come

  • Emergent reading

  • Repeated sentence patterns

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