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High-Frequency Word Tic-Tac-Toe
Tic-tac-toe where every move is a word. Read the card out loud, then place it on the board. Three in a row wins.
Free Kindergarten 2 players US Letter
Set 1 words: the, was, is, a, on, to, for.
Choose a version
Same game, three ways to print. Each download is one PDF: the board first, then every word in one card style, then every word in the other. Print only the pages you need.
Color
Uses the most ink
Bold cards on a sage board.
- Page 1 board
- Pages 2–8 white on sage
- Pages 9–15 white on gold
- PDF 207 KB
Light color
Saves ink
Pale cards with a colored frame.
- Page 1 board
- Pages 2–8 black with sage
- Pages 9–15 black with gold
- PDF 208 KB
Black & white
Best for dyslexia
Plain, high-contrast cards. Also for printers without color.
- Page 1 board
- Pages 2–8 white on gray
- Pages 9–15 black on white
- PDF 208 KB
Download all three versions ZIP · 626 KB
Just one word? Pick a word ↓
How to play
- Print the board (page 1) and the card pages for the words you’re practicing.
- Cut out the cards along their outside edge. The short marks in the margin line up with the card edges if you use a paper cutter.
- Usually each player has a different word: one plays “was”, the other plays “the”. Any card style works.
- Playing with the same word? Give each player a different card style, for example white on sage and white on gold, so you can tell whose cards are whose.
- Take turns: read your word out loud, then place the card in an empty square. First to get three in a row wins.
The cards are plain on purpose: one clear word, no X or O, no patterns, in a font with the simple “a” and “t” children learn to write. Each card is 2.25 inches square and fits inside a board square with a little room to spare.
One word at a time
Each word is a 2-page PDF, 9 cards in each card style. Handy for reprinting lost cards.
| Word | Color | Light color | Black & white |
|---|---|---|---|
| the | PDF 74 KB | PDF 75 KB | PDF 75 KB |
| was | PDF 74 KB | PDF 75 KB | PDF 75 KB |
| is | PDF 74 KB | PDF 75 KB | PDF 75 KB |
| a | PDF 74 KB | PDF 75 KB | PDF 75 KB |
| on | PDF 74 KB | PDF 75 KB | PDF 75 KB |
| to | PDF 74 KB | PDF 75 KB | PDF 75 KB |
| for | PDF 75 KB | PDF 75 KB | PDF 75 KB |
Board only (1 page): Color 11 KB · Light color 11 KB · Black & white 11 KB
Printing tips
- Print on US Letter at 100% / Actual size. “Fit to page” shrinks the cards and the board.
- Any home printer works: nothing prints closer than about 0.4 inch to the paper edge.
- Card stock makes cards that last. Store each word’s A and B cards in its own envelope.
File names say what’s inside: high-frequency-word-tic-tac-toe-color-2-was.pdf is the Color version of word 2, “was”. Free for personal and classroom use; please share a link to this page rather than the files.